Portia 'may neither choose whom she would nor refuse whom she dislikes', which she quoted while expressing her opinion on her father's will in Act 1, scene 2. She challenges the patriarchy placed upon her by her dead father, mainly through his power and control over her, as she feels it's unfair that 'the will of a living daughter is curbed by the will of a dead father'. The blunt, straightforward tone Portia uses, emphasises her anger on the inequality she must experience.These quotes demonstrate how women had no choice over their future and the idea of freedom ...

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In this poem the quote "Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, I say the Form complete is worthier far," is saying that neither facial features nor intelligence by themselves will take you far. ... "Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power." ... Thus, giving them a lot of passion and power in everything they do. ... Because knowledge is power! Men tend to have more passion and power in everything they do. ...

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In Antigone Creon said "better to fall from power, if we must, by a man's hand; then we could not be called weaker than a woman." This whole quote has to do with pride and is degrading women at the same time. ...

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"Frailty, thy name is woman" (1.2.146), quoted by Shakespeare in Hamlet is an example of this. ... Claudius deceives Gertrude and uses her as a mean to gain power. ... The fact that Claudius gained power that easily shows that Gertrude lacks intelligence and is easy to take advantage of. ...

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As the quote highlights, the term gender is a person's private sense of their own gender. ... The second is Conflict theory, this theory argues and encourages change in society's distribution of resources, power and inequality. ... Conflict theory holds that social order is maintained by domination and power, rather than consensus and conformity. According to conflict theory, those with wealth and power try to hold on to it by any means possible, mainly by suppressing the poor and powerless. As stated in source 8, "men as the dominate gender, subordinate women in order to mainta...

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Lady Macbeth says in the quote that she cannot do it because she is a woman. ... (1.7.39-45) In this quote she is accusing Macbeth of being a coward and not being a man. ... It is people switching up the way they live because power was in their reach....

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It is not going to be solved because men in power persuade other people in there countries to believe that men should always hand the upper hand over a women and it is wrong to have both sexes equal to one another. When men hear leaders saying things like "men shouldn't not be equal to women because its against nature" the men automatically agree because they like the fact they can feel a sense of power. ... Nonetheless, this could change if those in power in the church change their outlook on women being able to have the same roles as men. ... This quote shows us that the cat...

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Newman goes on to quote Gayle Rubin who argues that the "traffic of women- (p. 23) is only a component of a system of patriarchy based on sexual access, patrilineal issues and economic arrangement. ... Newman concludes her essay by summarizing her argument that Shakespeare's play resists the Elizabethan notion of gender politics by placing a woman in the position of lawyer, different because that position differs in women as it is only a simulation that "perverts authorized systems of gender and power- (p. 33). ...

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While this period was often associated with ennui, women were presented as objects of pleasure that could heal the mind from this state of boredom, as Stephen Romer quotes it, "Woman [is] not only the foil to the Decadent writer, but his match.... This fact reinforces the previous idea of women trying to override the power of men and taking over as Mariana forcefully claimed Angelo to be hers. ... It reinforced their rising power and effect on men's mind and society as women, or New Women. ...

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In quoting the character Jane, "To open my inward ear to a tale that was never ended, a tale my imagination created, and narrated continuously; quickened with all of incident, life, fire, feeling, that I desired and had not in my actual existence." ... He has power over Jane and he uses that power throughout most of the novel. ...

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In this quote, Jane expresses that she wants to be independent, and not always have to rely on others, trust them, and end up in a cage. ... There is a power struggle that is apparent throughout the novel. ... " Rochester couldn't get closer to Jane before he revealed his intentions and the fact that he did so put Jane in a position of power. ...

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This quote basically sums up Iago's complete view of women, and maybe even his own wife. Even though Iago's main motive in the play is to gain a power of some sort, he also finds his way of putting down the role of women. ...

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At a very early period she had apprehended instinctively the dual life-that outward existence, which conforms the inward life which questions- (Chopin).This quote suggests that women were to follow the expectations the men had for them but on the inside they were wondering what life would be like without male control. ... There is no masculine power anymore trying to control the wife Mrs. ...

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With these new responsibilities and freedoms also came a feeling of power. ... (A Mouthful of Rivets pg 130) A quote from Douglass Airview at the announcement of women's entry to production jobs at Douglass Aircraft seems to sum up the spirit behind women on the home front during WWII. ...

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In the quote, "my" refers to possession, "little" refers to dependency, and "lark" refers to name-calling. Kristeva argues that "the symbolic language is the language of power, associated with patriarchy, such expressions, 'my' and 'little' are the preferably adopted lexemes of the male gender" (Kristeva). ...

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