... with these two works she was able to create plays that exercised her intellectual freedom. The strong Puritan views that were hostile to theatre controlled most of society and caused a great deal of resistance to Murray's attempt at using the theatre as a feminist vehicle. "In both plays Murray challenges feminine stereotypes implicitly, rather than explicitly. Her strong female characters do ... freedom Murray took in Literature and her heroic but failed attempt of bringing theatre to a heavily Puritan society, shows the magnitude of intellectual freedom she took over authors such as B...

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... also declined by the year 1972. Since the national legalization of abortion the amount of abortions that are performed has significantly increased. The possibility of death and injury are still great when going through with the procedure. In fact, many women still die and obtain injuries during the process of abortion and along with the significant increase in the amount of ... negative effects when this occurs, but it is irrational to say that this is the only way an abortion can reflect on a woman's future. In "Abortion and Common Sense" the authors state, "One of the most common misc...

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... element in the global economy and a key "resource" for expanding multinational corporations" (551), the men are "too restless and impatient to do monotonous work with no career value" (552). The authors, Ehrenreich and Fuentes, are pointing out the positive efforts of women, and that men are not capable of doing such labor-intensive and specific work. However, they are also illustrating ... in which women will be fighting. This is because men set limitations on women's freedom. "Women are impeded by the extreme conventionality of the other sex men sensibly allow themselves great freedom...

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