... the qualities that define a hero and the qualities that define a heroine. As Aisenberg states, "women's voices and developmental experiences differ from those of men. The heroine substitutes moral courage and a moral voice for the hero's physical courage and sense of predestination"(13). As Norma Lorre Goodrich points out, in her novel entitled Heroines, a heroine must be an individual, a survivor, magnanimous and most of all ... ...

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... who rebels against social constraint of that time and acknowledges her sexual desires. She does even more than just acknowledging she has the courage and the inner strength to act upon her feelings and desires. She has the courage to break all conventions of society and to discover her true self, to discover that she is more than just a wife and a mother ... novel, Chopin tells us, Edna's strength is gone. "Chopin was not an active feminist, but represented sides of the human psyche which had previously been repressed under the guise of "moral- fiction. She saw and enjoyed the ambiguity...

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... -dominated societies have existed for ages. Sophocles' work Antigone illustrates women in the ancient Greek society as capable and strong mannered with the ability of making wise, and often more moral, decisions. Antigone is the main character who breaks both ancient and contemporary stereotypes of weak and subordinate positions in society. Antigone is willing to sacrifice her own life rebelling against ... she wants, justice. Antigone opposes Creon's law and buries her slain brother, just as she is defying the role of a man's authority. Through divine law she believes this is the moral ...

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... two stories are no exception. Primarily, Hemingway is a master of implication in fiction. In much of his work, Hemingway does not provide the reader with enough information to make necessary moral judgments. He might omit an element of the plot or simply imply something without verbally stating it. Such omissions "create confusion calling for concentration and solution." "He also uses the ... be a Catholic, therefore, her resistance to an abortion derives from religious sensibilities resurrected by the presence of the beaded curtain. Jig hopes that this beaded curtain will give her mora...

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... is, whether male or female. First, Hermia contested traditional gender expectations and made the decision to be responsible for her own destiny; in doing so, she was rewarded for her courage. Second, women will not always be able to sort out their own problems; at times, forces beyond their own power-indeed, beyond human power-will need to intervene, which is ... of his female characters to be aspired to heroic figures, even though as heroes the women do have significant flaws, particularly for a reader who is insistent upon assessing the relative moral virtue of these characters. Shake...

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... mission of divine and mysterious truth should be confided to a woman stained with sin. (Hawthorne 185) As we see from this passage, no matter what Hester has done, despite her courage and her independent spirit, despite the fact that she ultimately claims the dreaded "A" as her own badge of honor, she is still seen as the evil woman. Also, despite Hawthorne ... doomed for a life full of sadness and misery. Rather than celebrating the courageousness and independence of Hester Prynne, it serves as a reminder that women seem to be bound by a higher moral code than men are....

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... has a way of playing with words and using emotions to receive other people's comfort. She also said to Sam, "Your brave, your strong, you can spare me some of that courage surely." Since she came to Sam because she was in trouble with her past, she can relate to the genre of woman in general. They have a tendency to seek men ... sought only for lust and money. Some of the male characters were able to control their feelings and did not allow their emotions to come in the way of their moral decisions while some couldn't restrain themselves from the lustful feelings they had inside. Sam sa...

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... and that's something that she has never got over till this day. Madonna learned to be strong and independent early in life and she carries a clear memory of her mother's courage: "She tried to keep her fear deep down inside and not let us know - she never complained" ( Worell 175 ).When the mother died the Ciccone family was torn apart. Madonna ... . It is quite possible that the very image that caused severe controversy during her time is the singular most vivid image that glorifies her in today"'s culture. Madonna tests today"'s moral boundaries. Throughout much of the 80's and 90's, s...

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... her husband. Robert Lebrun's flirtations caused her to desire much more freedom from her husband, and Edna swam for the first time in the sea, showing her personal strength and courage to begin a new chapter in her life, one of self-discovery and fulfillment. When reading The Awakening, I found no true climax, but rather Edna's entire series of realizations of her ... to abandon her former lifestyle with her controlling husband, she finds one of solitude. She had left her husband for another man that in turn left her because of the moral dilemma involved with it. Edna realizes that she ...

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... time of Confucianism thinking Chinese culture warranted: "the highest standards were demanded and claimed. This was even truer for women than for men" (p. 99). Women were expected to possess "charity, courage, tenancy, and unquestioning acceptance of the prevailing hierarchy - unto death if necessary" (p. 100). According to Chinese beliefs of the time a wife's loyalty was especially of most importance to the husband ... . The reasons of her departure are various, it could have been neglect from her husband, or that she had bound feet however she had no children. Her actions contradicted ...

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... with a broad spectrum of emotions and ideas. Alcott "saw life whole, saw illness and death, sorrow and trouble and poverty as parts of life to be met with normality and courage- (Meigs, 351). To deal with the darker sides of life, Alcott teaches her young readers to develop the spiritual self, similar to the Transcendentalist movement, to which her father was ... for next morning- (12). Perhaps this is another function of didactic fiction that Barrie is relaying to his readers: that growing up, and learning, oftentimes involves distinguishing between what is moral, and what is not, and ...

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