(qtd. in Gassler) The above quote reveals Freeman's understanding that the dominant views of how society and the family are structured are rarely challenged or even seen as a problem. ... Freeman establishes the male dominance in patriarchal society from the very beginning of the story. ... This quote expresses the similarities between the beliefs of our nation's forefathers at Plymouth Rock and those beliefs of Sarah Penn. ... In the story, Sarah is actually carving out of a male-dominated society a new lifestyle for women. ... At the end of the story, Sarah puts "her apron up t...

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The film was more than a story, but a story that explored the ideas of the detective genre and the different characteristics of femininity and masculinity. ... Effie possessed many masculine qualities and this quote helped to reinforce the idea of it all. ... This quote described the suspicions that Effie had about Iva on the night that Miles, Iva's husband was murdered. ... The male characters took on their position as masculine characters as the feminine characters came into the story. ... Through this many things were accomplished such as portraying the genre of detectives, the ...

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As the story opens, we are introduced to Mrs. ... Quotes such as these appear throughout the story, and although they appear to be innocent details, as the story develops they become central key points, as it seems to be a characteristic manner directly opposite that of Minnie Wright. ... The men in the story, Mr. ... While explaining his story to the county attorney, Mr. ... The irony to the story is how Mr. ...

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Through the progression of "No Name Woman," Kingston details a story of her aunt who commits adultery. ... After her heroic story of the great swordswoman, Fa Mu Lan, she leads into a story of her own life and an incident she had with her boss. ... By using her story telling to illustrate what she would like to do to the boss she uses her story as a way to act on the possibilities that Fa Mu Lan had, but because she is living in a male dominated world has no chance. ... In the duration of these two stories there are different aspects of the ideologies that our shown. ... Kingston writes a...

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Themes are used in stories as a central topic, in the storyline. ... "(Anderson Pg.51) This quote informs the reader that even though getting raped was not Melinda's fault, she still blames herself for the sexual abuse. ... " (Anderson Pg. 57) The direct quote signifies that Melinda's mother feels cooking is necessary for her to perform during Thanksgiving. ... This scene shows that Melinda lives in a patriarchal society because instead of believing her best friend of years Rachel believes Andy's side of the story. ...

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This quote explains that using nurture by the influence of gender roles relate to Storm being able to choose his gender. ... Dan Savage writes about a story which relates to both nurture and nature that has an impact on identity. "It Gets Better" talks about different stories about the lives of homosexual and straight men that commit suicide because of their environmental pressure of them getting bullied that caused a tragedy. ...

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The following quotes describes the kind of comments Alfredo received from others, perhaps because he didn't live his life the way everyone else did. ... An example is having a woman get promoted and another one making stories about how they earned their promotion. ...

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