... man, first as a daughter, later as a wife. A man virtually owned his wife and children as he did his material possessions. A woman's own expectations were meek because neither her family nor society expected her to prepare for a future other than that of marriage and motherhood. Girls were made to understand early ... role of the woman was not to be the achiever but to be available to be used by the achiever for his advancement. As Warren notes, "In the American Dream, woman figures not as the dreamer but as an object in the dream" (6). It was strictly for their usefulness ... their pot...

• Word Count: 3206
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... man says he needs her desperately and she is so flattered that she gets involved. 4-She sees a man's potential and feels that with her help he could be great. When a woman takes credit for a man's success, it is very likely that he will leave her one day to find a woman that he can take credit ... that she is responsible for her own life. 6-She feels sexually attracted to a man right away. This is a sign that she is reacting to her expectations of who this man is, and not the man himself. Before acting on this chemistry, she needs to first move through the first three stages of dating .....

• Word Count: 2616
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... for a comedy. But there is nothing comic about Joyce's vision, for each of the three principal characters are trapped in a web of social expectations and constraints from which it proves impossible to escape. For example, society expects Mrs. Mooney to be the passive spouse in a patriarchal household. Even ... reproach, even as it makes that goal unattainable. Society also expects Polly Mooney to marry and raise a family of her own. But, as Joyce notes, the boarding house is "beginning to get a certain fame," and therefore inducing a respectable man to propose to Polly would be difficult...

• Word Count: 2723
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

... " style of riding at her own convince while traveling the road to Canterbury (Biebel 64). How she chooses to travel is a minor aspect of crossing the lines of cultural gender expectations. She is also described as an efficient business person, not afraid to verbalize her desires, and she laughs and jokes in [mixed] company (lines 445-75). Her attire seems loud ... a beautiful, faithful wife argues against the medieval anti-feminist teaching that WB argues in her Prologue, that faithful wives can only be those that are ugly. The WB tale has a great deal of symbolism in it. Beginning with ...

• Word Count: 2959
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography