It is curious to note the role of women in Shakespearean literature. ... For all the praises it has garnered throughout the centuries, it is curious to note that many have considered it to be one of his most controversial in his treatment of women. ... It is important to note an interesting point with regards to katherina. ... This is a modern development, and it is not unlikely that this relates to Shakespeare as treatment of Katherina in the play, especially since etymologists claim Shakespeare to be personally responsible for coining over two thousand words, not to mention phrases into our ...

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Other scholars have expanded Aristotle's notes on anger-its use as a rhetorical tool, what causes people to get angry, and what kind of rhetoric best evokes anger. Christopher Carey notes that some of the most persuasive "angry rhetoric," evokes anger in a way that makes the audience feel personally offended, even though it may not have actually been a personal attack (408). ...

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Many have taken note that the lead actresses for these shows are very thin. ... One thing that is interesting to take note of, is the change of body image throughout the decades. ... But one thing to take note of is that in the fifties, the ideal mother or housewife was not expected to look like the Marilyn Monroe type. ...

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" (Stoker 86) With all of this, it's important to note that the Stoker clearly had very strong opinions on these "New Women" and was not a fan of this new era of gender roles that were appearing towards the end of this century when this book was written. ...

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While reading this novel, the reader can encounter some features of it which are typical of Victorian novels: the plot is quite realistic, the characters belong to the middle class, and some of them can be described as typical Victorian characters (for instance, Tom's and Maggie's aunts). On the oth...

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Women who should have equal status with men, have been degraded and disregarded in numerous ways in the Middle East. The role of women in the prevalent circumstances is restricted and their freedom is undoubtedly limited. Given the lack of freedom, women have been demanding basic human rights. The M...

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Throughout the twentieth century, a substantial body of research has been devoted to exploring gender differences in various cognitive processes. With more and more women entering the labor force and holding positions that require decision-making skills, it is surprising how few (if any) research st...

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Girl Before a Mirror, created by Pablo Picasso, in March of 1932 is a paradoxical piece of work which can be found ironic. By piling paradox upon paradox the artist was looking for a solution but ended merely in incoherence. However, first, we must analyze paradoxes; in The Girl Before a Mirror male...

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As a teenager, her main goal than became, in her words, " I had to get the hell out of my mother's house. " I found it to be very note worthy and interesting that Johnson was one of the first black students to integrate Garrison Junior High; which at the time had only white students. ...

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After noting the extravagance of a luncheon at a men's college, Woolf depicts the inadequate dining at Fernham, a college for women, presenting a drab meal consisting mainly of aplain gravy soup.? ...

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(Bradstreet 549) This line in particular highlights her radical views; she looks honestly at her own abilities and then notes that the culture she lives in will disregard her success by calling her a thief, which is slander, or saying she just got lucky. ... Murray takes this radical avocation for female education to another level, almost hinting at the possibility of female superiority, noting that "the judgement of a male of two years old is more sage than that of a female's of the same age? ...

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Although Fergus nobly sacrifices himself by serving the jail term that rightfully belong to Dil, Handler asks viewers to note that "although Dil persists to the end in casting Fergus as the man she loves, Fergus resists as assiduously the possibility of a sexual relationship with Dil after it's revealed that she's not the woman of his dreams-. ...

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For years, it has been argued whether or not Henrik Ibsen's A Doll House is a play presenting the feminist arguments of the Nineteenth century. At the time of the play's debut, it was mainly viewed as an advocate to the Women's Rights Movement. In actuality, the play has nothing to do with women's r...

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The theocratic totalitarian regime operating in Gilead was instigated and is controlled by men, the male protagonists in the novel are seen as caring and sympathetic. Although one or two women have become quite close through their ordeal, despite the fact that they have had no other choice, "We"re ...

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In 1916, Susan Glaspell wrote the one-act play Trifles. was originally written by Susan Glaspell as a play entitled Trifles. She wrote the play in 1916, and a year later she rewrote it as a short story. Glaspell was inspired to write the story while covering a murder investigation when she worked a...

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Many female characters in 19th Century texts are caught between a need for independence through working, and a need for security, through marriage and the taking on of domestic duties as a housewife. They must choose between the uncertain prospect of setting out on their own and the extensive limita...

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Technoscience is used to determine and give meaning to gender and sex, but by understanding technoscience, we must understand that it is socially constructed.. Technoscience and social construction go hand in hand in diving to the bottom of discovering who we are and how we evolve as an identity....

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Readers view texts in perspective, to enable them to understand the books they are reading. Gender roles have been prevalent in our communities for centuries now and they are unfortunately still common; in today's society. The novel Speak , by Laurie Halse Anderson paints a vivid image on gender rol...

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Mass media is a form of communication that addresses large and diverse audiences that are physically separated from one and another. The media itself is a powerful and pervasive mode of communication and in today's society it not only shapes people's perception of gender but also reinforces the gend...

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Interesting to note is that Taylor (2007) states, "the rationale behind the notion that boys should be prohibited from trying out for girls teams, even though girls are allowed a chance to play on boys teams, is based on the fact that girls are the historically underrepresented sex" (p.56). ...

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Melissa Borges Ms. Schmidt Honors English II 17 September 2002 The Color Purple, by Alice Walker is a historical novel showing how an uneducated, fourteen-year-old black girl living in rural Georgia between 1910 through 1940 can overcome years of abuse and betrayal, and become an independent,...

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Introduction Today, Internet and electronic devices play indispensable role in modern society as a result of rapid technological development which has incorporated into people's daily lives (Hellström et al., 2012). Over the last decade, there had been an increase in academic attention given to onl...

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Dollar General and Sam's Club are two institutions that blindly accept widespread poverty, misrepresentation of blacks, gendered traditions, and sexual infidelity. Sociology is trying to fully understand how our places like these are influenced by class, race, gender, and sexuality. Only through sci...

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Gender and Stop Sign Tabulation Gender 1 2 3 4 Total Female n % 7 6.8% 49 46.6% 21 20.4% 26 25.2% 103 100% Male n % 22 18.8% 37 31.6% 33 38.2% 25 21.4% 117 100% Total 29 32,2% 86 39.1% 54 25.4% 51 23.2% 220 100% Note. 1 = No Stop, 2 = Slow Down, 3 =Stop before or after line, 4= Full Stop...

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., 2003, pp. 3) However, this appears to be the only value it has added to the discipline of victimology, as it has not necessarily added any further knowledge concerning the identity or tendencies of victims or offenders, and it is worth noting that many of the studies were criticised and discredited for flawed methodology and ideology. ...

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