Under the laws pertaining to "Of Succession- woman take clear inferiority to man in terms of inheritance, "Among Burgundians we wish it to be observed that if anyone does not leave a son, let a daughter succeed to the inheritance of the father and mother in place of the son."" ... Even if there is a son and daughter, the inheritance is not always split equally, "If moreover she has but one brother, let not half, but a third part go to her on the condition that, after the death of her who is a women and a nun, whatever she possesses in usufruct from her father's property shall go to the ne...

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When the reader is first introduced to the character of Iseult, a princess, her father is offering her as a reward to the man who kills a ferocious dragon that had been terrorizing Ireland, the land her father reigns over. Iseult is really reduced to no more than property of her father, and would therefore have no say in the matter of choosing the man to whom she would be wed. ... Bravery was, however, the most highly praised and cherished virtue a man could possess, and so it was assumed that that would be enough to make him a fit husband. ... Iseult is committed determined to see Brangien...

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Hamlet himself exists within an environment of misogyny, fueled by this father's death, his mother's remarriage, and the suspicious behavior of his lady Ophelia. Early in the play, we learn that Claudius murdered Hamlet's father - and then remarried his mother far too quickly. For Hamlet, and for the audience, his mother's behavior is coldly disconcerting; she shows no loyalty to her dead husb...

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While Antigone is not portrayed as the radical, polar opposite of a stereotypical tender, loving woman, she still possesses the stable heroic qualities that differentiate her from the fragility of a tender, loving woman. ... She arranges how King Duncan will be killed, how his guards will be distracted, and how even the knives used will be from the guards. ... Though she does not kill King Duncan in the end, it is her ability to employ sinister, evil thoughts for her fell purpose without succumbing to horror, guilt, and regret that differentiates her from the stereotypical acquiescent woman....

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Young girls watch their mothers take care of their fathers only to later on pursue the same role to their husbands. ... The need to fulfill herself becomes overbearingly oppressive as she struggles to maintain what little sanity she still possesses. ... There are many places throughout the novel that Esther makes note of being a mother. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

When Plath says "Dying/Is an art, like everything else/ I do it exceptionally well" ("Lady Lazarus" 43-45), she is using snide sarcasm regarding how she really is not good at anything because she is unable to kill herself due to the control of her oppressor. ... On page 33, the reader can further acknowledge her lack of concern for her looks when Diane explains how she wore jeans to a family dinner and her mother brought her upstairs in attempt to make Diane wear a dress, yet she refused and returned to join the rest of her kin. ... "Katniss' character is represen...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate