... her to live as an independent woman. (Diamond 69) However, when we talk about someone like this, we view a fictional character as if she might be real. To Chaucer and the men of his time, intelligence, energy and drive attached to a female became a threat. It is not possible to know exactly how Chaucer viewed women. There are two specific instances in Chaucer's life that deal ... id youre moste desire though ye me kille. Dooth as you list: I am here at youre wille." (1043-48) The feminist might see this passage as proof that the Wife of Bath wanted and gained power, therefore, proving o...

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... me were La Senora, Mimi, and, of course, Eva Luna (I hope I was allowed to include Mimi in this list). I think that in the lives of these three women the struggle for personal and social success and fulfillment took especially dramatic character on the background of political chaos, financial hardships, and society controlled by men. La Senora's character fascinates me with its strength of survival instincts, eternal youth, creativity, and restlessness. She is a kind ... of a woman that will adapt to any situation to ... ...

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... female jobs. If a job seemed neither male nor female they were put into a gender-neutral category. Age of characters was looked into as well. Gender traits were also examined. Here the Bem Sex Role Inventory was used as a basis for gender traits. The list of traits was downsized to those traits that could be observed rather than self reported because the subjects were ... film characters (Eschholz et al., 2002, pp.311-312). Many interesting results came out of this study. Not surprisingly females are underrepresented in movies. In 1990 women made up ... et al., 2002, p. 322). In the co...

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... in "Girl" suggests that women are to serve men and fall into a certain mold and if not they will be perceived as sluts. "Girl" even mentions the Electra Complex by saying that women are born sluts. The superego, ego, and id play a major roll in the interpretation of this story. The superego in "Girl" is a list of rules and advice that the girl has received over time by ... the slut I know you are so bent on becoming" (854). When the important part of the phrase, "you are so bent on becoming" (854), is repeated over and over again and is taken alone one can relate this to the Electra Com...

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