In the first act of the play, Macbeth is awarded a new title from King Duncan. ... He wants to murder the king so bad, but he thinks about what King Duncan has done for him and sees no reason or motive to commit this heinous act. ... Macbeth is saying that he has no problems with King Duncan given him a new title, Thames of Cawdor. ... While Macbeth is showing his feminine side and saying he does not want to do it because King Duncan has been good to him, Lady Macbeth starts to show her ambition for the title of queen and shows her masculine side. ... When she finds out that Macbeth does not ...

• Word Count: 940
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• Grade Level: High School

In rectifying transgender injustice, Transgender Employment Experiences: Gender Perceptions and the Law emphasized civil laws with relevance, like the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), specifically the Rehabilitation Act and Title I, to the stigmatization of transgender people labeling them as "disabled." A deep scrutiny of the exclusion of transgenders or their misrepresentation under the protected classes of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 released hot debates on some state courts due to the ambiguity of the term "sex." Furthermore, the emergence of the Employment Non...

• Word Count: 1525
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• Grade Level: Graduate

This can be seen in As You Like It act II, scene 4, when Rosalind breaks down and cries [unlike a man]. ... Indeed, Celia's words in Act I, scenes 2 and 3 echo the protestations of lovers. ... Instead, homosexual and heterosexual love exists on a continuum across which, as the title of the play suggests, one can move as one likes. ... We first see their relationship in Act II scene 1. ... In Act III scene 4, the audience sees how loyal Antonio is to his master when he takes the fall' for Cesario. ...

• Word Count: 1484
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Typography alone in "The Carnival of Venice" does not have a significant effect, but when combined with rhyme and meter; Harwood uses the whole structure of the poem to act as a parallel to society. ... Heinrich Heine, a German poet in the late nineteenth century whose name is referred to in the title, was against the ideas set by the ruling power of society. By mimicking Heine's distinctive rhyming scheme and meter and using his name in the title, Harwood shows the irony that in fact, not much has changed because women are still defined by society even though it is written "long after He...

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A discussion of women in the workplace in any position would not be complete without mention of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. ... This act has had long lasting, positive repercussions for women in relation to how corporations relate to them and how they have had to behave within management in order to achieve any type of success in comparison to their male counterparts. As a result of Title VII, companies began to take women more seriously. ... These "first" women act as mentors or role models and have helped pave the way for women to move into corporate America. ... Act lik...

• Word Count: 2022
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In "The Revolt of "Mother,"" Freeman, by comparing Sarah Penn's personality and actions to historical revolts involving men, places Sarah's female act of domestic disobedience in the context of important patriarchal revolts and shows how Sarah revolts against three male-dominated structures. ... Her act of moving into the new barn without her husband's permission is an act of "domestic disobedience" given authority through the historical precedence of patriarchal society. ... Societal standards would have forbid a woman from dictating to men how to go about their work, yet ...

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Domestication of women is broadcasted in the play's title by the word "taming." ... In Act II, scene i, Petruchio calls her a wasp. ... During their honeymoon, as Act IV, scene iii opens, Kate has clearly been affected by Petruchio's treatment, especially by the excuses he continues to give for his behavior. ... In Act IV, scene iii, Kate once again tries to draw the line. ...

• Word Count: 1693
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• Grade Level: High School

India's nation-state is widely inhomogeneous throughout history between both male and female social status in society. In order to fathom the extent of gender inequalities, a chronological view over three distinct phases ensues. The Women's Movements; Nineteenth Century Social Reform Movement, Twen...

• Word Count: 2806
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A closer look even reveals that the title of the movie suggest ownership, the women are owned or belong to a man named Charlie. ... Men will continue to have unrealistic expectations of their female counterparts as they will expect them to act exactly like the characters seen on TV. ...

• Word Count: 1911
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Gender Roles In American Society Are men and women really equal? In our country, there are laws that have been made to ensure equality for men and women but women are far from equal. Our society has socially constructed us to think of men one-way and women differently. Why is that little boys we...

• Word Count: 1554
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• Grade Level: High School

They acted as inferior and tragic victim types. ... As I feel, unlike the Irish, the Germans, or the Italians whose initial stereotypical representations would ultimately be replaced by dominant title role characters in realistic dramas, Asian in America has not been allowed to emerge into the realm of the real yet. ...

• Word Count: 1727
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Marian is consumed by the people around her and we can see this by the title, The Edible Woman, and through the text. ... This character is usually older, lacks affection and seems rather rigid towards the other characters but usually they are really very caring and usually act as the pillar holding the family together. ...

• Word Count: 1599
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Even though the title of the poem alludes to the fact that it will center upon the woman character, Tennyson places emphasis on the natural surroundings of the poem. ... Her gender, her domesticated fate, and her act of weaving all represent Tennyson idea of an ideal woman of the Victorian age who was to be expected, "withdrawal from the world, with women cloistered awaytrapped in the private hell of suicidal contemplation.... This is evident through his act of equating womanhood with seclusion by placing a domesticated woman on the tower instead of a male. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Killing the snake is perhaps the only act of bravery the reader witnesses from Jim, which as aforementioned can be viewed as a strategic symbol. ... As Cather gives Antonia the title role, it is expected from the reader that she will be the one who ends up happy and independently successful, but Cather undermines this dominant narrative strategy and allows Lena to be seen as the fortunate female in the novel. ...

• Word Count: 2062
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate