... Jennifer still will not bring closure nor change her role in a patriarchal society. Death is eternal; the idea of her lying in her grave still trembling, and carrying duties of a wife show how weak and inferior she felt through her life. "The massive weight of Uncle's wedding band sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer's hand" signifies that she had a tough marriage and felt ... her husband did not really approve of her going outside the normal tasks of the typical housewife. She will be inferior to her husband no matter what she does. Even through death she can not escape this fact, this does...

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... rearing the most important aspect of home. Women then became willing to follow the leanings of society and remain at home. Of course, the women had to be able to do what was expected of them but mothers, school, society, and peers all helped prepare them for being a housewife. The husband also had to be willing to accept the opportunity of being the sole provider and society helped ... home. Television was only one of the societal influences though. Schools taught Home Economics to girls and encouraged them to learn all they could to be a good homemaker. Religion of the day taught that ...

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... home, this America? The "American dream" is a large part of the problem. It governs the way our society operates and how we view each other. To know how gender plays a role in the American Dream, we must give thought and analyze the motivations and roles that men and women play ... were not laid before them by their parents. In turn, the children will create a better life for their children and so on. The American dream of the 1960's could be one of the easiest to identify. This dream has white picket fences where the little boys and girls play in ... in is new Cadillac. This dream is ...

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... , so why make the effort. Thus, she cannot achieve any status, so her efforts would be better served as a housewife, with a husband who would appreciate her. Joe describes his wife, Clara=s, unhappiness to Marian during Peter and Marians engagement party. Joe believes A . . . it=s harder for any women who=s been to university. She gets the idea she has a mind.@ (276) and that this was the ... it. Like herself, it too is being consumed, and by not consuming the egg, Marian reveals strength in her character; that she will not conform to societal norms. Personification is used to enable th...

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... Mrs. Shimerda had given her as a gift. This is the area with which she seems to be most at ease. She is not afraid to say what she has on her mind. Mrs. Shimerda is a housewife, much the same way Mrs. Burden is. She cooks for her family and tends to her children. Until after her husband's death, she rarely worked outdoors. Mrs. Shimerda appears ... the helpless damsel in distress. She clings to Jim and feeds his self-image by stating how brave he is. She encourages Jim to show everyone how he killed the snake. When in the field, Antonia takes on the form of "Mother Earth". She embodies ...

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... about the way society viewed women in the public eye. In the fifth stanza, the anger of Bradstreet is clearly displayed in the lines, Who says my hand a needle better fits; A poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong, For such despite they cast on female wits. If what I do prove well, it won't advance; They"ll say it's stol"n, or ... should praise her work by giving her something useful, not some sort of plaque or statue. Bradstreet knew how to be both a housewife and a writer; she did not let either one get to her head and outweigh the other. She wrote her poems while rearing eight chi...

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... , and in search for true love. In contrast, Austen depicts Elizabeth's best friend, Charlotte Lucas, as being the "girl next door". She is a simple, prepared housewife who will settle for a good home over love. Charlotte emphasizes the importance of marriage by saying, "I am not a romantic, you know; I never was. I ... illustrates the concept of every man for himself. Tolstoy begins achieving these goals by explaining how Ivan was successful in marriage as he states "Ivan Illyich married for both reasons: in acquiring such a wife he did something that gave him pleasure and, at the same t...

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• Grade Level: High School