As for the Wife of Bath, we need to decide whether we are going to view her as a character developed by a man living in a misogynistic age or as a personality all her own completely separate from her creator. ... (Diamond 69) However, when we talk about someone like this, we view a fictional character as if she might be real. ... This measure of doubt freed Chaucer in many scholars" minds and as Cannon writes, "they have repeatedly tried to protect Chaucer's reputation from any association with so repugnant a crime as rape" (92). ... (Hansen 275) I believe that once again Chaucer is ...

• Word Count: 1773
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He presents gender as a changeable trait, not necessarily corresponding to the sex of the character. ... He reflects the complexities of human nature and identity by showing contradictions in the genders of many characters, especially that of Feste. ... Initially in the play, Shakespeare establishes the conventional definition of a man and a woman in the characters of Orsino and Olivia. ... Shakespeare displays more contradictions in the characters of Viola and Maria, who both have considerable wit and intelligence. ... The language of a character always reflects his or her gender. ...

• Word Count: 2131
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Violenta's fall from a reputed paragon of feminine virtue and subsequent turn to violent measures is portrayed as a fatal consequence of a flawed social system rather than, as was the belief of the time, a violence innate to the female body. ... Thus, the text reveals the paradox: sexual chastity was not a measure of how truly virtuous a woman is, but rather was an important negotiation tool in securing a husband, getting paid off in a sense by said husband's wealth, and cementing a woman's societal status as a "proper" woman. ... When a woman's reputation is a...

• Word Count: 1986
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Graduate

Receivers observe the behavior of characters in the media and then internalize these behaviors as norms. ... It is very heartening to know that some women use these representations of women in the media as means to measure their self worth. ... Men will continue to have unrealistic expectations of their female counterparts as they will expect them to act exactly like the characters seen on TV. ...

• Word Count: 1911
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Even characters in the show Pokemon and Sesame Street have been known to induce fear into young children due to the distortions of the characters. ... This experience involves identifying with a character who is portrayed in fearful state. It is a kind of vicarious fear, where by feeling connected to the character and their situation, the viewer inherits the fear they are experiencing without necessarily seeing the actual danger. And conversely after relating to the character one may experience fear for them, when the character is the one who is unaware of the actual danger. ...

• Word Count: 2037
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

Masculinity in the Media The discussion of masculinity encounters a paradox: some behaviors are clearly aimed at dominance showing off, physical aggression, etc but no man is only dominant, some men are not dominant at all, yet somehow on the whole a systematic dominance of men over any person de...

• Word Count: 2296
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As Canadians, this added an unbiased character trait to our Canadian Identity, especially when Prime Minister Lester B. ... All in all, thanks to The Royal Commission, women were able to have a status that supported their belief on equal rights, and measures were taken to further provide them with succession on their road to equality. ...

• Word Count: 2125
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Footprint of Margaret Fuller Margaret Fuller could well be remembered as either a Feminist matriarch or, as Nathaniel Hawthore described her, "A great humbug defective and evil in nature" (McQuade 1305). In Fuller's essay "The Great Lawsuit" which she later expanded into Woman in t...

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Women's mental health teaches us how to be more aware of the issues faced at each developmental stage and it helps us consider measures which we could use to avoid the development of psychological disorders. ... " We know that the characters shown on TV are far from real, but this is something that our teenagers seem to not understand. ...

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Through masculine male characters such as Pedro Romero and Liu Kanghi, these stories reveal that often times, only outsiders to society actually possess masculinity. ... In a powerful assertion of her hatred for James, Minnie cries, "For all your[James] six feet of grossness, your small soul cannot measure up to his[Liu] great one-(76-7). ... This age gap between James and Liu creates an important difference in their characters. ...

• Word Count: 2224
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate