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Early Feminist Literature, 2007.
An analysis of the early feminist literature of Mary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Stanton, and Virginia Woolf.
3,296 words (approx. 13.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 94.95
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The paper discusses how Mary Wollstonecraft's 1792 work, "The Vindication of the Rights of Woman", shocked many of its early readers equally for what it said about men and women and for the reputation of the author. The paper further discusses the 1848 "Seneca Falls Women's Convention Declaration", prepared by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The paper analyzes how the document echoes many of Wollstonecraft's ideas, but had more credibility due to the women who created it and the style in which it was written. The paper examines Virginia Woolf, who also discusses many of Wollstonecraft's ideas. The paper explores Woolf's treatise, "A Room of One's Own", which discusses many of the same ideas about women's education and the relationship between men and women as does Wollstonecraft.
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"The Seneca Falls Declaration came from a meeting held in the summer of 1848 in upstate New York. This was one of the first meetings to address women's rights and issues. Stanton and fellow feminist and abolitionist, Lucretia Mott, organized the meeting after Mott had been refused permission to address the assembly at the world anti-slavery convention that had been held in London. This made the women questions the position of women in society in general and brought a variety of women and men together to discuss the issue and form this declaration."
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Feminist Literature- History of Feminism and the Mother-Daughter Relationship, 2000.
A detailed analysis of the role of feminist literature in society, and the depiction of the mother-daughter relationship.
7,080 words (approx. 28.3 pages), 11 sources, $ 158.95
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This paper is a detailed analysis of the role of feminist literature in society. The paper details the impact of women writers and shows the changing role of feminist literature over the years. This essay integrates numerous authors and studies as a means of supporting the thesis that feminist literature currently plays and has played a prominent role in the literary world.
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The Early Feminist Writers, 2002.
A look at the founders of feminist literature: Wollstonecraft, Browning, and Woolf.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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This undergraduate level paper is an exploration of the origins of feminist literature. It looks at Wollstonecraft, Browning, and Woolf as the progenitors of the modern form of literary feminism. It notes that each writer placed an emphasis, first, upon education and, second, upon money, as the way for women to achieve any independence in the world.
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Sensibility and Freedom: Two Early Feminist Novels, 2002.
Explores the issues of sensibility, or strong feelings, in women's literature from the Enlightenment period.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 35.95
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This essay deals with issues of sensibility in Enlightenment women's literature. Sensibility is the Enlightenment term for strong feeling, which was often disapproved of in women, yet encouraged in men. The essay explores how the characters in Wollstonecraft's "Mary" and Hays' "Memoirs of Emma Courtney" claim the power of sensibility for themselves.
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Feminist Elements in Literature: A Comparison, 2008.
An analysis of the feminism in "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker and "Beloved" by Toni Morrison.
1,229 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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The paper compares and contrasts the feminist elements within "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker and "Beloved" by Toni Morrison. The paper addresses the issues of female victimization, gender roles and feminist liberation. The paper shows how the crucial elements of feminism depict a greater sense of female identity in African-American literature.
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"Alice Walker reveals issue of feminist victimization through her characterization in The Color Purple. The evolution of mostly male perceptions of life through racism was the norm until women writers began to change this focus in African American literary forums. Nellie often takes on the part of victim to male aggression, since she has been raped repeatedly by her owner, and the other abusive males in her life. Walker's portrayal of Nellie is very similar to the way and manner in which Morrison depicts her female roles in Beloved, such Sethe. However, the major difference between these two women is the way that slavery has affected them, and how they had let it affect their lives."
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Early German vs. Early Russian Filmmaking, 2004.
This paper discusses early German vs. early Russian filmmaking
in terms of a controlled versus an uncontrolled narrative perspective.
980 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 34.95
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This paper explains that the primary difference between the early Russian films of the first half of the 20th century and the German Expressionist movement, whose films exemplify an artistic ethos, is the significance given to narrative and to expressing a singular and coherent ideology for the viewer. The author points out that, in the case of Russian filmmakers such as Eisenstein, the narrative and descriptive sequences of the film are manipulated over the course of the film to invest particular images and aspects of the film with great importance. The paper relates that the German cinema creates a more ambiguous sense of meaning within its choice frames; the visual, rather than the story-based aspects of the film?s shot and the film?s overall plot arc, have greater significance.
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"The greater emphasis on narrative within early Russian cinema also is evidenced in the way that the Russian directors, most notably Eisenstein, create meaning between frames of narrative, rather than within frame in a miens-en-scene approach. In this approach, the meaning of a single scene has a meaning in and of itself and can be invested with different meanings outside of the filmed narrative sequence. For instance, ?Potemkin? makes use of what is known as a dialectic montage, or a composition of rapidly evolving scenes, too rapid for the viewer?s eye simply to apprehend just one. The composition and the apprehension of scenes all at once creates a singularity of emotion and intent regarding the action, as opposed to a sustained scene where the viewer is able to consider the image and come to his or her own conclusion regarding the events that are transpiring. Miens-en-scene or middle of the scene approach became very popular in postmodernist and post-structuralism critiques and film analysis. Even the most impressionist examples of Russian cinema, such as the ?Man with a Movie Camera,? have a highly ideological and uniform tone, that of the glory of Russia, in sequences where seemingly unrelated images are created."
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Qumran, Early Christians, and Early Rabbinic Judaism, 1999.
Examines these three major religious groups, major beliefs and the use of canonical scripture.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 8 sources, $ 111.95
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Although fundamentalists in religious life assert that the answers to all human problems are available in inerrant scriptural form, there is still the problem of interpretation. From the beginning, differing stories, differing translations, and differing interpretations of scripture have led to the development of separate communities and sects within communities.
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"Research on Qumran, Early Christians, and Early Rabbinic Judaism
Introduction
Although fundamentalists in religious life assert that the answers to all human problems are available in inerrant scriptural form, there is still the problem of interpretation. From the beginning, differing stories, differing translations, and differing interpretations of scripture have led to the development of separate communities and sects within communities. The intent in this essay is to look at three separate groups the Qumran community, the Early Christians and Early Rabbinic Judaism exploring their major beliefs and their use of canonical scripture."
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Feminist and Anti-Feminist Films, 2005.
An analysis of the themes of male protection against male violence in the films, "Something Wild" and "Thelma and Louise".
742 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 26.95
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This paper examines how good outlaws who are on the run from the law are a typical theme of American cinema and how both "Something Wild," directed by Jonathan Demme, and "Thelma and Louise," directed by Ridley Scott, are of the 'road movie' genre, which features the American myth of the open road and free and easy access to changing one's life through motion.
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"Thus, both films deal with a problem-if feminism is about women's rights, what of women's rights if the law, for both men and women, is so often wrong. One reason both films provide different answers is that Something Wild involves a male and a female, while Thelma and Louise involves two females. Something Wild suggests that the female is only capable of full motion and movement on the open road in the presence of a male, while the plot of Thelma and Louise suggests that the road provides a potential means of escape for both men and women, and that the presence of men such as the cowboy/drifter of Brad Pitt can sunder female closeness."
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Feminists, 2004.
An assessment of the ethical theories of three early feminist crusaders in American history.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper assesses the ethical theories of three early feminist crusaders in American history. The women are Abigail Adams, whose major concern was equality in education; Susan B. Anthony, whose major concern was advancing temperance to prevent harm to women and children; and Margaret Sanger, whose major concern was enabling women to have control over their sexuality and reproduction.
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"In United States history Abigail Adams, Susan B Anthony and Margaret Sanger were all instrumental in advancing the cause of feminism. Adams was primarily concerned with equality in education. Anthony with advancing the ..."
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Gender in Literature, 2005.
This paper examines the theme of gender and its significance in Virginia Woolf and Ernest Hemingway's works.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 7 sources, $ 53.95
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The paper discusses how in comparing, contrasting and discussing the issue of gender and its significance in "Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)," "Orlando," and "The Sun Also Rises," it is evident that gender issues were perceived and portrayed very differently by writers such as Virginia Woolf and Ernest Hemingway. The paper explains that this is because of their personal agony over gender and its psychological implications. The paper points out that differences in their fictional portrayals of rigid gender identity and values is not particularly surprising, for Virginia Woolf was not inclined to shoot wild game animals in Africa or attend bullfights and Ernest Hemingway was not a exactly a charter member of the early feminist movement in fiction and literature.
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Women's Literature in the Nineteenth Century, 2002.
An analysis of the conceptsof womanhood in literature through a review of the work of five nineteenth century feminist writers.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper will discuss the five excerpts from five women authors, and seek understand the symbolic value of the quotes, as well as the notions that portray womanhood beneath them. By understanding the complex notion of womanhood in literature, we can assemble the facts of opinion, from these nineteenth century feminist writers.
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Feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, 2006.
This paper discusses the ideas of early English feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and her influence on the later American feminist movement.
2,285 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 70.95
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This paper explains that Mary Wollstonecraft's "The Vindication of the Rights of Woman", first published in 1792, which was a manifesto of women's rights and a call to action against the male-dominated society of her day, was far ahead of its time. The author points out that Wollstonecraft also spoke of the degraded state of the English public schools by saying that men and women must learn to broaden their minds, and to develop those faculties, which would lead to a true advance in civilization, even arguing for co-education. The paper concludes that the ideas put forth by Mary Wollstonecraft, which were transformed into a movement by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, still find their expression in free public education, greatly increased career opportunities for women and equal rights under the law, but there remains much work to be done.
From the Paper
"Feminism, as a movement, owed its inspiration primarily to the observations and experiences of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her associate, Lucretia Mott. Both were fervent abolitionists in the years before Seneca Falls. Growing out of the same set of Enlightenment ideas that had inspired Mary Wollstonecraft, the Abolitionist Movement saw the institution of African Slavery as a gross violation of basic human rights and freedoms. By means of lectures, pamphlets, and books, the Abolitionists sought to create a groundswell of public support for overturning and outlawing the practice of human bondage."
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Plague in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, 2007.
A discussion on how the responses to the plague in medieval and early modern Europe can be best characterized as early examples of the operation of disciplinary power.
2,291 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 70.95
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This paper discusses Michel Foucault's contention of the plague as a historical phenomenon, out of which a controlling, intrusive and discursively powerful form of modern rule emerged in Europe. The paper relates that, from a retrospective look at the responses to the plague in mediaeval and early modern Europe, it is tempting to conclude that the responses represented clear early examples of disciplinary power in action. Moreover, plague regimes appear to have been interventionist, controlling and totalizing. The paper then explains that this view leads to a distorted understanding of power as all-encompassing when, in reality, it was anything but. The paper concludes that it would be historically inaccurate to leave the impression that these plague regimes were omnipotent, for the simple reason that the enforcement of power was a messy, contested and negotiated process. There is also a limit to seeking examples of disciplinary power in a past period that Foucault himself did not necessarily see as completely emblematic of his theory.
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Introduction
Power as Interventionist and Controlling
Power as Limited and Hyped
Conclusion
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"Certainly England did eventually move towards a continental style of control. But this move, instigated under the rule of Charles I, was quickly abandoned following the outbreak of the Civil War. (Naphy and Spicer, 2000, p.100) Even if this plan had been carried out by the Crown, which had by and large succeeded in setting up pest houses throughout the rest of the kingdom, London would surely have resisted, for it rejected a system of pest houses in favour of continuous home quarantine, which obviated the need for "an extensive and expensive system of workers". (Naphy and Spicer, 2000, p.126) More significantly, London insisted on relying upon local and national charities as well as normal taxation to fund measures to cope with the plague rather than resort to a special plague tax that would have made the victims of disease wholly dependent on the benevolence of the state - to this extent inhabitants were not subject to the totalizing power of the state. (Naphy and Spicer, 2000, p.126) "
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Early Adulthood Development, 2002.
This paper discusses the different kinds of development that early adults undergo in their lives while they are at the early adulthood stage.
837 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 29.95
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In human development, the early adulthood stage is the sixth stage of the period of development of humans. This paper looks at a few theorists and their concepts of the type of development that occurs in this stage of life. The writer concludes that in this stage, an individual learns to recognize alternative moral courses and learns to develop a personal moral code.
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"Under the early adulthood stage, cognitive development of early adults has already reached its formal operational stage, according to Jean Piaget?s Theory of Cognitive Development. Under the formal operational stage, the operational thoughts of humans are more ?abstract, idealistic, and logical,? and adults are no longer confined to concrete thoughts, which are the operational thoughts common among children (Santrock 2000 335). Aside from thinking abstractly, early adulthood stage brings about among humans the ability to solve problems and test solutions, which are the characteristics of hypothetical-deductive reasoning. Piaget formally defines hypothetical-deductive reasoning as ?the ability to develop hypotheses, or best hunches, about ways to solve problems? (Santrock 2000 335). Piaget notes that the operational thoughts of adults in this stage is no different from adolescents? operational thoughts, but adults in the early adulthood stage have more methods and ways in approaching and solving the problems presented to them or they encounter."
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The Early Development of Opera, 2005.
This paper discusses the early progenitors opera that began at the end of the 16th century and into the early part of 17th century.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper explains that the return to Greek drama within the musical trends of the end of the 16th century and into the early part of 17th century resulted in a multifaceted musical and theatrical combination, which is now called opera. The author analyzes composers, such as Caccini, Peri and Monteverdi, to reveal how this musical idiom developed from the medieval music tradition and Greek Classical revival of the Baroque period. The paper relates that, in the late 16th century, various forms of music were beginning to combine theatrical productions, arias and extended recitative verses, which would invariably be termed opera.
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"This music study will present the early progenitors opera that began at the end of the 16th century and into the early part of 17th century. By understanding the return to Greek drama within musical trends of these time periods, a multifaceted musical and theatrical combination resulted in what is now called Opera. By analyzing composers such as Caccini, Peri and Monteverdi, one can realize how this musical idiom developed from the medieval music tradition and Greek Classical revival of the Baroque period. In the late 16th century various forms of music were beginning to blend theatrical productions and arias, as well as extended recitative verses that would invariably be termed opera through these initial combinations."
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