... oppositions and she uses a lot of literary issues in order to show the deconstruction of boundaries, such as fairy tales, romances, among others. We find that Winterson plays with the ambiguity of desire, sex and gender as a parallel of male and female. The author claims gender being cultural, not natural and she divides the issue of the body into two: sex ... trait of him or her, and also we cannot enter the issue of cliches of gender identity. The author refuses to categorise this narrative voice in a specific gender. Through this ambiguity, she forces to establish the position of the...

• Word Count: 1584
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: High School

... , they weigh more variables, consider more options and outcomes, recall more points of view, and see more ways to proceed. They integrate, generalize, and synthesize11. And women, on average, tolerate ambiguity better than men. In short, women tend to think in webs of interrelated factors, not straight lines7. The Male Mind As a general rule, men tend to focus on one thing ... obviously pertinent, men are inclined to dispense with them. Then they progress in a straightforward, linear, causal path toward a specific goal: the solution. As a result, men are generally less tolerant of ambigu...

• Word Count: 1356
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... and vulnerable in the shower the characteristics of the scream are so overwhelming that fear swells in the ear and the scream is simply a gut reaction to that moment. The ambiguity of the film within a film is clarified when it is resolved by finding "that scream,"" which Jack calls "a beautiful scream."" Dramatic narratives - both those that show and those that suggest ... the sound occurs. From the salacious silence of open-mouthed heroines tied to railway tracks, to the gasping gurgling foley effects of nurses and coeds having their throats slashed, the ambiguity of the scream is mos...

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... pursue her new dreams not considering the needs and desires of anyone but herself. Yet the text never says if the author agrees or not with the character's behavior. This ambiguity leaves room for many interpretations. Although Chopin hints that Edna is one of the victims of the fight for gender equality, the hero herself is not yet aware of it ... 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 and androgyny of "woman- but was smart enough to rea...

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... exclusion of transgenders or their misrepresentation under the protected classes of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 released hot debates on some state courts due to the ambiguity of the term "sex." Furthermore, the emergence of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), its historical creation and revision, as well as its amendment from its predecessor, the Equality Act ... ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

... practice of courtly love did not change women's positions in society or the way they were viewed when all was said and done. Women were still stuck in a position of ambiguity, society could not decide how to treat them and it does not seem as if much thought was given to how things affected them. On one hand, the lover would ... ...

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... frogs mate a-sexually. Winterson is attempting to point out an example of society's boundaries on life. She implies that humans create definitions. Her point here is that there is only ambiguity in life. Jordan says "We are no longer bound by matter, matter has become what it is: empty space and light."(101) Winterson has used this quote for the basic ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... morals. As a female director in an otherwise male-dominated 1950s Hollywood, perhaps Lupino's most arduous task was to make her films stand out from the classic Hollywood mode and her ambiguity and subject matter both aid in achieving this goal. Feminist critics can easily have ignored Ida Lupino's films because while controversial, they are not conducive to feminist modes of representation ... ...

• Word Count: 1886
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... of today's society. A prime example being the preferred age of females at marriage, influenced by a more career-oriented female than in earlier times. It is also important to consider the ambiguity of the study, as it relies wholly on the opinions of the subjects involved, but does not allow them to express their preferences fully, as in the ranking of desirability ... ...

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... figurative or discussing some minor point that seemed little relevant. Burkes seemed to let everyone around him know that he was a perfectionist. A perfectionist might seek to evolve terms free of ambiguity and inconsistency .In the world that we live in; it is astonishing to say that society does not strive to be perfect. From ethnic culture it seems to have nothing ... ...

• Word Count: 1926
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... the feminine realm by Frank before he is brutally beaten. Frank smears red lipstick on himself then kisses Jeffrey, "transferring the "lips of a woman" from one man to another. This ambiguity of sexual identity unsettles the audience's position and identification process. Jeffrey as feminine, stripped of his gaze must reassume his position as a dominant force. The death of Frank and the ... ...

• Word Count: 1947
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate