... when they feel the need for revenge, or to "get even," with the thing or person evoking their anger in the first place. Other scholars have expanded Aristotle's notes on anger-its use as a rhetorical tool, what causes people to get angry, and what kind of rhetoric best evokes anger. Christopher Carey ... notes that some of the most persuasive "angry rhetoric," evokes anger in a way that makes the audience feel personally offended, even though it may not have actually been a personal ... is not, indicates that rage will be aroused in females when hearing the stereotypes about domestici...

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... than likely because of her domestication and not her level of intelligence. On the contrary, the Dairy Man is well-respected for his power to create poetry that heals. Leapor notes the different perceptions held of these two people, as early on in the piece Mary's writing is compared to the "rhyme- of December, insinuating something that is disagreeable and lifeless ... of King and to women, the Duchess of Dumb. Works Cited Finch, Anne (Lady Winchelsea). "The Introduction."" Quoted in Course Notes of ENGL 205*. Queen's University, Kingston: Fall Term, 2003. 14. Leapor, Mary. "The Epistl...

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... of Venice, focuses on the structures of exchange as they exist Karen in Shakespeare's play. The play, she argues is told in the rhetoric of the commercial world, even, she notes, in Belmont where life is generally free of direct commercial involvement, but the love alliances forged there are a representation of exchange in the commodity of women. Before examining exchange in ... the play, Newman takes time to discuss the idea of exchange as it relates to anthropology. The first essay Newman names is that of Marcel Mauss who notes that one of the most significant exchanges is that of gif...

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... is not born a woman, one becomes one". For both feminists and gender critics, society portrays binary oppositions like masculine/feminine or straight/gay as natural categories, but as David Richter notes, "the rules have little to do with nature and everything to do with culture." The word homosexual has only a short history of one hundred years or so (it ... Jensen argues that "Kilman reminds Clarissa of the choice she made to deny her lover for women and marry respectably" (as qtd. in Wu 65). Also as Barrett notes, there is a strong similarity among Woolf critics to see Kilman as "Cla...

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... at the very least, on television. Considering music videos to basically be ads, their portrayal of women affects the viewing audience in a similar manner as television ads. Kilbourne (Knutsen, 2000), p.1) notes in her first book that advertisements influence adolescents for three main reasons. One is that their money is more likely to be spent on what they want, not necessarily what ... for an adolescent to turn to music videos to understand what is going o in the United States considering MTV creates an unrealistic view of the world we live in. Aufderheide notes "with nary a reference ...

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... 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 ... ...

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... with work. Melinda says, "Every year, just when she's stressed to the snapping point, she cooks Thanksgiving dinner. We beg her not to. We plead with her, send anonymous notes. She doesn't listen." (Anderson Pg. 57) The direct quote signifies that Melinda's mother feels cooking is necessary for her to perform during Thanksgiving. She is the mother and the ... ...

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... , They'll say it's stol'n, or 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 calls these proponents of such beliefs ... ...

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... women or Aboriginal men (Morris, 2014). In Canada, "the average annual income of Aboriginal women is $13,300" (Morris, 2014, para.13). In addition to low income, Morris notes that they also have difficulty getting housing and services, both on and off the reserve. Similarly, (Morris,2014) finds that women of color have lower income than Caucasian women, as ... ...

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... classes, but it is clear that struggling parents who work minimum wage jobs are forced to apply for Food Stamps, TANK, and other welfare programs. According to charts in the notes, a family of four needs an annual salary of $37,66l in order to get by without using welfare. If both parents are working in full-time, minimum wage jobs, which ... ...

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... a male sexuality, Robert Walser (1993) has proposed a more dynamic and historical approach by claiming that rock has been actively 'made as male.' Focusing on a specific subgenre, heavy metal, he notes that heavy rock is not enjoyed entirely by male audience and neither does it communicate one type of masculinity. Walser continues to argue that heavy metal musicians do not simply ... ...

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... asks of her, regardless of what the task is " (Cochran). If a man commands a women to do something women are to do what they are told without confronting it. As Omadjohwoefe notes, "The prevailing division of labor between sexes has led to men and women assuming unequal position in terms of power, prestige and wealth ". This implies that unequal portions of power ... ...

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... and choice to be a lesbian. Cather also perhaps expresses how her sexuality does not make her unequal to men or heterosexual relationships in this particular line in the novel. Farwell notes how "Feminist literary theory has been eager to recognize the possibility of disruptive plots and spaces that position women as subjects of their own stories." Perhaps this event can ... ...

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... , seemingly lost in a very deep and magical thought. The two models' femininity and masculinity is established immediately in this one frame. As Sut Jhally, a member of the Media Education Foundation, notes, "So while women drift, men anchor and protect"" (Jhally 11). This domineering cultural implication of masculinity and femininity has enveloped and morphed peoples' ideas about gender identity and the manifestation ... ...

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... was looking out the window at the "tops of the trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life" (Chopin 635). She could also hear the "notes of a distant song which someone was singing" as well as smell the "delicious breath of rain" in the air (635). These images associated with Louise's sensory awakening ... ...

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... and ultimately the dispensability of women. Women's special knowledge of nature and their dependence on it for "staying alive"", were systematically marginalized under the onslaught of modern science. Shiva, however, notes that Third World women are not simply victims of the development process, but also possess the power for change. She points to the experiences of women in the Chipko movement ... ...

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... monitoring was as discreet as probable, and they intermingled modestly with the children, even though from time to time a child would ask what they were doing or "write " their own "notes " while sitting next to them. They changed their monitoring methods between unstructured field monitoring, in which they monitored the classroom in a complete approach and documented everyday activities, and more structured ... ...

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... to the child as well as the adult later in life. Physicians recommend counseling for their intersexed patients. However, as Ann Fausto-Sterling, counselor at Intersex Society of North America, notes "in truth our medical system is not set up to deliver counseling in any consistent, long-term fashion". (Fausto-Sterling) The intersexed child, as a result, is often left to deal ... ...

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... a great deal about Feste's role in the play. Feste is shown to be not just a comic relief figure, like Sir Andrew; he is perceptive when others are not, as Viola notes after the encounter. The conversation is so spirited, because Feste and Viola actually have a good deal in common; both are paid servants who are much more than they seem to ... ...

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... pointless pattern to some kind of conclusion (21). Obviously, she is trying to find some sort of pattern and reach some kind of conclusion about her own life. She eventually notes that the "dim shapes- skulking behind the overlaying pattern are getting clearer; they have begun to resemble a woman, stooping down and creeping. The protagonist and the woman in the wallpaper ... ...

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... which would enable them to classify it with one of the two available genders. Similarly Suzanne Kessler in her article "The Medical Construction of Gender: Case Management of Intersexed Infants" notes that natural or biological sex is altered into culturally created gender. Alice Domurat Dregger in his article "A History of Intersexuality: From the Age of Gonads to the Age of Consent ... ...

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... keep her quiet. In conjunction with African American women, Chicana women have also been fighting for their right to speak out in their culture. In the poem by Bernice Zamora, "Notes from a Chicana "Coed"", Zamora discusses how her husband wants her to "write (poems) about social reality, about "the gringo who oppresses you, Babe"" instead of her struggles within her culture ... ...

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... have three moral imperatives: first impregnating one's wife, second, provisioning dependents; third, protecting the family." (Gilmore 285) Gilmore's term may be apply to Adrienne Rich's essay "Women and Honor: Some notes on Lying" because it contains similar ideas about how women are expected to behave according to the society they live in. According to society's expectations women's role should display femininity ... ...

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... a new phrase popping up everywhere: "Play like a girl". With the second season of the WNBA, girls who play basketball finally have sports heroes. Mattel is also in the spirit. Labi notes that "the company plans to have its new WNBA Barbie doll in stores by the holidays". If a girl is athletic and on sports teams, she is also that much less ... ...

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... John Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums." At first glance John Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums" seems to be a story about a woman whose niche is in the garden. Upon deeper inspection the story has strong notes of feminism in the central character Elisa Allen. Elisa's actions and feelings reflect her struggle as a woman trying and failing to emasculate herself in a male dominated society. Elisa is at ... ...

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