As Perry Miller explains, in an era that subordinated women to men and men to God "women who stepped beyond their domestic defines through literature "by reading or writing "were considered dangerous to themselves and to society Puritans expressed considerable scorn for women who wrote or published- (360-61). On the other hand, Elaine Showalter offers the remark that "Bradstreet's writings [i.e. her important later writings] is more inflected by gender than by nationality; it is not American."" ... Jane Donahue Eberwein is one critic who points to generic debates about wome...

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As Perry Miller explains, in an era that subordinated women to men and men to God "women who stepped beyond their domestic defines through literature "by reading or writing "were considered dangerous to themselves and to society Puritans expressed considerable scorn for women who wrote or published- (360-61). On the other hand, Elaine Showalter offers the remark that "Bradstreet's writings [i.e. her important later writings] is more inflected by gender than by nationality; it is not American."" ... Jane Donahue Eberwein is one critic who points to generic debates about wome...

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This makes the girls in class twice as likely to be more confident in what they want to do later in life, and as a future. ... The problem is the reading doesn't really answer any questions on what too do or give any clear direction and or solution for the problem. ... The reading does exclaim that despite all negative influence of society, the majority of boys still maintain some sort of "Wellspring of emotional connectedness, and resilience". ...

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The Female Hamlet The idea of a women acting has Hamlet is not incredibly new. In 1899 Sarah Bernhardt took on the role of Hamlet. Bernhardt was later deemed "tres grande dame." Today there is an organization known as the Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company (LAWSC) with casts plays (not n...

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This study's purpose is to draw conclusions about the correlation between expressed and demonstrated mate preferences. They examine the sex differences in mate preferences and the relations between ideal and real mate characteristics. Usually males are thought to value physical attractiveness higher...

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I was nervous about my seminar becoming dead, but later found out I really had nothing to worry about. ... My group members seemed to be very fond of it and liked the readings as well, because they were an eye opener for some. ...

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Essay Assignment #3 Kate Chopin's "The Storm" By John Youssef Professor Johnson Humanities 420 Tuesday, December 8, 2003 Kate Chopin's "The Storm" Readings of Chopin's work's often note the tension between female characters and the society that surrounds them. ... During the author's time in the late nineteen-century, divorce was practically unheard of. ...

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I have seen this movie multiple times and have never considered the stereotypical gender identity portrayed throughout the film until reading this article and thinking about which movie to choose. ... Later on in Chodorow's chapter, she writes that daughters copy or imitate many features of their mothers' personality characteristics (Chodorow 476). ...

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Besides enjoying reading, he also had a strong inclination for the sea, but his father declared against it, and prohibited him from becoming a sailor. He was sent to grammar school with the intentions of going into church afterwards, but later on, he was sent to another grammar school to improve his math and writing, and although he failed on math, he completely succeeded in writing. ... Later, at night, he went to the printing-house and place it under the door, so that at the next morning it was found. ...

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These views become apparent in the readings of "A Doll's House," and "Trifles." ... She acts like a child that has done something wrong and doesn't want his or her parents to find out and tries to hide as much as possible knowing that their parents will find out sooner or later. ... The two women later found a pretty box that someone would keep scissors in or something and the canary was in the box wrapped in silk. ...

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Another gendered reading could suggest that the change was metaphorical. ... Heinrich Heine, a German poet in the late nineteenth century whose name is referred to in the title, was against the ideas set by the ruling power of society. ...

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During the late nineteenth century, patriarchal societies dominated various cultures. ... Critical readings of Chopin's works often note the tension between female characters and the society that surrounds them. ...

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Although, this was the only real careless inaccuracy within the film, to a certain extent I felt as if each of these women attempted to better themselves by going around the system, which later lands each one of the women in jail, instead of coming together and taking a stand. ... This lifestyle something that our society is unaware of, so reading the book and watching the film, opened my eyes to a way of living that I found was exceedingly disturbing. ...

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