But Esther unmistakably makes it known that she is not like any other woman and that she has a strict vision of what it means to be a lady. As duly noted in, "The Bell Jar: A Psychological Case Study," "Esther's freshness of vision turns against her. ... In this case, Esther must come to terms with the fact that she has lost sight of the perfectionist vision she once held of herself not only as a writer but a career woman. ... By making such a broad statement Esther compares the role of a wife to that of a slave, brainlessly numb. ...

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This act of "re-vision - the act of looking back...from a new critical direction," as Rich puts it, at male and female writers "is an act of survival (p.167)." ... Indeed, her essay on Dickinson, in which Rich supports her statements with historical evidence, is an extremely strong work. ... The main idea of the essay, that of re-vision facilitating a separate identity, is a valid and valuable one, but in this case it is overshadowed by hypocrisy and contradictions. ...

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By saying this, Nora was actually referring to Torvald coaching her in practicing the Tarantella, but Ibsen was using verbal irony to show us Nora's vision of Torvald. ... Nora does not realize at this time how prophetic this statement is. ...

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Introduction A. Reasons for Undertaking Research. Today, during these democratic transformations, women are becoming more active in many spheres and trying to compete with men and take their rightful place in a new society. Historically the administrative structure is comprised of men and does not reflect the developing level of public potential and therefore on the opportunities or influence of women on affairs of a society, state and family. It also fails to provide the correct social direction for the development of a society and its democratization. ...

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Representation is a way of re-presenting certain events or stories to the audience. However real the representation seems, it can never really offer its audience a true presentation of ideas. In this way, the media uses representation to simplify a text allowing their audience to consume it in a c...

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