The issue of woman's rights was addressed during the early Romantic period for three reasons: the French Revolution, legislation in, and finally, the Industrial Revolution. ... Towards the end of the Romantic period, a group of seven artists sometimes called the "Last Romantics" began a style of art of romantic art that followed Raphael, who was considered to have perfected art in itself. ... He surrounds his subjects with symbols of love, whether it be lost love, betrayal, or passion. ... In the story, Sir Lancelot is in love with someone else and Elaine locks herself in a tower on the o...

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• Grade Level: High School

The second stereotype is a man who professes unconditional love for a woman while doing away with the sexual dimension of amorous relationships. ... In this critique, the first stereotype shall be called the Masculine Male, and the second shall be called the Devoted Romantic Male. ... And giving yourself to me could never be wrong if the love is true. ... It seemed at times that Rob was in the relationship because it served a pragmatic function, and not because he was in love with Laura. Because Laura loved Rob, she allowed him to take advantage of her. ...

• Word Count: 2791
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Rosalind says she loves his hair, his and his love. ... Celia is not the only woman in love with Rosalind. When Phoebe first discovers Rosalind as Ganymede she falls in love. ... He tends to perceive the romantic side of the play showing how different critics have widely varying ideas. ... So even in a "romantic" look at the play the double gender identity of Rosalind still pushes through. ...

• Word Count: 1317
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Robert Browning's 1842 poem My Last Duchess influenced by the strict roles in relationships of the Victorian Era and patriarchal society, tells a story of a young man's unhelpful love. ... The poetic quote gave the power to provide insight to the audience into the complexities of a romantic relationship as during the Victorian Era, marriages were seen as a business transaction rather than for love and the male always over powered the female in any aspect. ... In conclusion Robert Browning's 1842 poem My Last Duchess, influenced by the patriarchal society and strict roles in rela...

• Word Count: 618
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Men are expected to be strong and masculine, so to fulfill this requirement, they often build friendships based upon common factors such as sports, drinking, or even their love of women. ... The other type is "potentially a romantic relationship, where feelings of sexual attraction may become greater"" (Pg.482). ... In a study that was done in the Netherlands, a lack of day-to-day interaction between men and women may reduce understanding of the other sex and may complicate personal communication between men and women in friendships and romantic relationships (Pg. 101). ... Compared to men, wo...

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Shakespeare uses the comedy behind Viola's gender transformation to explore the notion that concepts of romantic love are not always selective by gender. ... Everybody, male and female, seems to love Ganymede, the beautiful boy who looks like a woman because he is really Rosalind in disguise. ... Ganymede is the cupbearer and beloved of Jove and is a standard symbol of homosexual love. ... Even though Orlando is supposed to be in love with Rosalind, he seems to enjoy the idea of acting out his romance with the beautiful young boy Ganymede "almost as if a boy who looks like the woman ...

• Word Count: 1484
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When propositioned by the governor Cunegonde must decide between staying faithful to her love, Candide, or being the governor's mistress. ... Throughout the novel Candide professes his love for Cunegonde. ... Defying gender stereotypes Cunegonde is the one to initiate their romantic encounter. ... She states, "An honorable woman may be raped once, but it only makes her virtue stronger. " (24) For her part she does love Candide but it is a shallow love, more akin to lust.   ...

• Word Count: 1038
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Egeus doesn't choose the court on a whim; rather, he is hopeful that by taking Hermia to the literal and symbolic seat of the highest authority of the land, she will recognize and honor masculine authority and, by extension, will comply with traditional gender roles, which dictated that a woman should marry to either preserve or advance social ties and familial goals, not to gratify her own romantic or sexual needs or desires. ... Also like Hermia, Olivia is determined to love who she wants and on her own terms; for this reason she invents the excuse that she is mourning for her deceased ...

• Word Count: 2208
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

This 1930's Italian tune alludes to Dolce & Gabbana's heritage while also giving the ad a romantic atmosphere; "a selling incentive for the perfume." ... The volume of the music and intensity of the lyrics crescendos as the ad progresses to its most climatic point, emphasizing the message of frenzied love generated by the fragrance that the ad aims to depict. ...

• Word Count: 937
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

After she falls in love with another man, she discovers new things about her and tries to explore her newfound identity. ... She is placed in the situation of choosing between independence and love. ... Robert awakens her senses, and she begins to break with some of society's conventions, but she is still consumed by a romantic need for a bond with a man. ... Edna's rejection of socially proscribed femininity and her love for Robert are dangerous because it shifts, rather than solves, her problem. ... In order to have both independence and love with a man, Edna seems to believe, in t...

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One can constantly spot his eyes wandering to a woman's breasts or rear, he spends a whole scene staring at scantily clad women by a pool and talking about their bodies, and he even perverts the baptism of his attractive maid into a romantic sexual fantasy. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Maggie is a romantic character and a dutiful daughter and sister she is devoted, tender and longing to give and receive love. ... As Maggie Tulliver approaches adulthood, her spirited temperament brings her into conflict with her family, her community, and her much-loved brother Tom. ...

• Word Count: 1369
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Maggie is a romantic character and a dutiful daughter and sister she is devoted, tender and longing to give and receive love. ... As Maggie Tulliver approaches adulthood, her spirited temperament brings her into conflict with her family, her community, and her much-loved brother Tom. ...

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David is more of a romantic in the movie. ... Nancy, the suicidal former prostitute, falls in love with David, who reciprocates her feelings. ... While historically, Latino culture norms such as: Marianismo and Machismo have posted obstacles for Latinas, the Latino culture values family, love, and passion. ...

• Word Count: 1058
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• Grade Level: High School

The gender category woman (that is, the so-called "feminine" gender automatically assigned to members of the female sex) carries with it certain expectations about how to act, what to do, who to love and so on: Women are generally expected to be more passive, submissive and dependent than men. ... Women are expected to love and marry a man and to become mothers. Likewise, the gender category man (that is, the so-called "masculine" gender automatically assigned to members of the male sex) carries with it a very different set of expectations about how to act, what to do and who to love: Men ar...

• Word Count: 3294
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Like his other romantic comedies, The Taming of the Shrew focuses on courtship and marriage and the various roles that the man and woman play, but, unlike most of them, it devotes a great deal of attention to married life after the wedding. ... She complains to Grumio that what particularly infuriates her is that Petruchio torments under the pretense of love. ... However, under the comic influence of love, Kate is much less likely to use the full power of her critical thought to see through Petruchio's schemes. ...

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In the confusion of why a woman must continue to be seen as the primary caregiver for a child, we might ask, "but why is it always the woman who has to tend and provide love while the man acts as the breadwinner?... Givings' failed attempts to feel like the woman she is supposed to be are aggravated by her wishes to feel loved by her husband. ... In the absence of this connection with the doctor, she runs to Leo Irving and decides she is in love with him. ... If someone risks getting rained on and does not use an umbrella, she views that person as a daring romantic. ... It seems like...

• Word Count: 1862
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• Grade Level: High School

"The sleeper effect is defined as living with an intolerable level of anxiety and fear of betrayal in romantic relationships" (Journal of Marriage and The Family). ... Journal of Marriage and The Family says that girls of divorce are most often fearful of issues regarding commitment and love and often times do not trust a trustworthy partner. ... "The sleeper effect occurs at a time when older adolescents make decisions about commitment, sex, and love. ... The Journal of Marriage and The Family says that they encounter the sleeper affect in their late adolescence or early adulthood when they e...

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In A Streetcar Named Desire, Williams' articulates masculinity through the use of whiskey placed on the table.9This demonstrates maleness as it is said that alcohol was a 'man's market' because all advertisements during the 1950's were put in place to promote male masculinity and to emphasise what the ideal man should have, including the type of alcohol he purchases.10Furthermore, the fact that the alcohol is whiskey and not something like wine also validates hard-core masculinity as wine is commonly related to romantic events with women. ... Masculinity can be questi...

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I pulled the next ad out of another women's magazine, Glamour, and it is a promotion for Paris Hilton's perfume line, "With Love.... [They] are independent and successful; liberated, yet feminine and romantic; modern, yet traditional (Goldman 1992, 107).... "Cultural ideology tells women that they will not be desirable to, or loved by, men unless they are physically perfect," writes Cortese (Cortese 2008, 59). ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

She "clearly loved to sew a linen seam, not always for use, but for the simple, mild pleasure which she took in it", and has "almost the enthusiasm of an artist over the mere order and cleanliness of her solitary home" (658). ...

• Word Count: 2223
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate