The feminist and Freudian approach are used within the story to shed light on the narrators ongoing battle within herself. ... From a Freudian point of view, in his Intrepation of Dreams, the narrator dreamed up stories of saving people, her courage, boldness and self-sacrifice. ... As the story goes on she continued to dream of stories which started the same way with some sort of danger lurking, however, things would start to change. ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

There are very few female characters within classical English literature who are in control of their own lives. ... These doe-eyed, fragile women are puppets in a web woven by the dominant male characters within each of Shakespeare's plays. ... However, these women, as hated and immoral as they are, do exist within Shakespeare's plays. ... Lady Macbeth, a prime example of a powerful, independent female faces rejection within her respective society. ... It is in this hope that I dream to change the stereotype against women of all ages, and prove to the world, that I, as Lady ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The film "Gallipoli," by Peter Weir is a reflection of the views and opinions of what society considered to be masculine within an Australian culture. ... His uncle saw the potential in him and trained him to fulfil his dreams. ... This form of mateship is clearly shown between Archie and Frank's friendship, from the time they met at the race within a rivalry competition against each for the win. ... Mothers were proud to send their sons off to war, having no doubt that they would be home within weeks. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Girls are expected to dream about "their prince seated on a white horse" and once he indeed came along, marriage is the next logical step. ... Not her individual dreams or expectations count but her loyalty to the male and, thus, the family. ... Marrying implied also living within the family-in-law and the provision of a dowry. ... First within the family were children are raised to function in well-defined roles. ... Love is not any longer the sublime fusion of the female within the man. ...

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When he wakes up he turns to his wife and sees her "smiling at some dream." Under the night domain, the man suffers a nightmare, while it can be seen that the woman is having the same dream but enjoying it. ... However, Harwood furthers this idea by describing the woman "as pale as death" suggesting that working within the confines of the domestic domain has slowly robbed the woman of her identity and life. ...

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Different countries and the cultures within them have different beliefs on what a woman's status should be. ... No one would even dream of a woman being president or making important decisions for the country. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Overall, the rights and status of women have improved considerably in the last century; however, gender equality has recently been threatened within the last decade. ... In her autobiography, A Dream Deferred, she recalls the reaction of her father when she brought up the idea of college to him: I found a scholarship for veterans' children and asked my father to sign and furnish proof that he was a veteran. ...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Everything within Gilead in predetermined by sex. ... Although, I do believe it is nice to have both mother and father figures within a household I think that you can still get along fine with one. ... A young member of the Gilead secret police, like Offred Nick is a subversive rebel and takes risks that most people would never dream of, "He begins to whistle. ... The power that the men within the society hold is quiet clear. ... It has never been and will never become acceptable to perform the role of a "handmaid" within our society. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

What interests me most in these stories is how the authors utilize certain character's within their given environment. ... By making Van the animal that he is, we as readers have an easier time believing he is capable of the horrors inherent within this book. ... I was surprised to see this image so obviously presented until I realized it was necessary for the character to function properly within the story. However it is still obvious that one of the oldest female stereotypes exists in full force within the character on Patty Ann. ... Paul deems Erik's goals asThe Erik Fisher Fo...

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• Grade Level: High School

Achievement of these gender roles has long influenced behavior and interactions within families and communities around Latin America. ... During the writing of her diary, Carolina holds fast to her dream of finding a home far from the Favelas for her and her children. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The representation of characters in print texts reflects the author's views on gender. In both short stories Cinderella and Snowhite gender is portrayed differently. Depending on the text gender appearances, relationships and values vary. In the story of Cinderella, she is represented as a beautiful...

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• Grade Level: High School

In terms of gender roles they are defined by ideologies within society. ... The concepts of gender roles and social variables are evidently present within this photograph. ... "Disney's power lies, in part, in its ability to tap into lost hopes, abortive dreams, and utopian potential of popular culture"" (Mitchell and Reid-Walsh, 48). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

From the late 1940s until the early 1960s, erotic communities whose activities did not fit the postwar American dream drew intense persecution. ... Rationalized that this bodybuilding subculture, where flexing is encouraged and admired, is merely an avenue for the political flexing of lesbians here, physical strength is valorized as a new form of femininity, and lesbians engage in their own form of flexing within lesbian subcultures by refusing to pass as straight Yet, instead of thriving on this form of flexing, Jess comes to see the pumping of her muscles as merely a tool to vent her tensio...

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• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Within sports, heroes are made, goals are set and dreams are lived. ... Within universities, collegiate athletics are seen as school programs and therefore they must abide by the regulations set forth in Title IX. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Imagine wanting to go to school. Getting an education and a job was a dream or having a family was the best thing possible; imagine knowing that one of these things is not attainable because of gender. What sex someone is cannot be controlled or decided before birth, yet in the Victorian time period...

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• Grade Level: High School

Givings finds the beauty of being a woman through the realization of her own sexual intelligence, ultimately tearing down the literal and figurative walls separating the genders in the play, making Ruhl's piece a commentary on the role of the woman within the relationship of husband and wife. ... It seems like magic that the husband and wife can have an open conversation, in which he expresses that he has not known how to love her, though he would like to, and she helps him to fulfill this dream. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Wade Mason noted, "the Latin she began to read was too strong an intellectual diet for an immature mind, and it is not surprising that the horrendous images of Virgil haunted her dreams" (9). ... Throughout Fuller's powerful and controversial essay, she constantly reinforces the belief that in order for change to occur, woman must look within herself for strength, wisdom and courage. ...

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Hello Oprah and audience; thank you very much for having me today. I am here to provide you with some information about women's mental health in the US. Using a developmental framework, I will discuss with you three specific life cycles from a woman's life: childhood, adolescence and adulthood child...

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Young boys often play at slaying the dragon and being the hero, young girls often dream of the handsome prince who will rescue them and whisk them away. ... Fairytales often go against the Feminist grain because of the gender division within them. ... No One in our western culture is unaffected by the values contained within fairytales. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Eponine is used to portray another strong and proactive character within the novel. ... Eponine will let nothing get in her way and although this warning comes from an emotional place within her she is still taking action and being proactive. Eponine is clearly infatuated with Marius and she distraught over the idea that he will never love her, yet she does everything in her power to try and make her dreams a reality. ...

• Word Count: 2647
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