Thus, simple devices like conversation may surely form part in the superstructure of the text. ... According to the Structuralist, Roland Barthes, there should be the death of the author in the text before any meaning can be constructed at all. ... According to the scholars of Structuralist thought, a text is meant to be studied in the particular period of time in which it is written. ... Roland Barthes further proposes five codes for the better study of text. ... It is the code which determines themes that the text proposes to analyse. ...

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Both women come from disadvantaged backgrounds, and through the help of their male counterparts, in the text, achieve confidence and self worth. ... At their introduction into the texts, Edward Lewis and Henry Higgins both have no intention of "letting a woman into their life" but the major difference in the two texts is the transformation of the men's opinions. ... Edward Lewis, moreover, is introduced in the text Pretty Woman, as a successful asset stripper who "buys companies and sells off the pieces". ...

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Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales in the era known as the Middle Ages, an era resembling kings, castles, and knights. Behind the famous kings, magnificence castles, and shining armor were the women. In the shadows, a step behind, and not as enchanting, one can find the tale of the medieval woman. C...

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The critique hopes to be faithful to the principle of Feminist Literary Criticism in that it will be "an academic approach to the study of literature which applies feminist thought to the analysis of literary texts and the contexts of their production and reception" (Goodman xi). ... Sylvia Estrada-Claudio, M.D., PhD of the Department of Women and Development Studies of the University of the Philippines College of Social Work and Community Development, and author of the book Love, Rape, and Sexuality: The Construction of Woman in Discourse, in her feminist study of fictional love...

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• Grade Level: High School

(http://www.online-literature.com/maupassant/ Literature Network) This comes into play when in the text it says: "When the war broke out, Mother Savage's son, who was then thirty three years old, volunteered, leaving his mother all alone. ... Is it possible that she wanted the families of the Prussian soldiers to share in the grief that she was in; most likely when the text states: "This one has their names on it so you can write home about them."" ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Analyse the function of misogyny in Heartbreak House and Mrs Dalloway The use of misogyny in the following texts can be related to the treatment of women throughout the novels. ... It is important to see how women are treated in each text and to evaluate the mistreatment of women. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In this way, the media uses representation to simplify a text allowing their audience to consume it in a clear and manageable way, allowing them to enjoy it more. ... Therefore, stereotyping is also used by the media to allow audiences to understand the text more clearly by putting people in particular groups, and already knowing the attributes linked to them. The audience is subsequently more satisfied by the text because it is more easily decodable. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Historical Insights on Dating Dating is a relatively new concept. It has been ingrained into our society that we think it is something that has existed forever. However, dating is an invention of the 20th century. In the past the term courtship was used. The word courtship is almost unknown...

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• Grade Level: High School

Theorist William Rathbone Greg best summaries the feelings of the Victorian age towards fallen women: "If the passions of woman were ready, strong, and spontaneous, in a degree even remotely approaching the form they assume in the coarser sex, there can belittle doubt that sexual irregularities woul...

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In the play "Othello," Shakespeare presents us with another male dominated society where women are inferior. Desdemona, Emilia, and Bianca are rejected by their partners, but love them completely and unselfishly. All three women are in unbalanced relationships, feeling more for their self-centered men who appear unable to reciprocate. Nevertheless, these women display genuine feelings toward each other unlike any of the male-male friendships. Desdemona and Emilia are both married to career military soldiers. ...

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