Wheeler was always annoyed if his wife referred to any physical weakness, especially if she complained about her back" (Cather 963). ... You can pick "em as easy as can be" (Cather 963). ... Claude's depiction of the judge demonstrates how he was able to overcome his "stump." ... He follows them into their house and "kept watch like a sentinel, ready to take their part if any alarm should startle them" (Cather 1198). ... He can remember his father, but not his mother; doesn't know if he has sisters or not, -can remember seeing girls about the house, but thinks they may have been cou...

• Word Count: 5298
• Approx Pages: 21
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

She spent a few years observing the life of South Indian peasants before marrying an Englishman and settling down in London. ... Only after the children are raised and married off does a woman begin to enjoy the fruits of love " from the children, now parents themselves, who gratefully realize what she gave them, and from a husband whose years if not his attitudes force him into co-dependence as his body gets frail and tired. ... Most young women have no idea who their parents, aided by marriage brokers, astrologers, and nosy relatives will marry them to and they are expected to accept ...

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In other words it would be a bad idea to marry someone of lower status than you. ... This contradiction would make readers wonder how Genji developed such a behavior towards women if practices were different during the Heian Period. ... Genji would only marry or make a woman his mistress if he was completely satisfied with them not just physically but mentally as well. ... Although he was insensitive to both women, this contradicted how he treated other women. ... If what Jakucha said was true, then why didn't she provide evidence or examples from the tale itself? ...

• Word Count: 2745
• Approx Pages: 11
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• Grade Level: High School

"If a women be fair, she soon finds lovers; if she be ugly, it is easy to be wanton. ... How she chooses to travel is a minor aspect of crossing the lines of cultural gender expectations. ... Women were to do what they were told and if they did not then the man could punish them just as God punishes man. ... She argues that women should have the role of males, "soveraynetee by maistre" in marriages. ... WB does this when she delivers the governance of her property to Jankyn. ...

• Word Count: 2959
• Approx Pages: 12
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The gender category woman (that is, the so-called "feminine" gender automatically assigned to members of the female sex) carries with it certain expectations about how to act, what to do, who to love and so on: Women are generally expected to be more passive, submissive and dependent than men. ... Women are expected to love and marry a man and to become mothers. ... Men are expected to love and marry a woman and to become fathers. ... The two gender categories are, in other words, also interdependent: the idea of "feminine" behaviour says as much about how men are not supposed to act as it...

• Word Count: 3294
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Vivian though, we know, is not wealthy. ... This argument is further strengthened by his conversation with Vivian when she tells him "Baby, I"m gonna treat you so good, you"ll never let me go". ... She tells him "you"re not my pimp . ... I say who, I say when". ... Despite her awareness of her inferior social status, she pertly reminds Higgins that if he were a gentleman he would ask her to sit down during their first meeting. ...

• Word Count: 3802
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She explores how female and male differences are countered by images of androgyny. ... Marrying Rezia in an attempt to move on. ... At a party she thinks "If it were to now die, 'twere now to be most happy" (P. 202-3.) ... He knows that society will not change and that he can't bear a world such as the one he lives in. ... We can be empowered do so if only we can open our eyes and see ourselves and world more clearly. ...

• Word Count: 2609
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Women were made to believe that all would be lost if she violated this restrictive feminine code. ... In lower- and middle-class societies, if a woman happened to work after marriage, her earnings also belonged to her husband. ... The southern ideal held that men had public voices while a lady's influence should extend no further than home and church. ... As an early sign of rebellion against tradition, Edna chose to marry him against the will of her family. ... He was aware his wife was different from most wives but had some difficulty grasping and expressing just how she failed in...

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