... result she lead a very violent life style with many physical altercations with other musicians and lovers. Bessie's high intensity life style was what she brought to the stage and what people loved to see in her shows. "Bessie Smith had a huge sweeping voice, capable of strength and tenderness. She could convey the entire meaning of ... on her audience and what the people in the audience felt as she was singing her music. Bessie Smith through her confidence and presence she revelotionized stage performance during her time and has influence many other musicans to adopt the same presence t...

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... females and dark colored long-sleeved, button-up shirts and paints. All performers were wearing black dance shoes. Some had a higher heel than others. The stage effects involved more lighting than props. The colors changed from pinks and reds to blues and greens. Two scenes used smoke to enhance the atmosphere of the ... loud, fast performances. At intermission, my husband and I decided to stand near the front door to get some relief from the heat. We decided to get some refreshments that had to be finished before we could go back to our seats ... , until I got back to my seat. I kept s...

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... act was introduced into society. Are people, (particularly women) stripping away their self-worth when they disrobe in front of delighted males? In my opinion they are. Stripping is a degrading act that reduces a woman to a sexual object. When a woman walks out onto the stage and takes off her clothes, she becomes an object of desire to dozens of bug-eyed, horny men ... oneself through university, does not however dignify it or make it any less degradable. In my opinion, stripping is degrading, whether it is males or females on the stage. Parading naked in front of multiple people shout...

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... sex work.) 5)Crossdresser, CD, Transvestite, TV -- (Presents as a woman only part time.) 6) Effeminate -- (Does not crossdress, but has some feminine characteristics.) 7)Drag Queen -- (Performs caricatures on stage. May or may not be transgendered.) 8)Intersexed, Hermaphrodite -- (Has physical characteristics of both sexes.) 9)Androgynous -- (Has minimal characteristics of either gender. No clear dominant gender.) 10)Club Kid -- (Outrageous ... with some masculine characteristics.) 13)Diesel Dyke -- (Very butch lesbian, looks at home behind wheel of truck.) 14)Bulldagger -- (Extreme but...

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... if a woman ever went against them. In the play, we lay witness to Creon's manhood, not just his kingship, become threatened by Antigone's actions. This occurs when she takes center stage and presents formidable challenges to the king and other men around him. She defends her actions by telling Creon he had no right to make such a law in place of ... with, because he is merely a mortal man (p.82). This demonstrates Antigone's fearlessness to insult Creon's word and his law. The king was extremely insulted due to Antigone's countless remarks in front of his attendants. It is easy to say h...

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... it is like for a young girl who is discovering different things going on with her body. This black girl in the poem is 9 years old and in her pre-puberty stage of life. She feels "like [she's] not finished" (Smith, 766). She feels out of place because she is in between the stages of being a child and becoming a young adult. She ... hang down our backs. We would pretend we were the cast of "Saved by the Bell" because of the long pretty hair all the girls had. We would "[primp] in front of mirrors that [denied our reflections]" the same way she would (766). What we would see in the mirror...

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... , is trapped within the wallpaper. As this breakdown is nearing, she starts tearing the wallpaper off of the wall and locks her husband out. After retrieving the key from the front path, he comes back and opens the door, he sees her ripping the rest of the paper off the wall and faints. This is when John realizes that his wife ... , insane one. She has now broken free of societal roles. Though she must crawl around the room, as the woman in the wallpaper crawls around, the "creeping" is the first stage in a uprising for women to break free of societal roles and in turn, break free from th...

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... meaning of her life. In the steadfast pursuit of true love, Janie ventures to break a social taboo by marrying a second husband without divorcing the first. "Janie hurried out of the front gate and turned south. Even if Joe was not there waiting for her, the change was bound to do her good"(Hurston, 32). She is so driven to find what ... of the outcome and not caring about the possible consequences. When Jane finally finds satisfaction with Tea Cake, it is because she has found him herself and come to this stage in her life independently. Janie's personal triumph is in realizing the "tw...

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... , nowadays it doesn't look so unrealistic. Hilary Clinton not only was the wife of the president, she spoke out in many ways. In the political field she will set the stage and open the door for woman politicians everywhere. One of the largest influences on people today is the music industry. People of all ages want to dress, act and think ... much on the books and beliefs set so long ago that it is almost impossible to change them. Women still sing in the choir and are allowed to read in front of the mass, but they are not allowed to be priest. Priest are men and women are nuns, this is ...

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... and discovering new things about ones self which everyone does in their life. Great emphasis was given to the scissors cutting down the front of the dress, as if the woman is becoming naked, or vulnerable. At some stage in ones' life they are most likely going to be exposed to public eye Her true self is being displayed as is shown ... ...

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