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"The Country Wife", 2006.
An analysis of Act V of William Wycherley's "The Country Wife".
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 23.95
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This analysis provides an argumentative essay based on Act V of William Wycherley's "The Country Wife". The paper argues that though some issues between the men and women are resolved in Act V, the conflicts between men and women appear to be irresolvable according to Wycherley.
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"In Act V of William Wycherley's The Country Wife the conflict between women and men is only partially resolved. Pinchwife and Margery come to a working arrangement for their marriage which basically entails Pinchwife's .."
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Drama: Love, Marriage and Sexual Politics, 2008.
This paper compares themes of love, marriage and sexual politics in Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" and in William Wycherley's "The Country Wife".
1,335 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper explains that, although "The Country Wife", a 1675 restoration comedy by William Wycherley, and "A Doll's House", an 1879 play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, were written at different times, both portray the sexual politics that existed between couples during those periods. The author point out that both stories involve possessive love, marriages fraught with deception and struggles between the sexes; however, these plays differ in several significant ways. The paper relates that Wycherley's Margery is unsophisticated at the beginning of the play while Ibsen's Nora maintains a level of city sophistication throughout the play. The author states that the primary conflict between the couples is sex for Wycherley but money for Ibsen. The paper reveals that, while both Nora and Margery hold the majority of the power by the end of each play, Nora uses her power to leave her husband while Margery stays and manipulates her husband.
Table of Contents:
Love
Marriage
Sexual Politics
Conclusion
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"Both men also treat their wives as being stupid. In Act I, Torvald calls out to Nora from his study, asking if it was his "little lark twittering out there" (Ibsen Act 1). He goes on to ask if she is his "little squirrel bustling about" and, later, takes her by her ear and calls her his "little featherhead" (Act 1). Clearly, Torval is objectifying his wife, rather than identifying her as a thinking woman. Similarly, Pinchwife feels that Margery is too stupid to make any plans to deceive him, even when she proves herself to the audience to be very capable of doing just that."
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Drama Analysis, 2002.
A comparison of "A Chaste Maid in Cheapside" and "The Country Wife".
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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This three-page undergraduate paper discusses how the urban setting of "A Chaste Maid in Cheapside" and "The Country Wife" affect the presentation of the world and its manners and problems, and examines the way in which the fact of the city as a local background determines issues, behavior, attitudes, solutions.
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?Sovereinetee? in "The Wife of Bath?s Prologue and Tale", 2001.
The paper looks at the relation between the Wife's Prologue and her Tale, in the story Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale".
2,170 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 67.95
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By analyzing the story "The Wife of Bath" by Geoffrey Chaucer in his "Canterbury Tales", this paper examines the Wife?s views on the topic of ?sovereinitee? (or dominance) in marriage as revealed in her Prologue, and analyzes how her opinions on the subject influence her Tale. It analyzes the Wife?s identification with the old woman in her Tale, or rather, how the wife projects her own opinions and concerns on the character of the old woman and includes close readings of passages from the Tale. It also discusses how the Wife?s construction of the old woman reveals the importance she places on female sexuality as a form of agency, as the main tool for gaining power, or ?sovereinitee,? in marriage. Through the character of the old woman, the Wife reveals her fear of growing old and losing her most powerful weapon.
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"In Geoffrey Chaucer?s The Canterbury Tales, the Wife of Bath?s Prologue and Tale focus on the power relations between husbands and wives, and on which party should have ?sovereinetee,? or dominion, over the other. The wife herself believes, not in equality between husbands and wives, but in a wife?s control over her husband. She and Janekin struggle for this ?sovereinetee? during their fight at the end of the Prologue. She justifies her belief by insisting that both husband and wife may only coexist in contentment and satisfaction if the wife achieves domination. Once the Wife wins complete control, she no longer needs to manipulate Janekin to gain power; her weapons of manipulation, primarily her sexuality, become pointless and she can give him whatever pleasure he desires. Her Tale is strongly biased by her own, often uninformed, opinions, and mirrors her views on the subject of marriage and ?sovereinetee?. The knight?s wedding night with the old woman, in particular, mirrors the Wife?s power struggle with Janekin, for the old woman in the Wife?s Tale seems to represent an idealized version of the Wife herself. The old woman?s ability to become young again serves as a scenario of wish-fulfillment on the part of the Wife, who has concerns about getting old since her sexuality comprises her main form of agency, serving as weapon for her to gain power in marriage. Without her looks, she is scared of losing power in the struggle for domination. She fully reveals this fear and the desire to remain young in her description of the old woman, who initially has no power over her husband since she cannot control him sexually, but also has the ability to return to youth and thus regain her power."
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"The Wife of Bath" Compared, 2002.
Compares the Wife of Bath's Prologue to Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath" in "The Canterbury Tales".
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper compares the "Wife of Bath'"s prologue to the tale told by the "Wife of Bath" in the "Canterbury Tales" and shows that it is clear that her words demonstrate an unfair treatment of wives by their men. In addition, the male characters in both aspects of her story show only a tendency for abuse and for violence unless they listen to their women and grant them respect.
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The Nature of Chaucer's Wife of Bathions to Justify Desire, 2000.
Although many readers see the Wife of Bath as a feminist with shaky moral views, this paper contends that the depiction of the Wife exemplifies attributes that are inherent in all people.
800 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 1 source, $ 28.95
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"The key characteristic demonstrated by the Wife that is responsible for so many common human attributes, is that the convictions of an individual are never completely fixed, but rather are ever-changing in order to support the desires of the individual at a given moment in time. This is why the Wife often seems to be contradicting herself as she relates her stories."
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Wife Assault & Personality Disorder, 1996.
Relationship between Borderline Personality Organization & cyclical wife abuse. Historical models of wife assault, three stages of cyclic abuse, abuser traits (anger, jealousy, victim-blaming, self-deception), experimental studies.
4,500 words (approx. 18.0 pages), 24 sources, $ 135.95
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"Although women do abuse men, by far the greatest proportion of abusive incidents are committed by males. Thus, what is often discussed as "spouse abuse," is actually wife assault. According to Straus and Gelles (1990), at least 1.8 million women are battered by their husbands every year in the United States.
Regarding wife assault, Campbell and Lancaster (1994) refer to it as one of America's major community health problems; this because of its greater prevalence than other forms of domestic or partner violence, its greater potential for homicide, its effects on children in the household, and its long-term emotional and physical consequences. In other words, understanding wife assault is imperative."
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"The Doctor's Wife", 2004.
Looks at the use of symbolism and how it relates to racism in John Updike's book, "The Doctor's Wife".
870 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 30.95
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This paper looks at John Updike's treatment of racism in his book, "The Doctor's Wife". The discussion between the doctor's wife and Ralph and Eve is examined, and examples from it are used to demonstrate the division between Caucasian Americans and African Americans. Also examined are the meanings associated with some of the symbolic words Updike uses in his story.
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"John Updike?s short story ?The Doctor?s Wife?, illustrates the division between African Americans and white people shortly after the end of segregation. In Updike?s story, a doctor and his wife are visiting a family in the Caribbean. The doctor?s wife carries on a conversation at the beach with a married couple, Ralph and Eve. The conversation between the couple and the doctor?s wife is sought with powerful symbolism, which relates to racism. The use of the word white is consistently used throughout the short story to show superiority."
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"The Wife of Bath" as an Anti-Feminist, 2005.
This paper argues that, unlike the common assumption, a section from Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales", "The Wife of Bath", is anti-feminist.
1,645 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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This paper explains that, in Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales", the Prologue and subsequent Tale of "The Wife of Bath" section make the most blatant use of a persona, or mask, in comparison to the other pilgrims' sections when The Wife presents herself as a feminist; however, she is actually an anti-feminist. The author points out that, before the Wife begins the story of her experiences with men, she inserts a disclaimer that gives more insight into her possible motives: She tells the pilgrims not to be annoyed at what she says because it is all according to her fantasy. The paper argues that the Wife is hiding behind a facade of feminism, which is the very persona that she presents through her personal experiences by using the textual authority and the undertones of her story to present her true feelings about women's subservience to men.
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"After reading the Prologue and Tale, some could arrive at the aforementioned feminist conclusion. Unfortunately, they wouldn't be reading into the true heart of things if they did. In the Prologue, there is an excerpt that totally turns things around. The Wife makes quite an observation after she mentions the book of wicked wives; "Who peyntede the leon, tel me who? / By God, if wommen hadde writen stories, / As clerkes han withinne hire oratories, / They wolde han writen of men moore wikkednesse / Than al the mark of Adam may redresse" (III, ls. 692-695). She is referring to an old Aesop's Fable, in which a lion and a man come across a stone portrayal of a hunter killing a lion; the lion tells the man that if a lion would've portrayed the scene, it would be the other way around ("The Man and the Lion")."
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I Want a Wife, 2001.
This paper looks at Judy Brady's article "I Want a Wife," that was published in Ms. Magazine in 1971, about the role of women in marriage.
1,010 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper compares and contrasts the female and male perspectives on the roles of a husband and wife in marriage, by using two articles, one written by a man and the other by a woman. The articles examined by the author are, "I Want a Wife," written by Judy Brady and published in Ms. Magazine in 1971, and ?Help! I Want My Wife Back," written by "Guardner", that was published on the internet in 2001. Some of the topics discussed are gender issues, grievances, needs of both partners and how expectations are different depending on your sex.
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"Second issue is whether all married woman share the same feeling of neglect and exploitation as expressed in Judy Brady?s article. Well there can be a long debate about the issue, but I think that the alteration in the attitudes of partners after getting married as discussed in Guardner?s article is logically attributable to the grievances expressed in Judy Brady?s article since the otherwise cannot be proved. The reason is the same, expectations. Husband and wife have, most of the times, too high expectations from each other. It is not at times possible for the other partner to continuously come up to the expectations of his or her spouse when in fact, invariably they want to. The lack of communication and unawareness of the problem adds fuel to the fire and the relationship gets more and more strained."
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?The Wife of Bath?, 2004.
Considers the prologue and tale of Geoffrey Chaucer's story to study the character of the Wife of Bath.
1,470 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 0 sources, $ 48.95
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In his work, "The Canterbury Tales", Geoffrey Chaucer describes a pilgrimage, or journey, taken by several very different individuals. One of these individuals is known as the Wife of Bath. A very intriguing woman, the Wife of Bath gives her fellow pilgrims a rather lengthy history of her life in the prologue to her obligatory tale. Yet, as she continues on, her tale is much more complex, and somewhat puzzling, based on her previous self-portrait. This paper discusses how Chaucer forces his readers to wonder which is a more accurate narration of her personality and how these two, the Prologue and Tale, fit together in the Wife of Bath?s characterization.
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"In the process of setting an example for others, the Wife of Bath is securing her sense of self worth. Although in her prologue she appears confident and bound to her opinions, in actuality she has been influenced by the perceptions of those around her and must reaffirm the significance of her experience. The society in which she lives has, to some extent, dictated the actions of her past. In her prologue, she says that there was no other conceivable reason, given the circumstances, for her to take these men as her husbands other than for her own ease and financial gain; she utilized the situation to her advantage while she had the ability, which is understood to be her youthfulness and vulnerability (WBP, 219-220)."
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The Wife of Bath: Hurting Rather than Helping Feminism, 2005.
This paper analyzes the Wife of Bath from Geoffrey Chaucer's classic novel "The Canterbury Tales" and argues against critics who call her an early feminist.
718 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 25.95
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This brief but concise paper points out the many factors which identify the Wife of Bath, Alisoun, as an anti-feminist, including her viewpoint on: Violence within marriage, honesty, equality of the sexes and feminine roles in society. The writer of this paper succeeds in disproving many critics opinions that the Wife of Bath was one of the first feminists in literature.
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"Alisoun also describes a fight between her fifth husband, Jankin, and herself. They strike each other repeatedly, and she goes even so far as to push him back into the fire. Violence is by no means a true aspect of feminism; "she seems to see nothing wrong with the most horrible things that can be done to a woman, such as battery and rape." Furthermore, she shows absolute disrespect for her own body by engaging in domestic violence, and by treating herself and her sexuality as something that can be sold to the highest bidder, "be he short or tall, dark or fair; I didn't care."
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"The Wife of Martin Guerre", 2005.
A discussion on the cruelty of Martin in "The Wife of Martin Guerre" by Janet Lewis.
977 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper examines how, in Janet Lewis's "The Wife of Martin Guerre", the character of Martin possesses a cold and unforgiving nature and how his cruelty is evident in the pain he causes his wife, Bertrande, in both his absence and his presence.
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"Martin's presence is commonly regarded as a blessed time in Bertrand's tortured existence, with the vivid descriptions of there happiness together, "she kissed him on both cheeks feeling the warmth of the sun upon his flesh", overpowering the earlier descriptions of Martin's cruelty towards Bertrande, the displays of his cruel nature; "he cuffed Bertrande soundly upon the ears". The beautiful imagery used to describe the village of Artigues and the later happiness of Martin and Bertrande causes the reader to forget the coldness of Martin towards Bertrande earlier in the book, his first signs of affection towards his wife do not occur until she earnestly defends his rebellious acts against his father, then becoming his only confidant."
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Kitchen God's Wife, 2007.
This paper discusses the book "The Kitchen God's Wife" by Amy Tan.
1,642 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 53.95
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In this article, the writer looks at the book "The Kitchen God's Wife" by Amy Tan. The writer points out that "The Kitchen Gods Wife" concerns a Chinese mother and American-raised daughter whom, like many mothers and daughters across the world, have kept secrets from each other. The writer discusses that as soon as the book opens up, Tan approaches the communication problem between Winnie and Pearl. The writer notes that Pearl, who appears to want to forget her Chinese roots, has had multiple sclerosis for seven years and has not yet told her mother. The writer notes that, similar to other mother/daughter pairs, once Pearl and Winnie do communicate, they are so much the better for it.
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"No one has a childhood without some kind of trauma, and each person handles it differently. Some people do not remember being abused as a child, and in their adult years wonder why they are depressed and have such low self-esteem. With help, they are able to get better as they deal with the past. Other people never face their past, and drown themselves in alcohol, or abuse their own children. Pearl has not yet dealt with her trauma--her father dying. For years, she has been holding in her sadness and anger at his leaving her. Much of this anger is directed to her mother. Why didn't her mother do something to keep him alive? An irrational thought, but children do believe that their parents have the ability to make things right. Pearl's nightmares about her father continue, because part of her refuses to say goodbye once and for all. Also, like the Kitchen God story, she has to admit she was wrong."
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Chaucer?s Clerk?s Tale and the Wife of Bath, 2002.
This paper looks at the Clerk?s Tale from Geoffrey Chaucer?s "Canterbury Tales", focusing on the characters of the Clerk and the Wife of Bath.
939 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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The writer argues that the Clerk?s Tale tells a story with the opposite view than that of the Wife of Bath?s Tale. The paper tries to prove that the Clerk is commenting on the way in which a wife should behave towards her husband. The writer brings a passage from the tale to illustrate this theory.
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"Petrarch?s interpretation of the story, as adopted by Chaucer, is not so much an allegory as an exemplum. In an exemplary story, or a moralized tale, it is customary for the models of human behavior to be presented in extremely unrealistic terms. ?Often highly artificial and to a modern reader incredible, these ?examples? seem to have appealed very strongly to medieval congregations because of their concreteness and narrative and human interest, as well as their moral implications? (Holman and Harmon 192). In the case of the Clerk?s Tale, Griselda?s passivity in allowing her children to be, as she is led to believe, slain without a word of protest is, by any standards of genuine behavior, both preposterous and repugnant. However, the usual understanding of the exemplary mode of narrative screens out such irrelevant incidents, while allowing those elements in the story which contribute to its exemplary significance to be fully exploited."
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