A Virtuous Women

Her story is one that, while giving some insight to the lives of Roman women during her time, mostly shaped the expectations of women. ... One of the responsibilities of women was to entertain guests. ... Her virtuous character gave her power. ... Without her chastity, without her status of a virtuous woman, she has lost her ability to represent her household. ... Lucretia is the epitome of a virtuous woman. ...

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othello: role of women The play Othello deals with many themes that fall onto a skeletal system of social fame work, which can be represented by the role of the women of the play. ... Desdemona is high class, virtuous, and makes her own decisions; Emilia is in the middle, a maid, manipulated by Iago and loyal to Desdemona; and Bianca is the bottom of the line, as a whore she is talked down to. Iago's view on women is presented in (II.i), providing further insight into what women mean in the play. ... She is the wife of pure evil and the maid of the most virtuous. ... Iago said women ar...

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She is often referred to throughout the play as virtuous, innocent, and pure by several different characters. ... Her marriage to Othello is somewhat contradictory to her innocent, and virtuous characteristics, because she has gone against her father's wishes with this marriage. ... Bianca, along with Emilia are basically created, by Shakespeare, to contrast these two women who are so coarse, fickle, lusty, and bothersome, with Desdemona, who is so virtuous, pure, innocent, and loyal. Both of these women highlight Desdemona's innocence and idealism with the...

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Narayan, majorly plays into the idea of the virtuous male. ... However, women are often overlooked when it comes to their virtuous character, despite their tendency to be more virtuous than their male counterparts. ... This proves her ability to know what she is doing and a characteristic of virtuousness. ... All in all, her ability to act for herself establishes her virtuous character. ... She is the main example of a virtuous person, owing to her capacity to surpass her male counterparts who are not seen fulfilling all the necessary virtuous characteristics. ...

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Rousseau believes that men and women are not equal because of the difference of their sex. ... Wollstonecraft agrees that women have a place in the home, because they are biologically bound to their children, however, she thinks that women should pursue ambitions outside of the home. ... In the opinion of Wollstonecraft, these misconceptions of females being characteristically, gentle, weak, submissive, less virtuous (if at all virtuous), cunning, and dependent, have been perpetuated by the subjugation of women. ... Wollstonecraft proposes that if women were allowed the chance, education wo...

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There was even a double standard between women of different classes in the court. ... Neither women or men had much of a voice when it came to there marriages however women had a slight more say. ... Mlle de Chartres was raised to be very virtuous and pure, which other women in the court attempted to portray but did not uphold. ... Princesse de Cleves was taught that you must remain faithful to your husband and even though she cared about another man she stayed virtuous for the rest of her life. ... Everyone in the court was supposed to be good and virtuous but it was simply a ploy to ...

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Desdemona is high class, virtuous, and makes her own decisions; Emilia is in the middle, a maid, manipulated by Iago and loyal to Desdemona; and Bianca is the bottom of the line, as a whore she is talked down to. Iago's view on women is presented in (II.i), providing further insight into what women mean in the play. ... She is the wife of pure evil and the maid of the most virtuous. ... In the themes of the play the women played an important role. ... Iago said women are as objects and he uses them as objects. ...

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True, they serve enforce his ideas on "virtuous government," but they also seve the modern historian in his search for original sources. A third possible purpose of The Prince might be to outline the ideal government or, if not the ideal, the most virtuous or the best possible. ... Virtu embodies a paragon or paradigm; the virtuous man takes action, he anticipates and exhibits resolve, shrewdness and aptitude. ... Virtuous action, Machiavelli implies, is directly opposed to fortuna, which can be translated as luck, destiny and of course fortune. ... One of Machiavelli's ultimate state...

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However, I wanted to write this to you in order to express my appreciation and admiration for your revolutionary essay, "A Vindication of The Rights of Women.... A woman should not be represented by her "sexual characteristics," and superfluous ornaments but rather by her virtuous character, rational thought and service to society. ... The insufficient education that women receive is certainly to blame for their disdainful societal perception. How can women, who are the educators of the young, breed the future of society if they are, "in a state of perpetual childhood?... I...

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