As women, the witches represent Shakespeare" s attempt to display the "other," the darker side of humanity. Both Lady MacBeth and the witches are portrayed as evil women who influence MacBeth to do evil; the thoughts they suggest to him infect his mind and he becomes filled with malice. ... The witches represent a feminized other, in that their prophecies are like seeds of evil planted in MacBeth's head. ... Their statements about the future carry evil implications, like subliminal messages behind a tape recording. ... The women in the play are portrayed as evil influences and mechani...

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Phyllis is an evil woman. ... Throughout the whole movie, Phyllis always seems evil until the end. ... Even though Phyllis was evil in her ways, she was still able to love. ... Rosemary represents how beautiful and attractive these women were. ... The symbolism that represents their feminine side is Rosemary's nightgown and Phyllis's anklet. ...

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Do the values represented by the two texts correspond to each other or do you see a conflict? ... The values represented in the "Prologue" of the Thousand and One Nights confirm the ones written in the Koran, "4.Women" because men are represented as authoritative and forceful whereas women are portrayed as beautiful "things", there only to obey, entertain and please the male characters. ... Once again, a wife is represented as disloyal to her husband. ... Evidently the females in the Prologue of the Thousand and One Nights are the cause of all evil and consequently all the women are...

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All three of them are shy, passive, and nave towards the evils of the world. ... Once her evil stepmother sends a huntsman to kill Snow White her fate is in the hands of a man, much like the power in the world at that time. ... One of the most striking features of the way parenthood is represented in Disney's more recent animations is the almost total absence of the mothers. ... One of these stereotypes is that women in a powerful position are evil and potentially dangerous. ... These features of her personality are hidden inside an old, ugly, crone, representing the stereotype that old w...

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However, the evil portrayal of women is a theme that is just as dominant in the literature of the time and is one that should always be examined for the problematic certainty that it is presented with. The absurd idea that all women are dangerous and reason for the ruin of men branches from the idea that they are the direct and therefore influenced descendants of the first woman to ever be perceived as evil: Eve. The women of "The Wife of Bath " and "Noah's Flood " fall in perfect alignment with this theme as their independent thinking is perceived not as a quality that should be praised...

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This cynical depiction is largely influenced by a historical pattern which has continuously placed women as the root of all evil. ... Moral dilemmas, often represented through the body of a women, are understood to be the punitive outcomes for the consumption of the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. ... Representative of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, Bud's girlfriend curiously picks a shiny red apple to give to him. ...

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In the story of Cinderella, she is represented as a beautiful, loving and caring young girl where the prince is represented as a brave, handsome and charming young man. ... In the story, Cinderella is represented as a woman who moves from powerless to powerful, from sadness to fulfilment. ... The prince is represented as a warm loving character to which the females feel a strong attraction to. ... Enraged to find that Snowhite is still alive, the evil queen disguises herself as an old lady in a attempt to kill Snowhite. ... Snowhite is represented as a character in many ways. ...

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To Foucault, the controlling of sex and sexuality represents power. ... Religions were also able to control what types of sex were regarded as "deviant" or evil, such as any type of sodomy, and also masturbation. ... In a way, this pain a anguish represented the pain and anguish that Christ felt during the crucifixion. ... For them, it represents modesty and brings them salvation, similar to the salvation that the females in the middle ages felt that they received through bodily torture. ... Even though this video is a comedy skit, it represents the controlling of sex in various religions an...

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All of them, except Candy, are matriarchs who dominate over men and are all represented negatively. ... The only woman represented postively in the book is Candy, a prostitute, a woman whose profession involves submission to men. Thus, women are shown as being the evils of society and the temptation of men, and are only good when they submit to men a la Candy. ...

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Next is the trials and victory stage where they prove their worth and choose between good and evil. ... For Campbell he wrote "she is also the death of everything that dies" the female can either be good or evil in the adventure. ... Despite their roles they do represent a strong symbol for the hero. ... A male character who encounters a female figure, either portraying good or evil, a goddess or even a motherly symbol, in order to develop their maturity. ...

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Many stories throughout history have portrayed males and females following these stereotypical gender roles, and there are countless tales of a man rescuing a woman from some sort of evil or dire situation. ... However, she is the evil character in the story. It is not to say that the stepmother's cruel treatment is acceptable, but her portrayal can be seen as a dichotomy to Cinderella's: Passive women are good and powerful women are evil. Though the fairy godmother is a woman and has power, her power is supernatural, thus there is no good woman with natural power represented in the ...

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Jason was portrayed as being a misogynist as he claimed that the world's troubles would be ended if a way was found to reproduce without having to use women and by stating "every man will be free from evil". ... While Jason plays the antagonist, Aegeus represents a nobler attitude to women as he addresses Medea about her problem and promises her safety from Creon and people of Corinth, Aegeus is portrayed as being more courteous and has more respect for women. ...

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When reading this epic and looking closely at the relationships therein, a clear message surfaces; women represent a civility in that society, making the entire region of Sumeria dependent upon it's women. ... Remembering the fact that women represent society in this story, Ninsun's indirect actions against Humbaba take a different role than the Harlot's actions "against " the untamed Enkidu. ... As Ninsun is arguably the prime force in Humbaba's defeat, this woman is found destroying an evil of nature, once again making her world more apt for the civilization in which s...

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Day has created Harry Lavender as the evil voice behind Sydney's crimes, giving the audience someone to connect to and someone to dislike. ... " The use of the punctuation particularly the colon represents Claudia ticking off a linguistic mirror of a mental checklist of all the items and characteristics of the typical male morning after a big night out. ... These aspects of Harry represent the dark side of human nature that destroys. ... Through the power Julia Gillard displays, she shows logic, and this represents the logic of women and the power of women in society. ... By using ...

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What an evil choice they decide on." ... The Qur'an explicitly says that they both disobeyed and negates the idea that the woman is a source of evil. ... If the first principle represents God-man bond, the second stands for blood ties or man's relationship with his fellow men and women. ...

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Hugo represents difference and although one of his characters is extremely passive in her ways, he still manages to bring out positive qualities such as strength and endurance. ... Rather than ignore the female character, Hugo draws attention to the under represented women of Paris and ultimately the world. Fantine, in particular, represents a group of women who are largely under represented in society: women forced into sex work. ... Eponine despite having no place else to go turns away from her father and away from the evil she has known since birth. ... Hugo, in the Nineteenth century is ...

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They see the very radical feminists and assume that they represent the entire width and breadth of feminism. ... " (.230) Women need to learn the great history of feminist then maybe they will see not all feminist are evil. ... With the rich great history I don't understand how the radical feminist get to represent feminism everywhere. ...

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There are strong themes of morality and questioning what exactly is good or evil, there are ties to Christian iconography but what I found to be the most important were the strong themes of female sexuality and oppression. ... This view on women is represented through two of Dracula's main characters, Mina and Lucy. ... So true, so sweet, so noble, so little an egoist" (Stoker 303) In Dracula, the female vampires represent women liberated sexuality while the vampirism merely masks the man's forbidden fantasies. ...

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Feminist propaganda unfairly paints virtually all domestic violence as fitting this simple-minded and satisfying vision of male evil. ... More and more, it now represents a method of getting selfish benefits, and this abuse of divorce is not restricted to only to the male gender. ...

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Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales in the era known as the Middle Ages, an era resembling kings, castles, and knights. Behind the famous kings, magnificence castles, and shining armor were the women. In the shadows, a step behind, and not as enchanting, one can find the tale of the medieval woman. C...

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