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This is a literary analysis between women and literature itself. It compares three different female characters from three different stories. The stories chosen for the paper are from Henrik Ibsen's text: "Hedda Gabler", the character is Hedda Gabler, the second story is "A doll house", and the character is Nora, and the last story is in the story "Medea" and the character is Medea herself.

Tags:women, and, literature

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This paper explains how playwrights often provoke debate about the role of women by presenting strong female characters either positively or negatively. The paper goes on to compare two such characters, one from "A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen and "Medea" by Euripedes, and what the women contribute to the work as a whole. The plays are from completely different eras and social contexts therefore opinions of the respective authors differ on the subject of the place of women either at home or in society.

From the Paper
''The role of women is an issue that has been discussed by many playwrights with varying points of view. However, Medea by Euripides, written in the 5th century BC and A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen written in the late 19th century are two of the most famous plays to bring this question to light. Medea is an ancient Greek tragedy in which the eponymous heroine plots her revenge against her traitor of a husband, whereas A Doll's House is a modern drama dealing with the dynamics of a Norwegian married couple; where the main character, Nora, is brutally made aware of her fragile situation, leading to her emancipation.''

Tags:woman, role, drama

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The notion of gender has intrigued writers for a long time - certainly long before the first major feminist movement of the 1970s. Nor have the writers grappling with the question of gender always been women - there is a fine line of men writing about women's problems in a world ruled by inequality among the sexes. The paper provides evidence of this in early 20th century English-language male writers - namely, D.H. Lawrence, in his "The Horse Dealer's Daughter," and John Steinbeck, in "The Chrysanthemums." The paper comments that this continues today in the works of such writers as Alice Walker, whose short story, "Everyday Use," famously explored the potential effects of the 1960s and 1970s Black Power movement on rural lower class African American women. The paper notes that in comparing and demeaning their subjects as hopeless victims, these writers instead portray their female protagonists as tragic emblems of their environment that nonetheless manage to hold on to some glint of hope for the future, despite the wretched circumstances of their existences.

From the Paper
"The female protagonist of "The Chrysanthemums" may not be so obviously in dire shape. But when she is approached by a traveling salesman, her unhappiness is revealed. She envies him for his freedom to travel wherever he wants to. This is the kind of freedom that was only open to men during the period when Steinbeck was writing. While Elisa may not be consciously unhappy, the fact that her possibilities in life are so limited suddenly becomes apparent to her in the course of the traveling salesman's visit; as the salesman responds to her curious inquiry, "It would be a lonely life for a woman, ma'am, and a scarey life, too, with animals creeping under the wagon all night".

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This paper compares and contrasts "Women, Politics and Media: Uneasy Relations in Comparative Perspective" by Karen Ross and "Women, Power, and Politics" by Margaret Stacey and Marion Price. It discusses how the books both deal with the issue of women's political roles (or lack thereof). The paper concludes that despite their differences, both books will be of interest to feminist scholars, though for different reasons.

From the Paper
"Both of these books will be of interest to many feminist scholars, particularly those interested in the progress of women in the political sphere. Both are therefore highly recommended. However, for the reader or student with a fairly broad interest in the subject, Stacey and Price's book will be more useful, as it provides an extremely insightful overview of the subject area. Moreover, the fact that they challenge several conventional notions means that the book makes for thought-provoking reading. On the other hand, Ross's book will probably be of more limited appeal, focusing as it does on a more narrow area of the broad subject matter of women in politics. Finally, Stacey and Price (1981) is a substantially more pleasant read, in that it takes a positive view and is optimistic. Ross (2002), by contrast, is positively depressing. One ends up feeling almost hopeless for the future of democracy. Therefore, although these are both good books and impressive works of scholarship, if you have time to read just one of these books, I would strongly recommend you choose Stacey and Price's book."

Tags:post-suffragette, feminists, power, vote

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This paper discusses the the way the roles of women in the 1950s have dramatically changed in modern times. The paper gives the example of Hillary Clinton and June Cleaver and the way they represent archetypes of differing eras that has seen the slow and positive evolution of the woman's equal right to work. The paper discusses the issue of primary care giving versus independence and career in the work place.

From the Paper
"Feminist Studies: Contrasting the Women of the 1950s with the Modern Women of the 21st Century This feminist study will examine the differing roles that women of the 1950s have in relation to the women of the 21st century. By evaluating the role of the housewife of the 1950s, one can disseminate the roles that women now possess in business and government in the modern age. In the case of June Cleaver in the 50s T.V. show "Leave it to Beaver", a contrasting view of woman can be presented in the role of women, such as Hilary Clinton as a U.S. Senator. Furthermore, by discussing roles of women in the modern era, the issues of parental care are changing in comparison with the traditional values espoused parental leave and primary care giving of the 1950s."

Tags:clinton, hillary, politics

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This paper presents a comparison of women's fashions of the 1920s society with today's society.

Tags:women, fashion, society

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Edith Wharton's works, "The Age of Innocence" and "Roman Fever" each exemplify contradictions that control women's lives, and Wharton's stories raise these struggles to character studies of women. This paper concludes that Wharton's women often personify the effects of social oppression in their relations with each other.

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This paper presents an exploration of the differences between the bodies of men and women based on ancient and medieval texts, specifically using the logic of studying what a man is not in comparison to what a woman is.

From the Paper
"The principal line of ancient and medieval argument about what makes women different from men comes down to what women cannot be, not so much because they are to be morally despised though they may be, as because systematic and thoughtful reason, logic and science make inescapable the conclusion that women cannot be male. That seems like a tautology until one makes a project of applying reason and logic to the task of understanding under what circumstances the not-male ontological condition of women could be sensibly and logically determined..."

Tags:Aristotle, Galen, Isidore of Seville, Anselm, Aquinas, Guido Delle Colonne

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Compares and contrasts the use of point of view, setting, theme, and ambiguity to describe the relationships of women and men in the upper-class society of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as detailed in Wharton's short stories, "The Other Two" and "Roman Fever."

From the Paper
"Edith Wharton is recognized as one of the most prominent writers in American literature, moving women's literary efforts into a new era in the early 20th century. Born into "an elite, conservative, old New York family" (1010), Wharton, as expected, married a member of the leisure class. Her work is often an unflattering depiction of the patriarchal society that she knew so well, and of the lengths that women will go to survive in that society. "The Other Two" and "Roman Fever" share similar techniques in storytelling: each effectively uses point of view, setting, theme, and ambiguous endings to craft a scathing picture of this culture, but each does so in a way that creates a truly unique portrait of the time."

Tags:ambiguity, edith, fever, men, other, point, relationships, roman, setting, short, story, theme, two, view, wharton, women

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This essay takes a look at two characters from two classic American novels, Edith Wharton's "The Age of Innocence" and F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby." This paper has basically four parts: Introduction, analysis of Newland Archer, analysis of Gatsby, conclusion. The two middle sections include passages from the texts to enunciate points made in the paper. The conclusion focuses more on these characters comparisons rather than their contrasting traits.

From the Paper
"Newland Archer and Gatsby are similar because they are both American males from New York. There are different types of New Yorkers, which is constrained by the time period in which they respectively live. This chronological boundary does effect what type of men they are, in the way that they relate to women, but doesn't alter the American essence that these two men possess. Gatsby and Newland Archer are comparable Americans, but contrasting New Yorkers."

Tags:age, archer, fitzgerald, gatsby, great, innocence, newland, wharton