... Ways of Seeing," he discusses the mystification of art. Art tends to be a pleasure that one must interpret for themselves by getting the art to speak. Art is mystified, meaning that it is impossible to understand art and know its history without also understanding the present, and that ... the woman's reflection, I saw that the mirror was a very dark purple and black, indicating that the room behind her was dark. The painting focuses on a young female subject, wearing an almost see through dress that slips off her shoulders. She seems deep in thought because she is in a tranquil ... orig...

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... "The Crying Game" femininity and the gender of characters play a large part when analysing the narrative. The quote originates from "Cloud Nine", which is said by the character Betty. The female gendered characters relate to this quote at the start of the storyline of both pieces and at the closing of the narrative we ... the restricted Victorian society Betty is shown to have little power compared to the dominant male figure, Clive. Betty represses her wants and sexuality, which is shown by her lack of ability to express her sexual desires directly. She is only able to express herself ...

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... engages with 18th-century notions of female identity, sexuality, and criminality, using a subtle mixture of counter-arguments to successfully flip the early conventions on their heads. Through her (very appropriately named) heroine Violenta, Manley examines the lack of options and loss of power women of the 18th century ... not a measure of how truly virtuous a woman is, but rather was an important negotiation tool in securing a husband, getting paid off in a sense by said husband's wealth, and cementing a woman's societal status as a "proper" woman. The follow through of this exchange ...

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... questioned in the text are, nationalism, femininity, sexual morality and social standing. In the beginning of the book, we see that the women feel bonded by nationalism. This nationalism has brought them to the front line as ambulance drivers during World War I. Nellie "Smithy " Smith, the main character of this ... Smithy to continually think about the proper way to act and speak. Even when writing letters home to her mother she writes nothing too harsh and almost takes on a tone of an innocent school girl away at a fun little summer camp, when in fact on a regular basis she's dealing ...

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... in Madrid, Spain. The novel follows an idolized monk, Ambrosio, who struggles between maintaining his monastic vows and fulfilling personal ambitions after he is tempted by a young woman. The characters must navigate through black magic, incest, rape, and the supernatural as they fall from grace and are faced with their ... After Agnes falls in love with Don Raymond she is finally sparked with the strength to escape the life she does not want, and tries on multiple occasions to escape from the convent. This spark is later ignited into a flame after Agnes loses her virtue to Don Raymond an...

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... era's attempt to control the representation of women's nature" (5). In the 1880's, this "angel in the house" (5), this "ideal woman", was challenged by what was called the "Novissima", "The New Woman" who rejected marriage and motherhood and contested the boundaries of those separate entities. Edna Pontelleir in Kate Chopin ... Mademoiselle Reisz states to Edna that in order to be considered an artist, "one must possess many gifts-absolute gifts-which have not been acquired by one's own effort. And, moreover, to succeed, the artist must possess the courageous soul" (63). Although Edna and...

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... realistic, the characters belong to the middle class, and some of them can be described as typical Victorian characters (for instance, Tom's and Maggie's aunts). On the other hand, the fact that the novel was written by a woman is crucial itself, and says a lot. In addition to that, the protagonist is a woman, as well. As the reader meets the characters, he gets ... mold. She reads the writings of Thomas a Kempis and decides to live a life of piety and self-denial. This decision is clearly motivated by the desire she feels to fit into her society, now that she must take on more responsi...

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... consideration. Beatrice who is the only strong and brave among the other women. She doesn't only defend herself alone but Hero, her nice. She defend hero by treating to pay back to Claudio who accused Hero blindly. "kill Claudio" this illustrates how biter she is and wants revenge Beatrice is a woman who doesn ... sweet and graceful daughter of the Leonato. Hero's marriage arrangement was held at her absence because she has no control. When she was accused of being unfaith by Claudio she could not defend her herself "God defend me," "she faints. This depicts how spineless hero is. Claudio...

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... those kids - that is, about three feet off the floor. He also makes the point that retailers have got to provide for parents who are shopping with kids in tow by providing safe distractions and diversions for those kids, leaving the parents free for a few minutes of uninterrupted shopping. Again, the principle that the longer the shopper spends in the store ... shopping" the author proposes that there is a method to shoppers when it comes to shopping. The book is worth reading for shoppers - to see one's own behavior - and shopkeepers. Also by using demographical approach, the author pr...

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... makes them seem to have different abilities is the social construction itself. "Primate Studies and Sex Differences", an essay by Sally Linton, tells about her disagreement of the experience done on primates, the "animals that are most like human beings", to reveal the truth that some behaviors reflects innate ... differences between genders. She defends her opinion by giving the fact that "the female primates who did not receive the ... is not natural (instinctive) for [the primate], any more than for a human female, to be nurturing unless she has been taught this behavior by her soci...

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The Boor by Anton Chekhov has many themes in it pertaining faithfulness and emotions, because of this it relates to real life and how this could actually happen in a more modern setting. The first theme that sticks out if how Mrs. Popov is persistent on staying faithful to her dead husband, locking herself ... "Woman's logic! That's why I never liked to talk to women, and why I dislike doing it now" (1945). He continues with his misogyny by basically saying that women are illogical. He'd rather converse with men than women because women don't make sense. He then speaks about how women love; h...

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... first novel, and in 1913, she married George Cram Cook. He was also a writer, and the two moved to the east coast where they worked on many projects together, and founded two different theater groups. Glaspell died in 1948, having published many stories, plays, and novels. She wrote realism, mainly ... roles, I think someone like Kathy Bates or Frances McDormand would make a good Mrs. Hale. Mrs. Peters could be played by someone like Frances Conroy, the actress who plays the mother on HBO's "Six Feet Under." She is a slim, nervous looking woman, as the stage directions describe. Meg Rya...

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... woman writing to her lifelong friend, Aissatou, who now lives in the United States. Ramatoulaye, a recent widow, writes a detailed, intimate letter reflecting on her and Aissatou's roles as women, students, wives, mothers, and teachers, in order to analyze her own life and choices. Ramatoulaye's reflections help her ... women face. In order to challenge the oppression in her life, Ramatoulaye must first reflect on and understand her own experiences and choices. However, she is only able to do so by confiding in her female friend, showing that romantic relationships fail to provide a spac...

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... touch and/or be intimate with one another, which completely changed their relationship as they were always "passionate" and cultivated their love by showing affection. Duffy uses language features to evoke sympathy and sadness from readers felt for Mrs Midas and her loss of a lover, and their hopes ... spare room into the tomb of Tutankhamun". This metaphor visually powerful, for it creates an image of Midas and his piles of useless metal. By comparing Midas to an Egyptian pharaoh who died very young, hinting that he too will die young and surrounded with gold, Duffy stirs a...

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... . Therefore when you hold a woman against another woman they should be the same regardless of their marital status. Using allusion in a poem builds on the tone to help decipher the meaning of the poem. In this case, it allows the reader to connect the allusion of religion to the frustrated ... ideas, but it does have a constant feeling of frustration. In lines 2 through 4 the poem states, "The Wife without the sign! Acute degree–conferred on me Empress of Calvary!" (Dickenson 2-4). The poem conveys aggravation that a woman must be married in order to receive a title. The word "acute" ....

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... This study used the Two-Way Analysis test at the .05 significance level. The ANOVA identified a significant interaction effect between stress and gender. Stress, as a variable by itself, was also found to have an effect on body image. Though it did not quite reach a statistical significant level, it remained an important factor. Females with a high level of stress had a low MBSRQ ... , or situations where one fears failure. Each item was rated in terms of degree of apprehensiveness or concern using a scale of 1-5, ranging from none (1) to extreme (5). A high score on this test means that...

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... , and physically dominant. He has very big arms, hands larger than the wives whole head, and "powerful knuckles and the veins engorged by the pressure on his arm" (Meyer 164). By describing him such as big and powerful with hair on his hands and arms, the author portrays him as an animal of sorts. At one part of the story, the wife even remarks ... on this when she says, "It's as if I were laying on some animal" (Meyer 163). The hand is described as "apelike" having "claws" of a "pliant beast" (Meyer ... a dominant-submissive marriage. If the wife does not comply with his orders, then h...

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... Lew13 p 163 l 1033 ] The first type of abortion is the definition previously stated. It is the deliberated termination of a pregnancy by surgical or medical means. The second type of abortion is called spontaneous abortion. This type of abortion is defined as the unintentional termination of ... Another reason may be that a woman was a victim of rape. A woman who becomes impregnated by a rape may want to consider abortion as an option. Some may ask if the issue on abortion has to do with the mother's rights or the unborn child's rights. Some people even ... argue at what point an unbor...

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... by Joseph Conrad, takes place in the early 1900's and is about the European colonization in Africa. The story is told through the perspective of a young man named Marlow. The novel starts when Marlow is sitting on the deck of a sailboat recalling his experiences in Africa. He reflects on ... from the truth. The painting at the central demonstrates pervasive sexism in the European culture. Marlow notices the painting to have "a small sketch in oils, on a panel, representing a woman, draped and blindfolded, carrying a lighted torch," (46). The woman in the painting symbolizes the European ...

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... element of sexuality most prominently displayed is sexual repression. This was shown through the book by flirting, daydreaming, or actually engaging in sex. Many of the standards developed by the upper or middle-class were based greatly on religion "as religion and thrashing are the only remedies for a depraved nature and our ... , the term nymphomania was applied to degrees of sexual expression which would be considered quite normal today" (Rosenberg 10). It was believed that sex by nature, was not very natural at all, and that lower-class servants were the only ones to break norms. "S...

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... receiving the right to vote that is equal to that of a man. Women had scored some social victories as well, particularly the Law on Maternity, which provides for family planning, the recognition of consensual union as equivalent to marriage, equality of children whether born to a wedded or ... and developed rather than ignored, as seen unimportant for a woman to have these qualities, which was a view of the past. In "Mill on The Floss" Maggie's family environment is central to her problematic sense of identity as a woman, for instance, although her father praises Maggie's ... Her contrad...

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... just right. "Oranges" is about a young boy's first walk with a girl. This poem shows how the simplest things in life may have the most tremendous impact on a person. This poem opens with a delicate flourish of description and detail and ends the same. Soto not only uses detail to describe the occasion, but also describes ... there are several things they pass along the way, which do not have to be mentioned but are mentioned to keep the reader's attention. The author goes on to describe how there were "newly planted trees (18)." This is symbolic of the newly "planted" love that will event...

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... receiving the right to vote that is equal to that of a man. Women had scored some social victories as well, particularly the Law on Maternity, which provides for family planning, the recognition of consensual union as equivalent to marriage, equality of children whether born to a wedded or ... and developed rather than ignored, as seen unimportant for a woman to have these qualities, which was a view of the past. In "Mill on The Floss" Maggie's family environment is central to her problematic sense of identity as a woman, for instance, although her father praises Maggie's ... Her contrad...

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... with his form of love. She felt like he wasn't doing his job as a husband. Those lines show the anger that loved caused her. She goes on to describe how angry she is by saying "Hey baby, who the fuck do you think i am? Give my fat ass a big kiss boy, tonight I'm fucking up all your shit ... and equality that they deserve. She shows images of black women in the movie that look very unhappy and are living in poverty stricken areas. Beyonce also focuses on womens rights in general. In her song "Formation" she talks about how women have the power. She puts herself in a position of power thro...

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... Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid, is one that is relatable to many cultures across the globe. It shows how advice being passed down from mother to daughter is supposed to be beneficial to the daughter's life, and help her with shaping a better future. This story helps to shed light on the cultural ... daughter to eat like a lady- have manners and maybe not eat too quickly or spill on herself- instead of perhaps eating like a barbarian with no table etiquette. Also, by telling her daughter to not eat fruit on the streets because flies will follow, it's reasonable to presume that she wants to let ...

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