What I like about La Senora in this particular instance is that she lives according to such principles not because of her narrow-mindedness. ... When Eva and Mimi's lives cross for the second time, the latter is presented to the reader " so beautiful that for a moment I thought she was a divine apparition- says Eva (206). Mimi's magnificence is felt through the pages of the book; she lives her dream - transformed - accepted and admired. ... No matter what character I try to analyze, Eva Luna's presence is felt in all of their lives. ... Eleven chapters of Allende's novel ma...

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The standard set to consider the "goodness " of a woman in this time period, then, must be her level of subscription to the patriarchal society in which she lives as well as her awareness of her role as woman in relation to that of a man. ... Griselda's goodness, unlike the other described women, is much more evident as she lives a life less defiant and radical in terms of her role in the patriarchy she lives in. As a youthful, incredibly beautiful girl working for her father, Griselda lives a life of service. She is arranged to marry the lord of the region she lives in by her father and...

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He let mere life speak for itself. And to the disgust and outrage of newly liberated Europe mere life had a lot to say. ... A Doll's House was the first in the series investigating the tensions of family life. ... Similarly the main theme of Ghosts is the extent to which society invades personal lives. ... Alving share and that would have made them both happy but unfortunately we see "ghosts" of duty and public opinion come to dominate and ruin generations of lives. ...

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As with most fairy tales, the film ends with the two embraced, filled with love and excitement to begin their lives together. ... She showed him he can be his true self and a down to earth gentleman rather than a tyrant who loves to destroy other people's lives. ... Vivian realized that she does has better options than prostitution such as going back to get her GED and creating a better life for herself. Vivian and Edward would not have ever realized the flaws within themselves if it weren't for one another showing each other a better way to live life. ... Mostly all women now da...

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Women, Comedy and Change Women have been suppressed in many aspects of life. ... For generations humor has been a big part of the lives of southerners. ... Ann Stephens, an author in the 1830s, wrote about the injustice of some women's lives by exaggerating the differences in them. ... Erma Bombeck made her laughs come out of the every day life of a woman, usually her own. ... This shows the inequalities that a woman deals with in her everyday life through comedy. ...

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This conclusion is come to after examining the lives of the women in the two stories and the power that they were able to exert over their own densities. In both stories, the women live in a male dominated society and therefore their respective fates" are largely determined by the principle men in their lives. ... Women are very much a side note in the story, and dealt with mainly in terms of how the battle in which the men are engulfed, affect the lives of the women. ... The story says that "a woman's wrath is a fearful thing, and all men fear it (pg. 196)" for "their hate lives longer...

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It is not until she sees how her friends have moved on with their lives that she finally discovers her "emotional body-; she realizes of her unhappiness and decides to have a daughter. ... Clearly, Scoop's statements foreshadow the life of Heidi, for she remains faithful to her feminist views, but at the end has to adopt a child to reach the self-fulfillment and happiness that she lacked all her life. ... Certainly, the changes that Heidi perceives on the lives of her friends play a major role to let her see that she is not happy with herself. ... Precisely, it is such adoption what chang...

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(Homefront 118) The contribution Rosie made in women's lives is that the whole idea of the campaign helped women realize that they could enter the workforce. ... It really opened up another viewpoint on life in general, and changed women's views on their roles in societies. ... Rosie the Riveter represents a change in life during World War II. ... She not only changed women's lives in the 1940's, but also paved the way for the later women's rights movement in the 60's and 70's. Through Rosie women were able to change their lives, and roles in society to how...

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Men and women, for example, have always been expected to lead certain roles and lives. ... Now it seems she lives a dark, lonely life, the bird and the quilt being her only true happiness. ... Wright's life could be enough to drive a sane woman to lash out. ... Everyone was too busy with his or her own lives. ... The life Mrs. ...

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As a result of this ballet system, female dancers are driven to become tenacious competitors and are forced to live absurd lives filled with self-harm and a number of different psychological disorders like anorexia and bulimia in the pursuit for perfection. ... This article offers another take on the life of a ballerina. They live their lives constantly focusing on their roles in order to make an audience happy, so much so that they sometimes become entirely consumed by them. ... Girl", Wolf talks about female rivalry and how it affects us at every stage of life. ... This article relates to my...

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Some families place such a large importance on that role that it is impossible for a person to achieve his or her life goals. ... From Nancha to Mama Elena and her girls, life revolves around the kitchen and preparing food for the men in their lives. ... It requires that she reject Pedro's, the man she is deeply in love with, marriage proposal so she can stay at home and take care of her widowed mother for the rest of her life since she is the youngest daughter. ... She tells Rosaura that she will go against tradition as long as she has to and nevertheless, love and fiend for Pedro , fo...

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Many factors including government, society, culture, and Confucianism influenced the lives of many Chinese. Although considered normal for the time, people's lives are considerably atrocious compared to today's standards; this is reflected as Jonathan D. ... The descriptive context of the Local History encapsulates the reader's attention to understand and literally project themselves into people's lives of the period. ... The earthquake claimed the lives of nine thousand people, many others died from the White lotus rising, hunger, sickness and banditry. ... I believe the d...

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She wanted women to have an active voice in their lives. ... Owens describes the lives of slaves in This Species of Property. ... Slaves lived very difficult lives. ... It was understood that women played very important roles in their men's lives and success. ... Women were capable of performing the relative duties of life. ...

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Carl Jung argues that all humans have a Collective Unconscious, where they store images and ideas from long ago, prior to their own lives or even generations. ... The women, therefore, live their lives in constant servitude, for they know that they will not be accepted in society without a man at their side. ... As deBeauvoir states: "For woman, love is a supreme effort by accepting the dependence to which she is condemned; but even with consent a life of dependency can be lived only in fear and servility."" ... Consequently, they dedicate their lives to "getting a man,"" and will do practic...

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The complexity of the then exisiting social order, the tensions in the understanding and imagination of spiritual ideas and their s=translations in the structure of the emerging languages, the already existing role of women in the spiritual sphere- all play very significant roles in understanding the lives, the works and the resolve guiding these women. ... This understanding is tied integrally to the idea that the woman is an unalienable part of the household and hence must be given up by the celibate man who means to attain ultimate "moksha" provides an explanation to why the space...

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"A girl should be impressed, from the first dawnings of reason, that she lives, not for herself only, but to contribute to the happiness of others," writes Priscilla Wakefield in her book Reflections on the Present Conditions of the Female Sex. ... A women's life is never completely her own, as she lives too delight others in looks and acts from her parent's house to her husband's, and her happiness should evolve from the satisfaction of pleasing others. ... With no aspiration for her own happiness, Lady Elliot dedicates her life to her husband. ... In Jane Eyre there...

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(Homefront 118) The contribution Rosie made in women's lives is that the whole idea of the campaign helped women realize that they could enter the workforce. ... It really opened up another viewpoint on life in general, and changed women's views on their roles in societies. ... Rosie the Riveter represents a change in life during World War II. ... She not only changed women's lives in the 1940's, but also paved the way for the later women's rights movement in the 60's and 70's. Through Rosie women were able to change their lives, and roles in society to how...

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WWII a lot of people gave their lives to fight for what they believed. ... War took them out of their homes were they have been in for all in their lives . ... They were free to live their own lives and and control what they wanted to do . ... "(114)." "...thirteen years were working in factory the produce part for war vehicles and weapons that some time in danger these young woman lives... "(114)Many women lived were their was danger during these times "...210,000 were permanently disable and at 37000 lost their lives ...

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In "Bliss," Mansfield describes the day in the life of Bertha Young and her state of "bliss." ... As the story develops it is strongly detectable that the sisters have always been under the wing of their father and are now finding out that they cannot take control of their lives on their own (Smith 1). ... This is the first thing they have to decide about in their lives and do not know how to deal with the responsibility. ... She does not speak to the people around her; she just sits and observes the life in silence. ... It is not until the young boy and girl run across Miss Brill that she ...

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Nora and Helmer seem to be madly in love with one another and very happy with their lives together. ... (Ibsen 1570)" Helmer is a certainly a man that lives up to what is expected of him, inside and outside the home. ... The wants and desires of women were put aside so that they may better perform the role of pleasing the men in their lives. ... Nora is perfectly capable of handling all that life can throw at her. ... Life begins for Nora the second she leaves life as she knows it. ...

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They state that work is harmful for females" health, family life, and that women are in general worse workers. ... Psychologists Sandra Scarr and Deborah Phillips reviewed 80 studies on this subject and found out that lives of females who work are even less stressful than those who do not. ... It leads to conclusion that working women could perform even better than housewives in their family lives. ... These studies prove how important family life is for men. ... Working women feel independent, sure, and confident for themselves and the lives of their children. ...

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The American dream denotes an economy in which the parents can work to get ahead in life so that their children have the advantages that were not laid before them by their parents. In turn, the children will create a better life for their children and so on. ... Cleaver was given his American dream because he was the type of person that worked to earn his position in life. ... The American dream should not require that we change who we are in order to succeed in our lives. ... Women, now free to take charge of their own lives and live the way they want, are still expected to take care of ...

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Does she feel better about her own life as she watches? ... (Netflix) There you have it, a so-called victim, a girl that needs "help", because she isn't popular, she must be miserable, and so, our hero saves her from her horrid life. ... In Miss Congeniality (2000), Sandra Bullock plays an FBI agent that saves the lives of 49 beauty queens. ... Kaufman says, "These men, varied in type, and occupation, feel that their lives are laminated. ... Bo Derek is the, not so nice, shallow, blond bombshell that Dudley Moore pursues during his mid-life crisis, and Moore, bumbling all the way, do...

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The knight was loyal to the old hag and agreed to marry her because she had saved his life. ... After he gives the choice to his mistress she becomes overjoyed, because now she will be beautiful all the time for the rest of her life. ... Overjoyed and extremely happy the couple lives happily ever after. ... "And thus they lived in perfect joy for the rest of their lives-(Chaucer 197). ... Both tales clearly state this meaning through the happy endings when man gave up his power and became submissive to the woman in his life. ...

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Written during an era in which women were expected by society to devote themselves and their lives entirely to their husbands and children, Chopin's views were largely ahead of her time. ... "The Story of an Hour" illustrates the life of a woman who feels enslaved by her marriage and wants nothing more than to regain ownership of her life. ... Her duty throughout her married life had been to live for her husband. ... But her entire outlook on life changes in this instant, as she becomes a liberated person who is looking forward to the rest of her life. ... They are victims to societ...

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