... other characters. She is viewed from many angles. Clarissa enjoys the moment-to-moment aspect of life and believes that a piece of her remains in every place she has visited. She lacks a certain warmth, but is a caring woman who is touched by the people around her and their connection to life in general. Clarissa is a representative of an English middle class and yet, defies categorisation because ... of her humanity and her relation to her double, Septimus Warren Smith. Woolf strived to illustrate the vain artificiality of Clarissa's life and her involvement in it. The detail given and...

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... by a pitch darkness that blackens even the waters. In the Victorian age, it was commonplace to make a connection between a woman's sexuality and darkness. This, therefore, is Tennyson's attempt to introduce the reader to Mariana sexual aggressiveness. In many works of literature, the fallen Victorian woman has a description of being the dark sad one or the one that is not fair. Evidently, Marianna is not ... happy, and she does declare this to the reader when she proclaims, "life is dreary." (Tennyson Line 9) Consequently, Tennyson attempts to make a connection between Mariana and darkn...

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... tricked by Iago into thinking his reputation is in danger: "Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls" - the word "jewel" emphasises the value of honour, and the word "soul" alludes to the Elizabethan connection of honour with religion and spirituality. When Othello kills Desdemona, he sees this as an act ... of honour and justice. He kills his wife in an attempt to save their reputation, saying "naught I did in hate, but all in honour." (V.ii ... tricked by Iago into thinking his reputation is in danger: "Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, ...

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... they were or could be. The times were different, thinking were different at the time. The women were thought to be completely responsible for the betterment of the household. The writer is trying to show that these restrictions were never placed on the man. Being a woman writer in a male dominated society, Rich ... writing about the universal issues involved in the relationship between men and women. She brings forth the very fact that woman are a slave to man. Rich writes "the massive weight of Uncles' wedding band"; Rich uses a "band" as a symbol for slavery and fear, which has Aunt Jen...

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... most important thing about gender is that its meaning is created by society: people are expected to behave and express themselves in certain ways that are consistent with the socially pre-determined gender role associated with their sex. Unfortunately, because of the intimate connection our society has made between gender and sex, the important distinction between the two categories has ... been blurred. Gender must not be mistaken with sex. The category sex refers to our biological makeup, and uses certain biological markers (such as our genitals ... sports and seeking much younger pl...

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... business through telephone, correspondence or e-mail without ever meeting the client. Other countries, however, would find this practice very rude. Other countries believe that getting to know each other first is priority, before even thinking of conducting business. We must not judge intelligence on English fluency. They may not speak perfect English; on the contrary, they are the one who is making ... over the last decade. There's another generation looming on the horizon. The Millennials are on the move, 76 million strong, and raring to put their own stamp on the world of work. This ...

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... were not considered "proper- and were not very common in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. "With the decline of family as an economic unit of production, however, the role of the housewife in the late sixteenth century England was beginning to shift from that of a skilled producer to savvy consumer- (Korda, Shakespeare Quarterly, 110). Women like this were sometimes beaten into submission and domestic violence ... that Petruchio has actually won quite a prize in Katherine. Then some believe "Kate's long, final speech about the need for wives to submit to their husbands is nothing ...

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... not satisfied with her marriage based on a dominant/submissive relationship. Her husband, Mr. Pontelliar, does not treat Edna as a human being, rather he treats her like one of his possessions paying just enough attention to make sure Edna is physically well and does everything that is expected from her. Mr. Pontelliar lives for his business, social respect, and a decent family. As soon ... nineteenth century.. The color yellow in The Yellow Wallpaper has been interpreted as the narrator's "sexual repression, her sexual fear, her disgust of sexuality" (Knight 13). According to Denise D....

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... for both females and males. The ensuing openness and tolerance towards sex, allows the adolescents of today to discover their bodies without guilt and, simultaneously, learn to become responsible for their own bodies and the bodies of their partners. Masturbation, while making people uneasy to talk openly about it, is not longer considered a sin. Pre-marital intercourse is warned against ... consequences. It is true, however, that more than the sexual liberalization, the economic revolt has contributed to the recognition of the individual rights of women. The economic demand for a new la...

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... women if practices were different during the Heian Period. It may be possible that he did not like this law code and rebelled against it. So instead of obeying the law code of the time, Genji decided to carry on his relationships in a manner that pleased him and this is first shown in an affair he had with his father's consort. Genji began ... patronage. For example, he built a "palatial- Rokujō-in. This dwelling was a place that his "live-in- lovers dwelled in. They shared this place equally and according to Pekarik there were no signs of jealousy between them. Jealousy did not occur ...

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... women's speech, and thus we have the noted limitations set upon women "along with freedoms given to women to compensate this limitation. Due to the misuse of these passages by unjust men, feminists' just critiques of these men's views, and the continued isolation of these verses out of their context, many people have accepted the feminist charge without further examination and have made the additional wrong ... silent when others are speaking from God. Yet Paul emphasizes that at the same time as we are orderly and accommodating, we must desire to prophesy, to speak words of encourageme...

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... being the ugly duckling, into the swan, but unfortunately we feel we can't do it without the help of prince charming. In the fairytales of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Rapunzel, the heroines show alliance to the structure of strong behavioural codes, allowing the reader to relate to the damsel, or model themselves in a similar fashion. Lieberman believes that the positive traits in fairytales indicate rewards ... all these concepts and also, yet again, she must be rescued by external forces and a male. Cinderella is expected to be open to the demands of others and she is passive thro...

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... In Appleton's study, he interviewed eighty-one women and he selected these women at random. Despite the random selection of the women, they were all thirty-years of age, to which Appleton stresses that women of such age are more capable of appreciating the underpinnings of their father's personality. He interviewed these women in his office, and asked them very pointed questions regarding their personal and ... separated from her father, and is neither dependent or angry with him, rather is she introspective and at last appreciates her father's numerous gifts. He then applies the model ...

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... . Formally known as Guy de (Henri René Albert) Maupassant, he was a French novelist and short-story writer. He is deemed one of the modern masters of the art of the short story and has influenced practitioners of that genre from his time to the present. (Guy de Maupassant Encarta Encyclopedia 2001. CD-ROM. Microsoft Electronic Publishing, 2001) Maupassant did not grow up a natural writer ... news. No real emotion at first, as if she is letting reality set in, and then her emotions take over and she begins to cry as she tries to visualize her son's death She then hears the voices of the ...

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... women securely within it.32 This then begs the question, why is Mary, "who was specifically given the first apostolic charge by Jesus himself to announce the news of his resurrection," not officially recognized as one of Jesus' apostles while Paul, who neither attended the Last Supper nor ever met Jesus during his life on earth, is?33 Previously we analyzed ... Mary's descent from "apostle to the apostles" to "penitent whore"; however, some of the inner forces at play may have been overlooked. Having scrutinized the historical interpretations made by the earliest Christians about the wo...

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... a cheating husband. This could be the reason Bianca is viewed as a prostitute, a home wrecker. This would also explain why they have an uncommitted relationship. The three women of "Othello" are similar to other female characters in Shakespeare's plays. They seek (or strive for) respect and equality between both sexes, and fall short in a male-dominated society. Again, Shakespeare allows us ... and ofttimes disappears completely. The woman enables the man's violence by becoming something that she believes the man wants her to be. Desdemona resembles the archetype for this form of modern...

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... Chopin 269)? Leonce was truly bewildered by his wife's lack on concern in pleasing him. He felt it was his duty, as her husband, to remind her of her wifely and motherly responsibilities when she faltered. Although these scenes caused her great anguish, Leonce saw no harm in treating her so. He did ... she discovers that the person she has become is not her true self. Her life long reserve begins to erode. An incident of Edna's initial awakening occurs when she conquers her fear of the ocean and learns to swim. Her self-reliance, and self-empowerment are evident in that, "She would not j...

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... creative faculties rather than hard physical labor must have been a significant facilitator of growth of women's participation in the labor force. Thus, the feminist movements of 1960s and 70s coupled with growth of service sector jobs and an overall acceptance of the equal cognitive capabilities of women compared to males resulted in masses of women entering the workforce and launching a revolution in gender roles where ... . Just under half the sample did not reveal the true date of expectant delivery to their managers because they wished to adjust their maternity leave to maximize the...

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... war. They successfully argued that they were already doubly taxed, by their wealth and by the sons they supplied for the war. After winning the repeal of the tax, they returned home to their children and traditional duties. But why? Why did it stop there? Educated Western women throughout the most recent two thousand years such as Christine de ... are not. A S. Shapin explains that: " we feel ourselves to exercise will, to have purposes, to move our bodies in response to our purposes, to be conscious, to make moral evaluations to deliberate and to reason." To reasonably apply this theo...

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... ends at the woman's heart- - and the nearby bedroom. Many consider poetry a sort of road map to the desired destination. John Donne's "The Flea," Robert Herrick's "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time," and Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress," all seem to have been written with one objective: to charm her into surrender. To ply her with sensual metaphors until she falls helplessly into his bed; but ... made in a brazen, condescending tone, for fear that, no matter how clever the argument, the woman will cease to hear it due to the obvious lack of respect. In Herrick's "To the Virgins...

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... for female inferiority even farther: "As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active force in the male seed tends to the production of a perfect likeness in the masculine sex; while the production of woman comes from defect in the active force or from some material indisposition" (Source Book 211). Chaucer refutes popular misogynistic perspectives propagated by the religious ... making them dependent on males. The lesson that WB learns is obvious: marriage is contracted for money, and the acquisition of money is equivalent to the attainment of honor...

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... conversation between men and women where men hold the leading role and therefore the verbal dominance. Here, also has a point the breeding, when the females were taught to talk with limited level of interruptions. This evidence proves the relations between husband and wife, boss and employee, boy and girl, which remain until our days (Schaefer 1989: 278). These theories ... any level - it is precisely this that is not observed in our republic. Article 33 of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan states: " Citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan have the right to manage the affairs ...

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... and write. We know that girls were taught here as well as boys, by a source by Martial, he speaks about the Ludi Magister, who he says: "Was an object of hatred to boys and girls." After primary education, girls from wealthy backgrounds would have continued their education at home and learnt Greek and Latin literature, playing the lyre, dancing and singing. "She ... , most good and beautiful, wool spinner, obedient, modest, careful, chaste, a woman who stayed at home." A girl would probably never have her first marriage to a boy of the same age, as boys would start to marry from the age ...

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... ". Even though Eliza finds herself in tenuous circumstances, she still aspires for something better in her life now that she has undergone her transformation. Vivian too comes to this realisation. After Edward offers her a life of luxury and financial security, she rejects his offer saying "You made me a really nice offer and a few months ago, no problem, but now everything is different ... and the emphasis is now on Eliza's emotional being rather than simply being an experiment. While Pretty Woman is an appropriation of Pygmalion, the difference in the texts is the ending. While in Pygm...

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... from within their minds even. Another thought about the setting is that it speaks about 'space', personal and private space as opposed to public and social space. Males control the space of society by their presence. They hold more jobs, more prominent roles, they 'own' public space --- by having such dominance in ... felt embarrassed. Again their chauvinistic narrow-mindedness comes into play here. Ironically Harry, the older man, who seemed to be the most rational one, joined forces with his colleague to make a fool of himself. Why?? I believe he didn't want to be left out being a "man"...

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