... has an urge to progress and change the world that they live in. It is a part of human's nature. The play "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams, which takes place in 1940's cosmopolitan New Orleans city, is a great example of this evolution. Back in those times, New Orleans had one of the biggest ports in the world just like today. The city was heavily industrialized, and needed ... these people arrived, New Orleans became one of the oldest multicultural cities in the United States. This characteristics of the city formed the infrastructure of the play, both characters and the...

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... a Hot Tin Roof involve women who are weak and progressively fall apart because of the men in their lives, or lack thereof for that matter. Blanche, the main character of A Streetcar Named Desire, and Maggie, from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, display Williams" view of women's dependence on men. Blanche bases her every action on the opposite sex, which leads to several skanky relations. She stays out ... of the light so as not to allow anyone to see her aging, for fear she ... slowly tears her apart. Blanche and Maggie are essentially presented as very lonely, confused women. Maggie's loneline...

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... Named Desire," first opened in the late 1940's, cut line which had defined traditional gender roles began to blur. It was also the war itself which helped to pull the U.S. from the Great Depression due to the emergency war-time measures boosting the economy. The Great Depression was a time where the working class began to feel a great hostility towards the privileged aristocracy of the upper class. "A Streetcar Named Desire" debuted in the December of 1947 ... but was written in the year prior to its release. The play revolves around the circumstances and actions behind ... ...

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... three important men in her life. All of whom she looks at differently and has different emotions for. Throughout her life Edna feels the need for attention from all men. This explains why she marries Leonce Pontellier, her deep feelings for Robert Leburn, and her sexual affairs with Alcee Arobin. Because her husband spends most of his time away from home on business ... trips, Edna is left with a great deal of time for herself. Leonce spends little time ... and children. She longs to be with Robert but knows that it would be frowned upon by others who know them. Edna has a love affair ...

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... for : exhibit or feel desire for- . Desire, translated into human behavior and action, is described by the great philosopher Plato (427-347 BC) as mans lowest attribute. The appetitive soul (emotion or desire) is the portion of each of us that wants and feels many things. In Aristophanes' (450 BC - 388 BC) Lysistrata , the theme of desire is given a new meaning, namely: the desire for sex. In this paper ... I intend to show how desires new meaning is exaggerated by the playwright to produce a comedy. According to Aristotle ... obvious: "look what a fertile vale she's got there!" . Even...

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... patients. Mrs. 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. In order to understand Mrs. Givings' frustration with herself and her desire for more, it is important to understand the Women Question, the theory put forth in ... her decision (Lemon). However, feminist theater scholar Jill Dolan has argued that reversing these gender roles in the ...

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... women have over men, in that while he may desire her, she controls the outcome. It is this feeling that acts as an intoxicating elixir of no longer being oppressed or subjugated. Further, the extent women in the past have gone to achieve this control, beauty that men desire has at times been dangerous. Scott tells us of these dangerous practices, " tight lacing corsets, eating arsenic to ... produce a pale complexion, and using lead-based powders- all in the name of beauty and sex appeal to men. Is because of the subjugation of women by men that drives ... ...

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... him to. His wife is pure and untouched, and since he will be the first man she has ever known, the husband can feel secure heading into the marriage. Besides the jealousy and insecurity factors though, I think many men also want their wife to be a virgin because it is a way of the woman proving that she will be faithful to her husband once they are married ... is much more likely to remain a faithful wife throughout the rest of her life. By remaining a virgin until marriage, the marriage is made to seem more meaningful for the woman. The husband is then reassured that he is the only one...

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... with him, if only he weren't, "still " resting ."" She said this with a pause as if not to embarrass herself in front of the plumber. She was going to say something else but decided to stop herself and say "resting."" Then again, why would she have to worry ... to the plumber's. that she deserves to be talked to like this, not like a slave that requires her mettle. The plumber emerges from the trap and asks, again, if she will come down with him. The persistance of the plumber is exactly what the astronomer's wife is looking for, someone who will desire her ... and treat her with respec...

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... as secondary to men, and their sole purpose in life was to please a man's every desire. This is not the case in three specific literary works. The Odyssey, The Wife of Bath, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight use the actions of its women characters to greatly enhance important thematic elements. The women in each of these works use feminine psyche to persuade men to do things that men ... sleeping. In this case, Penelope is seen as smart and cunning, and she is being faithful to her husband and at the same time, she does not have to blatantly disrespect the suitors. At the time this wa...

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... cooking. This is shown in her relationship with Harpo. He is the one who is usually cooking and cleaning in the house, while she is in the fields. This is not the typical woman characteristic. It is quite the contrary. Celie also broke out of the stereotype, but this happened later in the book, after Shug influenced her. "You a low down dog is what's wrong, I say. It's time ... to leave you and enter into Creation. And your dead body is just the welcome mat I need ... ."(P. 207) This is significant because here she declares her independence from Mr.____. And she is ready to start a new ...

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... , women were under physical and emotional control by their male counterparts. Steinbeck illustrates this in "The Chrysanthemums" and Elisa's desire to break free from constricting gender stereotypes. Elisa, the story's protagonist, lived on a farm, far away from the rest of civilization; the only time she was able to communicate to people, besides her husband, was either when others came to buy ... their crop or to fix broken items on the farm. This led to a life lacking social communication and isolation of her ... anyone let alone a complete stranger she rubs her body raw with a block ...

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The Wife of Bath's Tale "Yet you shall live if you can answer we what is the thing that women most desire?" (Chauser) This question has bewildered men through out the ages. With the young knights life on the line he is summoned by the queen to find out what women truly desire. The knight learns many valuable lessons in his search to find out what women wan. He learns how ... to treat people with respect, not to judge people and how man should always treat a women with equality. A moral is "of or relating ... to character and human behavior, particularly as regards right and wrong; virtuous, ...

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... , women look that they cannot do anything without any help of men. It seems that her marriage is not happily. She feels suppressed of her life. It shown by "And yet she loved him-sometimes. Often she had not. What did it matter! What could love, the unsolved mystery, count for in the face this possession of self-assertion.." (Chopin, 5). Again, woman is a victims ... of men suppression. Woman must agree with all of the man's rule, moreover when they are become husband and wife. In addition, this condition is reflects a women in general ... starts her new life, her better life without an...

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... life in celibacy. She has had five husbands, & since Jesus only visited one wedding, people criticized her & said that she should have only married once. Instead of feeling shameful about her intense sex drive, the Wife simply argued that God told them "to increase and multiply" (Prologue ln. 28). She sees sex as a fun & healthy activity to participate in. She ... 's proverbs or misogynistic stories, nor would she let him tell her what to do. Women would rather be lied to than have their flaws pointed out to them. The Wife argues, "women desire to have dominion over their husbands as wel...

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... American girl, who is being sought out after by an elderly White woman, would have her doubts. This also speaks to the times in which white and blacks just did not mix. For Mrs. Ellsworth is almost becomes some sort of obsession with Oceola. She wants to know everything about her, what she does, where she lives, if she is involved with ... for Oceola can focus on her art; however, it almost seems as if Mrs. Ellsworth is buying her time to have her all to herself. This raises the question of the sexual tension that is found within the piece. As Mrs. Ellsworth lies in bed she begins to th...

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... the play, the characters, especially the females, cling to the importance of sexual masculinity and its characteristics. In particular, Harry Horner exemplifies all of the qualities of a true "man-. From the beginning of the play, the reader knows of Horner's phony disease in order to seduce women while their unsuspecting husbands concur. However, the reader does not know the length to which Horner has used his deceit until the end of the play. The ideas of sexual ... and only burning desire that he envelops, when in all actuality it is a lie. As for the ladies' husbands, at first they ...

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... out to dinner with her husband. Steinbeck smartly narrates this woman's frequent shifts between femininity and masculinity over a short period of time. In the opening of the story Elisa is emasculated by the description of her clothing. She wears "a man's black hat pulled low down over her eyes, clodhopper shoes, a figured print ... When Elisa's husband Henry comes over and compliments her garden and ability to grow things Elisa is smug with him and very proud of her skill with the flowers. Her "green thumb" makes her an equal in her own eyes. When Elisa's husband asks her if she would ...

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... do what they want. They become more powerful than men. Giving women this power, he shows how men can become weak to sexual desire and in Lysistrata's situation uses sex to defuse the conflict of the Peloponnesian War. On the other hand in The Toy Cart, King Shudraka portrays women as weak and defenseless - needing men to save them and be with them. It portrays men ... it can be used - no sugar-coating. Aristophanes gives us an insight into human desire and sexuality. He shows us the truth and not a romance story. Through this piece Aristophanes conveys the message that men are in some r...

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... becoming members of the senate and legislature. There are women mayors and city officials. A woman for president was thought of as impossible, 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 ... ...

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... the beginning of time that women were the weaker of the two sexes. Women all over the world have been fighting for equal rights for centuries but the historic stereotype is still stuck. In the US women are allowed to have the same jobs as men, and are, most of time, respected in the same aspect. But, there still is the ... occasional occurrence where women will be laughed at for wanting to do something that may be considered more of a man's job. There are still the ... comments like "Oh, she can't do that, she's not strong enough, she's a woman, that's a man's job." Even in America with...

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... the case of Stan. Feminist therapy is an important tool developed collectively by many outstanding professionals. Feminist theory is unique by placing gender and power at the core of the therapeutic process. Feminist Therapy Applied To the Case of Stan Feminist Therapy is unique to the therapy realm; it was developed by a collaboration of ... women to address social emotional gender roles and issues. This type of therapy started when the woman's movement really caught on in the ... types of therapy I have studied thus far. The first is with the use of this type of therapy Stan can have a...

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... as inferior and men as superior, not because that's her opinion, but mostly as a reflection of society at that period. Few women have any power in the book aside from a few exceptions. Lady Maruyama is one of the exceptions being the leader and owner of the Maruyama Province, the only province in the three countries that is traditionally owned by women. Being a woman and holding that power in a society ... not believe his [ Lord Iida's] intentions" (page 308). Kaede is in this case seen as an object of desire, Iida did not feel he needed to ask for permission as he is the male and natur...

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... true, it gives us some idea of how Chaucer might have conceived woman. Therefore, I believe, as does Diamond, that he transmutes her potential for genuine female strength into a mixture of fantasies and attributes which constitute an "aggressive female". (69) In The Wife of Bath's Tale itself Chaucer continues to make fun of women with the question "what it is most desire". The knight spends one year trying to ... discover the answer and finds that women's opinions vary: Wher as he mighte finde in this ... ...

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... supposed to perform certain tasks places many restrictions on the word gender. Gender role stereotypes refer to the oversimplified expectations of what it means to be a woman or a man. It would be stereotypical to believe that a woman's place is in the kitchen, and at the same time to assume that a man's job is to financially support the family. Most women today are strong willed and perfectly ... able to take care of themselves. Just the same, today's man is not only concerned about his muscles, but also if his belt matches ... his shoes. When looking at a job application the word gen...

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