A Doll's House - Nora's Roles Essay A century ago, life for women was very different from today, they were treated as vastly inferior human beings. ... During the play, you see Nora taking many roles in her quest to become her own person without belonging to anyone. ... The roles she plays are essential for her to make the move to leave her restricted lifestyle behind. The first role you see Nora portray is a child like daughter to her husband Torvald. ... We see Nora playing the role of a friend to Christine Linde. ...

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The gender roles of men and women can be studied through the media. ... We can represent the comparative roles each member plays in their television family. ... Samantha and Piper both share the matriarch type role in their families. ... So even if gender roles change, family roles do not. ... Whether these roles are represented fairly or compared in a different manner you can see the difference between male and female roles of yesterday and today. ...

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It also brought along changes into the role of women economically. ... This wasn't just due to their role as the loving housewife. ... Education also gave them roles as authors of the Reformation. ... The female role remained principally one of looking after the smaller animals and vegetable gardens attached to the farm, and helping out at harvest and other busy times. ... The role of women didn't stop as just being housewives and soothers of men's souls but went on to be men's equal companions in work. ...

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When Desdemona left the house of her father, Brabantio, to wed the Moor, Othello, it seemed to be her first step in redefining her role as a women. ... Iago gives the impression that he isn't to fond of his wife, but Emilia playing the typical role of the woman still does what he wants and still feels the need to impress him. ... Even though Iago's main motive in the play is to gain a power of some sort, he also finds his way of putting down the role of women. ... Even though the role of women in Othello was not as superior as that of men, it played a very big part in the overall ...

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Throughout the history of television, the role of the housewife and mother has changed from a subservient woman to the more controlling, powerful, and dominant female portrayed in today's culture. ... In Common Culture, Harry Waters explains in his article, "Life According to TV," that males often got a deviation of roles, and females were usually playing the part of a mother, wife, or girlfriend. (Waters 167) As time progressed, that role was changed to a more authoritative and domineering woman who controlled a somewhat of a bumbling idiot of a husband. ... In today's culture t...

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At this point in the story we witness the emotional division of the characters in to their respected roles. ... The doctor's wife in Blindness is able to adapt to this new role she has been given, and her husband graciously allows her to take this position, and denies the role himself saying, "What good is a doctor without eyes or medicines?" ... By the doctor allowing his wife to take up this role he is allowing them to have a happy marriage, which is free of contention. In Ross" The Lamp at Noon and Other Stories the roles that the women take on are more traditional roles. While Saram...

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"The Taming of The Shrew" By William Shakespeare is a play based around illusion and reality and looks at the roles of both men and women in the Elizabethan era. ... He also motivates Katherina to obey him and learn the correct Elizabethan role of a woman by giving consequences such as not allowing her to return to her father's banquet, not allowing her to eat, and making her say that the moon is out when really it is the sun. ... Although Petruchio's main role in the play is to tame Katherina he is also a key element to Katherina's happiness, he makes her see how her shrewd b...

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Throughout history, women have always aimed for a recognized place in society. Guided by their own field of knowledge and expertise, they longed to bring awareness to women's roles in any walk of life. In "The Boarding House", James Joyce describes Mrs. Mooney as a woman who is able to keep things t...

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The first women that I will discuss is Bianca. Bianca would be known as a modern day prositute. By analizing her relationship with Cassio, it seems as though Bianca really wanted to have some sort of relationship with him. An example of this is in scence 3,act 4. It begins as Desdomona and Emilia ...

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Ramayana Themes: Woman's Roles In the early patriarchal societies Men dominated over the Aryan societies. Every area of social prominence was completely run by men: priests, warriors, tribal chiefs, etc. Woman had very little power in this political/public society. Their main purpose in life w...

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"Gods can be evil sometimes."" In the play "Oedipus the King-, Sophocles defamed the gods' reputation, and lowered their status by making them look harmful and evil. It is known that all gods should be perfect and infallible, and should represent justice and equity, but with Oedipus, the gods decide...

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What is the role of Hedda Gabler and how does Hedda control everyone's life? What is the outcome due to her nature and her behavior? How does she look at life? Do you agree with what she does? If so, at what times? Hedda Gabler, a women in her late twenties comes from a aristocratic family. ...

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Young and Willmott think these changes have occurred due to the vast rise in feminism, and that this has had a major impact on gender roles generally; females have started to reject the traditional housewife role due to the influence that feminism has had on their attitudes, they have fought a long and hard battle for equal rights in the workplace and in education. ... There is no evidence that the domestic division of labour has been improved but there is evidence that men are starting to share the domestic roles in the home however, majority of those roles are still segregated and are still ...

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The play featured the same actor, with different masks, portraying the roles of both Deianira and Heracles. ... Another theory is that the roles were doubled to show the relationship between the two characters. ... You very seldom hear of an author who has the same actor to play the roles of both major characters. ... The final theory for the doubling of roles was that Sophocles simply wanted to make his audience think. ... Throughout the course of the play the audience was left wondering why the actor was playing both roles. ...

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The lowest class was slavery and their role was to assist the wife in the raising of children and household chores. ... With that said an Athenian woman's role was to please her husband and provide him legitimate heirs. ... However Athenian women persevered through this stigma and attended to their roles as best as they could. In contrast, Spartan women held roles of agricultural and political powers. ... Sparta had a constitution of which provided each citizen with a role to ensure prosperity throughout Sparta. ...

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Much of her writing centered around women's feelings concerning their societal roles. ... In many of Kate's writings, she displays strong opinions on the different roles of women. ... We know she was into women's rights and interested in their choices, feelings and roles. ... The character Edna might have been used to show rebellion against common societal roles. Also sensed from Kate's writings is women's ability to take on more dominant roles. ...

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Emilia plays a pivotal role of loyal wife and servant in the tragedy Othello. This role that she plays of wife to Iago and servant to Desdemona cause her to make conflicting decisions. ... Emilia's two roles make her a key supporting player. ... She is fulfilling her role of a loyal wife. ... Emilia has played her role well as loyal friend and servant to Desdemona. ...

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Human roles differ across cultures as evidenced through their literature. ... Women played similar childbearing roles in Chinese and Greek cultures. ... The women did not have many important roles outside of family in society. ... These cultures have similar outlooks on the roles of women and the roles of men, but view the role of family differently. ... Greek and Chinese mythologies have helped shape the roles of men, women and families for many centuries throughout the world into what they are today. ...

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This becomes more than just a biological fact, society creates gender roles. ... Women in Yemen have clear understanding of their roles in their society. ... The roles that the Yemen culture creates for women is the large differences between men. ... Even within the same gender women expect women to stay within the traditional roles. ... In which women must play the role of wives and are expected to obey the gender roles and is even forced by the same gender. ...

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There is one thing you must know, that women were never happy with these roles and throughout the 19th century women fought and struggled to be seen as equals. ... Lord Tennyson wrote a poem, "The Princess", it characterized men and women and their roles. ... Without a doubt there were roles and they were defiend first and foremost by your gender. The Industrial Revol;ution had a large impact in the definition of roles in households. ... Some believe that it was the ideal of birthcontrol that played a key decision making role. ...

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In the novel "The Wild Geese," Ogai Mori successfully shows to the reader the role of women in the late 1880s. ... And along the novel Ogai Mori successfully accomplish to show the role of women in that time. Maybe the first and the most important example of women role in the 1800s in the novel is Otama. ... The second example of how the author let the reader know the role of women throughout the novel is Otsune. ... The last example of the role of women in that time is an example of symbolism. ...

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In the Nigerian version, the role of a festival is of great importance. ... As a result of the role that the festival had, caused Cinderella to be adorned with this golden shoe that inevitably fit her. ... Furthermore, the role of a prince in both versions expresses the similarities in both versions. ... In contrast to the Nigerian version, the role of the prince is played by the kind, chief's son. ... In conclusion, both versions of Cinderella are alike and unlike in the roles played by the prince and the festival. ...

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Othello's character in "Othello" is viewed in many different ways. Each character has a different personal view of the Moor. Before anybody finds out about his marriage to Desdemona he is seen to most as a great warrior although he is considered an outsider to the Venetian society. He is a trusted servant. Before Othello appears in the play the audience only hears of him from Iago and from Iago's point of view. ...

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Family plays a role in relationships also. ... Families play the acceptance role in the relationship. ... Although family plays a role in how well a relationship flows, it is not the most important. Trust is another thing that plays a key role in relationships. ...

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William Shakespeare often described the women in his plays as being strong, confident individuals, much different from the stereotypical roles of the time period in which he lived. In Much Ado about Nothing, the main character____(look up) ---{describe role}. Similarly, in Macbeth, {discuss role of Lady Macbeth} The women of Othello also displayed characteristics of strong, modern women. .... ... Like many of Shakespeare's other female characters, Desdemona does not embody the stereotypical role of sixteenth century women. ... She is aware of the relationships between women and men, ...

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