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This paper asserts that society has a great effect on shaping the identities of its citizens. The paper explains that because gender identity is an evolving concept, which changes from generation to generation, literature is central to our understanding of masculinity and femininity, whether we live in the time at which the works are being written or whether we are trying to learn more about a culture that existed over 200 years ago.

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"Gender identity is an evolving concept, which changes from generation to generation. The many forms of identity that we take for granted today did not exist for previous generations. Rather, the concepts of identity and individuality are products of the time in which we live due to the evolution of standards and mores over time. Typically, these evolving identities, standards, and mores are reflected in the poetry, fiction, and other literature of the time. Therefore, literature is central to our understanding of masculinity and femininity. While literature reflects the thinking of a particular time, not every..."

Tags:wollstonecraft, gender identity, fantomina

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The paper discusses how cyberspace presents unique challenges for feminist theory and ideology, nonetheless, feminist theory is increasingly being applied to questions of cyberspace, especially as it affects and alters gender identity. The paper examines three critical studies that discuss the intersections of identity and the Internet. By way of conclusion, a determination is made as to which of the authors presented provides the most useful critical stance for feminists interested in investigating the cyber realm.

Tags:gender, identity, cyberspace

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The paper first looks at Kate Chopin's "The Storm" and how it indicates the cultural discontent facing the American woman and then turns to E.A. Robinson's "Mr. Flood's Party," that highlights the often cruel and exclusive American experience. The paper also examines Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", focusing on how the main character, Huck, captures the internal conflict that would identify America on its path to Civil War. Finally, the paper shows how T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock" points to the conflict between American culture and individual identity.

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"The America which entered into the 20th century would be one in constant flux. In the century since its birth, the nation had established itself as an independent body with progressive dreams and deep cultural rifts. These would unfold into the Civil War and its attendant implications regarding America's struggle for a unified identity. The literature which paints a portrait of this struggle during the late 19th and early 20th century shows that America's future would in many ways only be colored by further splintering of individual and cultural tendencies."

Tags:women, inequality, individual, identity, American, dream

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Upon initial review, the task of comparing and contrasting the formulation of African Canadian identity in Dionne Brand's No Language is Neutral and George Elliott Clarke's Whylah Falls is undeniably challenging. In the works of both poets the representation of what it means to be African Canadian is extraordinarily disparate and complex. In this analysis, as this essay will argue, the common theme which defines both poets' representation of African Canadian identity is that of "exile". As will be seen, both writers are, to a remarkable degree, poets of place. As suggested in the epigraph from Brand above, it is through geographic and metaphoric "place" that one defines oneself. From this perspective, to be "African Canadian" for each poet is to "make sense" through multiple places, with an identity that resists easy reduction to essentialist models and, instead, is defined by diversity and multiple origins.

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The Formulation of African Canadian Identity in No Language is Neutral and Whylah Falls "this is where you make sense" (Brand "Hard Against the Soul" 4) Upon initial review, the task of comparing and contrasting the formulation of African Canadian identity in Dionne Brand's No Language is Neutral and George Elliott Clarke's Whylah Falls is undeniably challenging. In the works of both poets the representation of what it means to be African Canadian is extraordinarily disparate and complex. In this analysis, as this essay will argue, the common theme which defines both poets'

Tags:canada, african, literature

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In this paper, theories on why long-term relationships provide a way to "get ahead" in life, but furthermore, how they create initiation, maintenance, and involuntary dissolution for these relationships. By analyzing power, identity, social facility (social acumen), and physical attractiveness in the timeline for relationships at different levels of intimacy, successful relationships must incorporate certain "pragmatic" variables of these terms over the course of the relationship. By providing examples from my own experiences and from my family and friends, the use of power and social acumen help to define how successful long-term relationships can evolve and grow through a solid identity.

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Tags:literature, psychology, marriage

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This paper explores Jack Kerouac's famous book, "On the Road", about rootless kids looking for kicks. The writer discusses the characters in light of America's loss of identity from the time of the Puritans until the modern era, and how Kerouac used Black culture to fill the identity void.

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"Kerouac s" On the Road" has a complicated relationship to America and American literature. On the one hand, it breaks from the evolving literary tradition within America through its elevation of Afro-American culture, and its depiction of largely irresponsible individuals driven by their need for excess and stimulation. On the other hand, "On the Road" seems to embrace, even subsume, the themes and impulses of earlier literary traditions traditions that paralleled and somehow responded to the changing cultural and political climates in which they found themselves."

Tags:jazz, culture, identity, crisis, literary, tradition, jack, dean, sal, paradise, thoreau, emerson, america, puritan

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This paper explains that the basis of feminist identity in Sophocles' "Oedipus the King" and "Antigone" is directly related to class status and the power that women wield in the royal courts. Virginia Woolf observes the power differential between the powerful women of Sophocles, and the reality of women being subjected to the patriarchal values of British society. In many ways, Jocasta and Antigone represent the rare and powerful voices of women from the royal family who were allowed to speak their minds.

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"The heroine in the works of Sophocles represent the upper class strata of Grecian society, explaining the reasons why women have more power on the stage. Contrary to the "common woman" on differing levels of society, one can realize that feminist identity is greatly subdued according to wealth and class. In essence, the feminist identity in Oedipus the King and Antigone by Sophocles represent women of power in the upper classes, while woman from different classes are treated differently due to their lesser power and wealth in British society."

Tags:sophocles, woolf, literature

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This paper first reviews the feminist literature on communication between and among men and women. The author in her research project asks questions about gender communication differentiation in more structured environments such as CNN's program. The author reports reviewing fourteen transcripts between October 21st and November 12th and comparing the three different types of verbal communication: Man-to-Woman, Man-to-Man, and Woman-to-Woman. This paper concludes that the study showed very limited gender biases and that the producers actively counterweighted any bias to maintain the show's image of circumspection and impartiality.

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"The first thing that the "Talk Back Live" transcripts revealed about gender identities was the nature of the positions played by men and women on the show. Women weren't in positions that were "inferior" to those of the men, but men were consulted by the host of the show about a number of topics considered the traditional domain of men, and vice versa. This was much more apparent than the nature of the way people were addressed by the anchors, which sounded almost pre-scripted. When the men would explain these topics, the female host would keep quiet, not asking many questions."

Tags:literature, review, transcripts, methodological, study, gender, biases

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This paper reviews "The Awakening," by Kate Chopin, which has been called one of the first Feminist novels. Although it was written long before the birth of the movement, Chopin's novel is centered on a Feminist character, Edna Pontellier, who rebels against social norms, and assumes control of her life by shaping her own identity. The review further describes Kate Chopin as tackling nineteenth- century taboo issues such as women's liberation and sexual equality through the theme of self-expression. The review further evaluates the implications of self-expression and independence and their connection to the Feminist movement of the twentieth century as exemplified in the novel.

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"Feminism as a social movement was born in the 1950s, and developed in the decades which followed. In order to acquire a better understanding of Feminism as presented in Chopin's "The Awakening," it is important to note that Feminism as a movement was officially formulated at the middle of the twentieth century. Also, a brief look at the focus of Feminism is in order because critics have labeled Chopin's novel as Feminist based on criteria which was developed after the birth of the movement. Feminists fought for political and social changes. Their strife was translated into an American society in which sex was no longer the main criterion for success."

Tags:sexual freedom, divorce, suicide, feminist literature, The South

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The paper discusses how the primary transformations made by Shelley and Joyce's main characters reflect a change from youth into adulthood. The paper explains that although the circumstances vary in the boy of Araby and Victor Frankenstein, they both emulate the naive identity of youth, which will invariably transform through the realities of adulthood through their experiences. The paper describes how when the boy cannot consummate his love for the woman at the Araby, so must Victor learn the harsh reality of his overzealous science when creating the monster.

Tags:shelley, joyce, literature