Most individuals, who have viewed the well-known film Pretty Woman, have found the film to be romantic and a modernized version of the happily ever after tale of Cinderella. ... As with most fairy tales, the film ends with the two embraced, filled with love and excitement to begin their lives together. ... Vivian on the other hand is a beautiful and kind-hearted woman who is independent and assertive; refusing to have a pimp and fiercely reserving the right to choose her customers and what she would do and not do when with them. ... The film, Pretty Woman, is an example of Hollywood getting us...

• Word Count: 1499
• Approx Pages: 6
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It is a tale of heroic nobles, treachery, and brutal combat in the heat of battle. ... When she does speaks, Brominade tells her husband and those close to him that she sees they will be defeated by Charles. ... Her character exemplifies the notion of women's undying love and devotion to the man whom they have given their heart to, and the depths to which that love will take them. ... Going along with the notion that "Hell hath no fury like a woman's scorn," when Tristan's wife, Iseult of the White Hands, discovers that it is another woman who has Tristan's heart, she vows...

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Louise Mallard, the protagonist, suffers from a weak heart. ... Mallard's "heart trouble" and her death cause. At the beginning of the story, the narrator tells that Mrs. Mallard has "a heart trouble". ... The short story was an "autobiographical tale of the author's own experience with the popular medical treatment of Dr. ...

• Word Count: 2447
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A deliciously gruesome re-telling of a good girl gone bad tale, Delarivier Manley's The Wife's Resentment engages with 18th-century notions of female identity, sexuality, and criminality, using a subtle mixture of counter-arguments to successfully flip the early conventions on their heads. ... In the face of Roderigo's urgent persuasions, Violenta claims to be "a maidwho knows the the true estimation of virtue" and counters his dramatic claims of death by simply stating, "You very eloquently tell me you shall die if I continue unkind; but I very plainly tell your ...

• Word Count: 1986
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Graduate

This is very important because this proves that Desdemona was not a weak woman at heart. ... Othello was able woo Desdemona to his side with his eccentric tales of battle and soldier life. ... To the bitter end she remain loyal to her husband as she tells her maid Emilia that she is committing suicide, she does not blame Othello for her death. ...

• Word Count: 1594
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School