Wollstonecraft continues to engage a great deal about power in terms of the status quo, in regards to women's position in society, but ultimately what Wollstonecraft wants for women is to have power over themselves, not men. ... Consequently, I have to determine from my reading the quote, "as blind obedience is ever sought for by power, tyrants and sensualist are in the right when they endeavor to keep women in the dark, because the former only wanted slaves, and the latter a plaything". ... Ultimately, all Wollstonecraft wanted was for women to be educated and have power over t...

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Already, because of the women, Macbeth begins to entertain the idea of such power. ... It was not until the witches planted the idea of "power" in his head, and Lady Macbeth encouraged him to murder Duncan, did he stray from the righteous path. ... In the above quote the evil is perpetrated by the witches. Lady Macbeth also plays a strong role in his moral corruption. "... the influence of Lady Macbeth (though she too has an inarticulate angel struggling against her own evil), and the instigation of a supernatural power all combine to crush his better nature." ... This quote illustrates the...

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Alice seems only to be truly happy when she has "sovereinetee/ as well over hir housbonde as hir love,/ and for to me in maistrye of him above." (1044-1046) This, although a quote from her tale and not her prologue, perfectly sums up Dame Alice's one true joy in life, and therefore becomes the main theme of her tale. ... Yet again, as witnessed in the Wife of Bath's Prologue, the knight must consent to give up this power in order for the old hag to acquire it, for if he had not given her control of the partnership, both would have continued unhappily. ... The old hag, as descri...

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The quote, "I do perceive here a devoted duty so much I challenge that I may profess due to the Moor my lord", eloquently portrays her profound submissive love for the Moor. ... The humiliating squirt of sauce over the doll's gaudy dress denotes his exertion of power, and also the power held by men in Elizabethan times. ... Thus, it is apparent that white men held the supreme power during Elizabethan times, and in some cases, still do to this day....

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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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Medea's power II. ... She is a woman of great intellectual power, able to manipulate the people around her with very little effort. ... This quote is one of many examples of her wrongs that she so joyfully lavishes in. ...

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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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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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He has no fear, and he holds all the power, he tells the crew to do their work and they obey without question. ... Walter won't take the blindfold, and Thurber ends the story with a great quote, "Then with that faint, fleeting smile playing about his lips, he faced the firing squad; erect and motionless, proud and disdainful, Walter Mitty the Undefeated, inscrutable to the last" (1291). ...

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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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Women weren't treated the same as men, and only a few women had power and Lady Audley wanted that power. ... This quote relates to Lady Audley and the crimes that she has committed; it tell us that she is mad and therefore she should be placed in a madhouse....

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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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"And it was a matter for joy to Wang Lung that this slave gave birth to a girl, for if it had been a boy she would have been proud and have claimed a place in the family." (Buck, p. 184) This quote showed the harsh discrimination that took place against women. According to Confucius a woman's job...

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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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This particular quote is saying how men see icon's different than women, and how females just look up to them for there looks. ... "The combination of vulnerability and power was perhaps her greatest asset"(Internet). ...

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(www.womans issues.about.com) The House Speaker also quoted that "Males are biologically driven to go out and hunt giraffes", while "Women like to sit still." The belief about the lack of aggression in women is that nature Zuber 3 made them ill suited for offices that wield great power. ...

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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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