... such issues as physical occurrences like that of menarche which we know as "menstruation" and skin conditions such as acne. Brumberg also focuses on the shift in emphasis from "good works" to "good looks", and the changing relationships between teenagers and parental importance. The author allows us as a modern day society to come and understand how these historical influences operate providing us ... the body into an all-consuming project." She also notes that this obsession with making the body into an all-conceivable project has led to a traditional emphasis on "good works" as oppose...

• Word Count: 759
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Graduate

A deliciously gruesome re-telling of a good girl gone bad tale, Delarivier Manley's The Wife's Resentment engages with 18th-century notions of female identity, sexuality, and criminality, using a subtle mixture of counter-arguments to successfully flip the ... is not overcome with shame neither does she retreat to a convent to lick her wounds, but rather, she emerges as a spectacular avenger on her own behalf! Deciding that what was good for the goose would be fair game for the gander, Violenta avenges her honor according to classic heroic codes: by taking Roderigo's life claiming that, "as ...

• Word Count: 1986
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Graduate

... to their reputation as "wise and quiet" . Similarly, Elizabeth often flattered her listeners trapping them with obsequiousness before asserting her own views and desires. She offered "hearty thanks for the good zeal and loving care of her people" in her first speech to parliament, and assured her council that the success of her reign who stem from ... "good advise and council" , before outlining her own demands on the kingdom. Relying on such a formulaic base for Cleophila's speech, Sidney pays Elizabeth the ultimate compliment of imitation. It would appear ... ...

• Word Count: 1452
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Graduate

... and Willmott's symmetrical family study and isn't convinced by their evidence as she believes that occasional help from a husband like ironing his own trousers on a Saturday doesn't make him a 'good' husband and it also doesn't mean he is helpful in the home. For example Young and Willmott regard a husband who washes up at least once a week as 'helpful in ... ...

• Word Count: 676
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Graduate