... his work breaks away from the social standards of their time and act on their own terms. Ibsenis, Rich and Lessing use symbols and characterization to illustrate the women in a male dominated society. Lessing's pervasive use of cats as symbols for Judith's wavering sense of independence offers a useful illumination of the story's ending and her decision to leave Luigi. Similarly "Aunt Jennifer ... a symbol to associate the lead character. This strategy was used in all three because the writer's felt they had to show the world what they feel like and associated these symbols with the cha...

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... represents the older ancestor of the family, while the two smaller stones are said to represent deceased grandparents [3]. Rehfish says, however that his informants said that the stones were not symbols of the dead. According to Zeiltyn, an anthropologist who made his own fieldwork among the Mambilas, the illness or other bad events are not held to be the results of ... ...

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... a woman who is one of the exceptions in her time. She is not just a woman on a roof but rather a superwoman, a heroine of her generation. As for the men, they are symbols of defied males, unable to do anything due to the indifference of the woman. Finally, it is noteworthy that the semic code and the cultural code are very closely knitted ... ...

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... the office, the higher the degree of its "masculinization" in staffing. Using the original meaning of the word "democracy"- the power of people, our situation should not be about women-symbols, who are holding high posts but about "mass participation" of women in administration (Utembaeva 2000: 15). Especially in Kazakhstan, where the gender differentiation is not only seen but strengthens by ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate