For a long time, the woman has assumed a secondary role in the first generation of Indian English male writing such as R.K.Narayan, Raja Rao, Mulk Raj Anand. ... A daughter is to become a mother, and her upbringing is to prepare for that. ... She is the daughter, the wife of Nathan and though at first begets only a daughter, Irawaddy and no sons, ultimately becomes a real woman, with the births of many sons. ... They are the daughters of the soil and have inherited age-old traditions which they do not question. ... "It is as you say a long time ago," I said wearily. ...

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In the Tale of Genji, we meet a Japanese prince by the name of Genji who over time, developed several relationships with the women of his village. ... However, much of what Genji has done to these women is influenced by the culture of the time, the Heian Period. ... Pekarik's example was that "the daughter of an emperor would properly be the object of a formal marriage- (219). ... By this time Genji finally realized his father was right but he never followed this advice. ... This relationship was a stressful and difficult one because Fujitsubo was the emperor's daughter. ...

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The mother would decide which men could call on her daughter, and later the daughter could invite men she had met at dinners and dances. ... For example, the proper amount of time between invitation and visit was on rule. ... In the present time money plays a role throughout the beginning and during the relationship. ... After the male has called upon the young daughter, he then later asks for her hand in marriage. ... Instead of spending time in the home, dating was going out and this meant spending money. ...

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For some time, she was even ashamed of her situation. ... Hence, in an interview with Martha Satz, Cisneros admits "I was going through some traumatic experiences at the time, I chose to write about my past-my childhood experiences, my mother, and especially the women in the community" (3). ... Similarly, Cisneros' mother knew what it is like to live a life full of regrets and didn't want her daughter to live that life as well; therefore, "She always supported her daughter's projects, so long as she went to school"(Introduction xiv). Both Cisneros and Esperanza&#...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I have read The Scarlet Letter a few times and every time I am left feeling empowered by the character of Hester Prynne. ... Despite being troublesome and quite a handful, Hester manages to give Pearl what most girls at her time never caught a glimpse of the freedom to be herself. ... She spent her spare time sewing clothes for those who could not afford them. ... Matthiessen talks of Hester clinging "to the hope that her girl has capacity for strong affection, which needs only to be awakened by sympathy" (4) but Hester wants so much more for her daughter. ... Any woman who can provide tha...

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But least you should imagine it too burdensome to a girl at my early time of life, give me leave to answer you: I assure you I think myself happy that I can be useful to so good a father, and by rising very early I find I can go through much business"" (Roberts (1), p.2). ... Eliza died in 1793 as one of the most influential women of her time. ... They had four children together, and like many families in the time, lost two children while they were still young. ... Martha was opposed when George was elected as the first President of the United States and skipped his inauguration, but she sti...

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From the time of her birth in Japan, a women, will have a much different religious experience than one of her counterparts from another society. ... This being the warrior ruled time in Japan it's not hard to believe that during the Tokugawa period women were slipping through the cracks of a testosterone-fueled society. ...

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The love between Florizel and Perdita, the reunification of Leontes with his lost daughter and wife bring to the play a perfect ending. ... His distrust to his wife reveals the common attitude toward women at that time. From the quotation, women are said at the time of Shakespeare to be more obedient in face of male authority. ... As Hermione's daughter, perdita is almost a copy of hermione. ... This time, the jealous man is Polixenes. ...

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The detail given and thought provoked in one day of a woman's preparation for a party, a simple social event, exposes the flimsy lifestyle of England's upper classes at the time of the novel. ... He cant even feel any emotion towards his wife: "His wife was crying, and he felt nothing; only each time she sobbed in this profound, this silent, this hopeless way, he descended another step into the pit" (P. 100.) ... Young women usually have their hearts broken all the time in Shaw plays. ... The first time, the young woman discovers that all of the beliefs on which she had built her fai...

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Her daughter, played by Oscar-nominated Julia Roberts (Columbia Tristar, 1989), is the woman that longs for normalcy in her life, despite the fact that she will never fully gain this. ... Annelle, played by Daryl Hannah, is the bumbling woman, who means well but usually has a difficult time getting her message across. ... In both films, the women have to make decisions that may jeopardize their lives and rely on the support from their friends to help them through the time of trial. ... M'Lynn quickly volunteers to donate one of her kidneys to her daughter, acting as the nurturing and ...

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Contrary to common belief, women were important contributors to the popular movement during the French Revolution. They staged demonstrations and food riots, presented petitions to the National Assembly, and brought the royal family back to the governmental capital. They agitated ceaselessly for the political and civil rights that they deserved, and backed up their demands with well-thought-out logical arguments. The women of 18th century France pioneered through uncharted ideological, political, and social grounds, but their work was fruitless in establishing women's rights in the con...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

By the time the reader gets to the end of this long sentence they need to take a breath physically and emotionally. ... A man is king in his own castle, he can still say, having got what he wanted: in a lifetime of used ones, second-hand, one girl he could spill like a shot of whiskey, the whore only he could call daughter. ... She is "one girl he could spill like a shot of whiskey" who perceives herself as he sees her "the whore only he could call daughter.". ...

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The Awakening by Kate Chopin, set in the coastal region of Louisiana, was written and published during this time. ... It is my contention that pressures of a changing society, a time when women were struggling for selfhood, a time when some women, like Edna, found themselves totally lost, played a pivotal role in Edna's decisions and ultimate demise. ... The idea was that a woman had to stay dependent on a man, first as a daughter, later as a wife. ... It was a strange time, full of ungratified aspirations. ... At the time, it was not considered respectable for women to speak bef...

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When she elopes with Othello she dishonours Brabantio, her father; however, she shows strength of character by standing up to him, and justifies herself in saying that her duties now lie with Othello: "I am hitherto your daughter. ...

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Other aspects, however, may differ markedly with time and place. ... We are taught to be "good girls" and "good boys" meaning that we are, over time, taught how we are meant to act as girls and as boys. ... To the latter we can include (exemplarily): 1)Transsexual, TS -- (Considers herself to be a woman.) 2)Post-op, Pre-op, Non-op For male to females, the "operation" is actually three operations, orchidectomy, vaginoplasty, & labiaplasty. 3)Transgenderist, TG -- (Presents herself full time as a woman, but retains his maleness.) 4)She-Male, Chick with Dick -- (Male who does not take hormo...

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Chaucer refutes popular misogynistic perspectives propagated by the religious authorities of his time, such as those of St. ... She needs them because she is fallen, fallen through Eve, whose punishment was to be subordinate to her husband, as are all her daughters to their husband in their turn, to the end of time" (9). ... Chaucer illustrates the laws of the time obstructed women from gaining sovereignty by withholding property from them, consequently making them dependent on males. ...

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How women behave, their roles in society, their roles in a marriage, what types of freedom they have, how they spend their time, the education they receive, and many other things have been debated for hundreds of years. ... The suppression of women through marriage, lack of education, and how they were raised to act and expected to behave all created a monster of depravity and corruption that was expressed time and time again by and through different people of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. ... "Would men but generously snap our chains, and be content with rational fellowship instead o...

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In America women and African Americans have been the oppressed group. The lack of equality between men and women is based solely off of the difference in human anatomy. While the lack of equality for African Americans are solely based off being of African descent in other words being "black" or havi...

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In contrast, Emilia appears to have been married for some time. ... This becomes an intimate moment between the two, as Emilia is unpinning Desdemona's hair and preparing her for bed (like a mother helping her young daughter). ... During the time of Shakespeare, females were often treated and regarded in society as inferior to men. ...

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