... . Their only obstacle in life was getting a husband and even that was an obstacle easily surpassed. The one thing that changes Wellesley College was Katherine Watson. Ten years before the feminist movement really embraced women, the women in Mona Lisa Smile were already challenge the role of man and women's liberation and making choices on their own. Katherine Watson played by Julia Roberts is an ... art history teacher from California. The most interesting thing about Katherine is that she is in her thirties ... in college in 1953 was only 24% compared to now 95%. In 1953, 69% of the f...

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... contain. In fact, through his male characters especially, Turgenev expresses many of the views of women that were prevalent at the time. One of the dominant views was that women were not very smart and could not hold their own against literate men. As Bazarov notes to Arkady about his own mother, "If a woman can keep up half-an-hour's conversation, it's always a ... outside of the family, in the end Turgenev seems to stand for the opposite. The two symbolic weddings at the end of the novel do more than heal the rift between Arkady and Nikolai; they also indicate Turgenev's true view abou...

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... opinion, you should not case women to play male characters in any part of the play. Doing so would add an unnecessary dimension, or layer, to the play that the writer did not intend. It takes away from the message; it deteriorates the artistry of the play. Does someone go up to the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci and decide to paint flowers on her bodice? No ... , the art is protected and appreciated just how the artist intended. If your intention is to deconstruct they ... play, insert your own perspective or ideas into the work of art, then it ... ...

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... relationship and the way the narrator feels about the wallpaper develops and changes greatly throughout the story, symbolizing the transformation occurring within the narrator herself. While at first she attempts to relieve her need for expression through writing on the "dead paper " within her journal, John's opposition to her writing forces the narrator to take that energy and closely observe the symbolic patterns in the wallpaper instead. Literary critic Lisa Kasmer ... suggests that she makes this transition to interpret the wallpaper once she "is stopped from speaking " and "at tha...

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... a variety of contradictions that may both alienate the reader from the text and establish a level of honesty in the telling of the story. A disconnect between action and thought is something that can be revealed through the stream-of-consciousness narrative. Earlier in the text, one of the narrator's caretakers, Jennie, states that she finds the color of the wallpaper in the narrator's clothing. Later the narrator notes that a "streak runs round ... the room as if it had been rubbed over and over" (Gilman, 310). This example illustrates the dissociation that the narrator begins to suffe...

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... the domestic sphere and spawn desires that could not be met by the domestic contract.10 With Colley using Marsh's book as a source for her biography, arose some controversy. In Elizabeth Marsh's writings of her travels, on no account did it contain any detailed notes compiled at the ... time of her journey, and no information about the society she was involved with.11 It was also written thirteen years later and submitted anonymously.12 This brings ... husband not [because] they were extravagant but because they were [successful]."13 George Marsh's thoughts should not be taken too seriou...

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... a woman to ambitiously seek knowledge was revolutionary. In her poem "Prologue" Anne Bradstreet argues unmistakably in favor of female intellect, and challenges the views of the day that women couldn't write: I am obnoxious to each carping tongue Who says my hand a needle better fits. A Poet's Pen all scorn ... else it was by chance. (Bradstreet 549) This line in particular highlights her radical views; she looks honestly at her own abilities and then notes that the culture she lives in will disregard her success by calling her a thief, which is slander, or saying she just got lucky. She...

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... , which hung in a cage outside the door, kept repeating over and over, "Allez vous-en! Allez vous-en! Sapristi! That's all right! He could speak a little Spanish, and also a language which nobody understood, unless it was the mockingbird that hung on the other side of the door, whistling his fluty notes out upon the breeze with maddening persistence- (Beaty 41). The caged parrot will come to symbolize ... the expectations that society has for Edna. As a woman and mother, she is caged in those roles and never ... expected to think for herself. The carefree mockingbird symbolizes those wo...

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... 1910 through 1940 can overcome years of abuse and betrayal, and become an independent, confident woman. Celie faces racism and sexism, female relationships and the disruption of traditional gender roles. Celie has strength and endurance, is able to love unconditionally, and is in constant search for truth. Celie never gives ... beat Sofia. Celie says this because she is envious that Sofia can stand up to a man which she cannot do. Celie has only known the importance of standing up for other women in her family. She has willingly protected both her mother and her sister from Fonso's abus...

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... how to drive and when she finally knows how to, she wants to bring Sofia to visit her family. What a kind gesture. Sofia gets into the front seat, like always but Miz Millie starts to laugh. Miz Millie says to Sofia, "Have you ever seen a white person and a colored sitting ... together. This symbolizes how diverse people come together in agreement. They used a bright yellow in their quilt and other bright colors which I think represents the freedom that Sofia has with Harpo that women should have. There is a sisterly bond between Nettie and Celie. Nettie keeps writing Celie letters whil...

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... character loved another and was loved back equally. There was murder, deception, manipulation, but never love. Dmitri Dmitrich Gurov is the male protagonist in "The Lady with the Dog-. He is married with children and, in his spare time, he has affairs. He does not love his wife, ... did not cheat on his wife, everything would be perfect. Despite his previous affairs, he considered himself pure. Pozdnyshev takes no responsibility in the failed marriage. He based everything on purity. Once his wife lost that purity, Pozdnyshev had to do something about it. He brutally kills ... Nothing bu...

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... is a right, and not a privilage or an exception'. (April Carter 1988) However, many loopholes are to be found within the Act. One of the major drawbacks for women concerned the decision to start a family, it was expected that a working woman, becoming a mother would leave her employment in order to stay ... and paid in completely different circumstances to full time workers, and seemed to possess no rights at all, thanks to the loopholes in the Sex Discrimination Act, and the Equal Pay Act. The rights of women concerning these two Acts have, in recent years, appeared to have become more e...

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... individual who cannot take care of herself, or make decisions that will greatly affect her personal life. Elvira, Antonia's mother, views her daughter as, "young and artless, uninstructed in the world's perfidy and with charms sufficient to render her an object of seduction" and takes control over matters of Antonia's heart and sends away a man that Antonia has strong ... later ignited into a flame after Agnes loses her virtue to Don Raymond and becomes pregnant with his child. This loss of virtue and realization of her sexuality gives Agnes the strength to overcome the disgusting and v...

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... and foolish , I know not whether she would altogether be a very desirable wife to a man in my situation, who naturally looks for happiness in the marriage state. If therefore she actually persist in rejecting my suit, perhaps it were better not to force her into accepting me, because if liable to ... this passage, Mr. Darcy wanted something that is rarely seen, a perfect and totally submissive woman, to be his wife. If a woman did not have all of the skills, money, high social class, education, or beauty, men would not give them a second glance. Furthermore, Mr. Darcy believes that even a...

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... That's where it plays in with how this could happen in real life. Many women, and also men, end up staying with their significant other despite the fact that they have been unfaithful to them. Many people feel that they need to prove that they can love someone passed their flaws and their mistakes, ... unfaithful husband relates to many men and women today in unhealthy relationships. Misogyny plays a great role in this play when it comes to Smirnov. Smirnov comes into the home demanding money and refusing to leave when Mrs. Popov gives him nothing. He goes on a rant yelling, "What can o...

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... of everything he touches turning into gold, granted he felt powerful and delighted, "like a king on a burnished throne". This didn't last long, for the couple realised that his new ability meant they were unable to touch and/or be intimate with one another, which completely changed their relationship as they were ... wife is most afraid of, and yet she longs desperately for his embrace. Duffy cleverly uses this language feature to evoke the reader's sadness which we feel for the couple in the poem. Mrs Midas' life and relationship with her lover have been changed suddenly and ag...

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... have changed over time. Margot Macomber uses aggression and pride to control her husband, but she is forced to accept her role a woman as the story progresses. Margot mainly uses aggressive behavior to control her husband, Francis Macomber, in her relationship. She uses insults, passive-aggressive behaviors, and ... but she chooses not to as she desires power. We first see this duality in an early scene where Margot leaves to cry after realizing the true extent of her husband's cowardice, but she quickly returns with multiple cutting remarks against Francis. Wilson comments on this, sayin...

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... husband seems to have complete control over her and every movement she makes. He seems to first display a problem with control when the women explains that she has a schedule for each hour of the day. The woman says "He is very careful and loving, and hardly lets me stir without special directions. I have a schedule ... habit I am convinced, for you see I don`t sleep. And that cultivates deceit, for I don`t tell them I`m awake – O no ! The fact is I am getting a little afraid of John." says the wife. He seems to have so much control over his own wife that she is now afraid of what he i...

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... ; not with any sense of submission or obedience to his compelling wishes, but unthinkingly, as we walk, move, sit, stand, go through the daily treadmill of the life which has been portioned out to us. She perceived that her will had blazed up, stubborn and resistant. She could not at that ... moment have done other than denied and resisted" (Chopin 30-31). By the end of Edna Pontellier's life, she decided to be a free woman.  "I am no longer one of Mr. Pontellier's possessions to dispose of or not ... impulsive way. She would sometimes gather them passionately to her heart; she would so...

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... Lily or for any other women, marriage and family must come first. For this reason, to Mrs. Ramsay, Lily's independence is not compatible with the traditional role of a woman as wife and mother. It is evident that Mrs. Ramsay feels less worthy than her husband and she always sees herself ... she tries to please her husband by telling him what he wants to hear, Mrs. Ramsay is too complex a character to simply be seen under the light of traditional Victorian women. She repeatedly mentions that men need women's protection and when Mr. Ramsay tells her that he is a failure and needs ... tell...

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... against male athletes in more ways than one. First of all, if telling males to clean out their locker simply because they"re male and the institute has too many of them isn't discrimination what is? Second, there are already more opportunities for female athletes than male athletes. (There are ... stated, there is clearly a difference in interest. Men are much more likely to want to play sports. And even if that were not the case, proportionality is unnecessary because women currently have more opportunity than men to participate in NCAA sports, both in number of programs and in number .....

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... eager for life, and everything seemed simple and amusing."" However, "Every intimacy inevitably grows into a regular problem of extreme intricacy, and in the long run the situation becomes unbearable."" Gurov did not know how to handle long complicated relationships that took work to maintain. That is why his marriage was ... as a reaction to what always seemed to inevitably happened. He needs to protect his own feelings. As Gurov soon learns after he meets her, the woman's name is Anna Serveyevna. She struck me as a very young, nave woman who can sometimes be controlled by men. "She wa...

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... order to obtain happiness. How often in movies, television or even magazines have you seen an oversized woman who was exuberant and cheerful? In the American Heritage Dictionary beauty is defined as a pleasing quality associated with harmony of form or color, excellence of craftsmanship, truthfulness, originality, or another ... three million women actually look like super models, and if shop mannequins were real women they would be too thin to menstruate. When watching the news rarely is there an unattractive person seen delivering it. Sixty nine percent of female television characters a...

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... dehumanizing ways, thus normalizing attitudes that can lead to sexual aggression." Looking through a magazine one day, I realized what she meant. Out of the whole magazine 90% of the advertisement showed women being portrayed as sexual objects. One particular ad caught my eye; it showed a woman in bra and panties promoting wonderbra. I ... being a woman see a woman in bra and panties promoting wonderbra, but men see this as a sexual way of promoting sex. Even the slogan has a sexual attitude; the saying is " So many wonderbras. So little time." Which means that she's inviting a lot of m...

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... world of trust .she had no fear- (Davies 47). Dunstan totally trusts her making her a deep part of himself. At Passchendaele, Dunstan sees the figure of the Madonna of the Immaculate Conception, but her face is that of Mary Dempster. Convinced she has performed a miracle. "If you think her a saint, she is ... with Diana as a biological mother. Mrs. Dempster's life experience offers Dunstan important information about the nature of a life lived with an awareness of the presence of the mythic world in the actual world. Over the long period of their friendship her influence on him leads hi...

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