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Female Characters in "The Winter's Tale", 2002.
A paper which discusses how Shakespeare presents female characters with both inner and outer strength in "The Winter's Tale".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, $ 39.95
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The paper discusses how, in "The Winter's Tale", William Shakespeare presents female characters with both inner and exterior strength. It shows that along with the strength, are the qualities of understanding, forgiveness and patience. It explores the three characters in the play that represent these female characteristics - Hermione, Paulina and Perdita. For all three female characters, they are a part of the action and suffer because of the events in the play. Yet even in suffering they remain gracious and strong and forgiving. The paper discusses how it is these characteristics that make "The Winter's Tale" a play about how strong and solid the female character can be, with the outcome of the play also showing what an impact these qualities can have.
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"Hermione is the central female character of the play and also the one who suffers the most. At the same time, she is the character who has the greatest amount of strength. In the play, Hermione is accused of infidelity by her husband, something that must hurt her deeply. And yet even when her husband accuses her, she remains calm. When Leontes first calls Hermione an adulteress she denies it calmly and elegantly saying, "should a villain say so, the most replenish'd villain in the world, he were as much more villain: you, my Lord, do but mistake" (II,i). For the audience, the calmness that Hermione possesses is emphasized by the contrast with her husband."
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Disney's Female Characters, 2001.
A critique of Walt Disney's representation of female characters
1,721 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper looks at several Disney films such as "Cinderella", "Snow White", "Little Mermaid", "Aladdin" and "Shrek" among others. The progression from strict adherence to prescribed gender roles, as in "Cinderella" or "Snow White", to the noticeably different messages about gender in "Shrek" and the films in between that provided a bridge between the differing messages regarding gender norms, are analyzed. Messages regarding sexuality in Disney films and arguably appropriate content are discussed as well. There is an emphasis on the depiction of female characters and the roles they play in Disney films.
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"When looking at female roles in Disney films, it is important to look at the inspiration behind those roles, Walt Disney. Walt Disney was a product of the 1940's and his patriarchal views of femininity most certainly reflect those ideals in the roles and manner in which his female characters are portrayed (O'Brien 157). In many of the Disney films children love to watch, the female characters are marginalized. The females are in unimportant or at least less important positions than are their male counterparts. Henke and others have this to say of Disney's female characters, "These alleged heroines are helpless ornaments in need of protection, and when it comes to the action of the film, they are omitted" (235). We see examples of this in the story of Cinderella when her gentleness and goodness is defined by her lack of resistance to the abuse she receives from her stepfamily (Henke 235). "
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Female Characters in Literature, 2007.
A comparison and contrast of the female characters in Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll House" and Bertolt Brecht's "Mother Courage and her Children".
1,654 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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The paper relates that "A Doll House" and "Mother Courage and her Children" both have strong-minded women with three children as leading characters. The paper identifies the stark differences in these characters and discusses how Ibsen's Nora is more literal while Brecht's "Mother Courage" is more symbolical and allegorical. The paper portrays how both plays represent extremes of female characterization; Nora develops more fully into her own self, into an independent personality while "Mother Courage" pulls further away from any sense of authentic self.
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Introduction
Nora's Character
"Mother Courage's" Character
"Mother Courage's" reaction to Kattrin's death
Conclusion
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"Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House (1789), is a play about a young woman named Nora Helmer, a mother of three small children, who is married to an overbearing bank president, Torvald. Nora realizes during the play that she, because of society's repressions, solely domestic expectations of women, has never really grown up into an independent adult human being. Ibsen stated when asked about his reason for writing this particular play: "A woman cannot be herself in contemporary society, it is an exclusively male society with laws drafted by men, and with counsel and judges who judge feminine conduct from the male point of view" ("A Doll's House" Wikipedia)."
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Female Characters, 2004.
An examination of the central female characters in Guy de Maupassant's "Ball of Fat" and Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House".
1,127 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 0 sources, $ 39.95
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An analysis of the characters of Nora Helmer from "A Doll's House" and Elizabeth Rousset from "Ball of Fat". It explains how they are in complete opposite ends of the social spectrum, yet they make similar 'sacrifices' and suffer the consequences that contribute to their realizations about themselves and those that they made the sacrifices for.
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"In A Doll's House, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen reveals the story of Nora Helmer, a woman who having secretly borrowed money from Nils Krogstad, is now facing a dilemma when her husband becomes newly appointed director at the bank, and is preparing to fire Krogstad for forging his signature on a document. Nora in turn had forged her father's signature to get the loan from Krogstad, and when he threatens to reveal her crime, she must try and influence her husband not to fire Krogstad. Not realizing that Nora borrowed the 250 pounds for him when he was suffering and needed to go to a southern climate to recuperate. Her husband Torvald is ready to disown her when he learns of the truth despite her reasoning and once things are resolved between them and with the bank, Nora realizes that her husband is not worth it and decides to leave him "when the wonderful thing did not happen, then I saw you were not the man I had thought you" (Act III)."
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Female Characters, 2003.
Analyzes the social roles of lead female characters in "Hedda Gabler" and "Les Belles Soeurs".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 31.95
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Discusses the leading character of Hedda in Henrick Ibsen's play, "Hedda Gabler", and of Germaine, in Michel Tremblay's "Les Belles Soeurs." Examines how both women are recognizable types in bourgeois culture and how each deals with her given role.
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"This research examines the leading female characters in Ibsen's Hedda Gabler and Tramblay's Les Belles Soeurs. The plan is to compare and contrast the respective responses of Hedda and Germaine to the cultural mandate that women are guardians of the ..."
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Female Characters in "The Great Gatsby", 2002.
Examines the characters of Daisy Buchanan, Jordan Baker and Myrtle Wilson in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 44.95
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In this paper, I analyze the three main female characters of "The Great Gatsby": Daisy Buchanan, Jordan Baker, and Myrtle Wilson. I attempt to show how each represented the materialism and shallow nature of the upper classes during 1920s America. I point out how the characters are similar in that they are self-centered, careless and have little self-respect.
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Female Characters in "Hamlet", 2005.
An exploration of the role of women in William Shakespeare's "Hamlet".
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This paper examines how Gertrude and Ophelia are the only female characters in "Hamlet" and how, although the male characters take lead in this Shakespearean play, the roles of Gertrude and Ophelia are both memorable. It demonstrates how although neither have an extreme amount of lines, both characters roles are set up a system of cause effect within the play.
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"Gertrude does seem morally frail. She never exhibits the ability to think critically about her situation, but seems merely to move instinctively toward seemingly safe choices, as she immediately runs to Claudius after her confrontation with Hamlet. When Hamlet says "... kill a king and marry with his brother", she seems to respond with surprise as she replies, "As kill a king!" Later in that scene, when Hamlet has tried to win her round, she says, "O Hamlet thou hast cleft my heart in twain", therefore we see that she's divided between the two (Claudius and Hamlet) rather than siding firmly either way, showing she lacks in moral fibre and strength. Gertrude follows Claudius and is seen to not think for herself as she mixes up the names of Guildenstern and Rosencrantz trying to follow in what the King had said when greeting them."
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Faulkner's and Porter's Female Characters, 2006.
A comparison of the main characters in William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" and Katherine Anne Porter's "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall".
1,120 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper compares the characters and lives of Emily Grierson, from William Faulkner's novel "A Rose for Emily", and Granny Weatherall ,from Katherine Anne Porter's novel "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall". The paper discusses the similar character traits the characters share and explains how both were affected by a similar, life-changing event in their youths that became the tragedy of their lives . The paper also contrasts how each character chose to deal with that tragedy, pointing out that Emily allowed her past to turn her into a depraved and perverse character, while Granny chose not to let her past dictate her life and instead built a life of warmth, dignity and compassion and understood that life was what you made of it, for better or for worse.
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"The two characters presented for comparison bare likeness to each other in several respects. Each are presented as strong-willed and defiant. They both were raised during an era where existed a strict southern code of manners and appearance. Unfortunately, this code is based on appearance rather than truth. Southern society placed great emphasis on a woman's conduct and each of the women acted according to this unwritten code. The secrets that they concealed and the demeanors they chose to display to society differ from reality. Emily Grierson's fa?ade of gentleness conceals her iron-willed strength capable of even murderous acts. Granny Weatherall is perceived as an ailing lady of forgotten memory and time. Both ladies were significantly affected by events in youth that became the tragedy of their lives. They were both jilted by their young loves. The difference between Emily and Granny lies in the effect this betrayal had upon the remainder of their existence."
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The Female Characters, 2007.
This paper compares Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler to Tennessee Williams' Stella Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire."
1,285 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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The paper portrays how Henrik Ibsen's character, Hedda Gabler, shares some similarities with the oppressed housewife, Stella Kowalski in Tennessee Williams' play, "A Streetcar Named Desire." The paper shows how in spite of the vast differences between the two plays, Stella in 1947 is no more evolved as an individual than Hedda in 1891 in terms of her autonomy, her honesty, or her ability to handle her own life. The paper demonstrates how both plays identify the inferior position held by women in society for hundreds of years.
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"Stella Kowalski has made a major concession in marrying Stanley Kowalski, a working-class, brutish sort who is far beneath the aristocratic social class of people with whom Stella was raised. Stanley has none of the manners, social skills or money that someone of Stella's station would customarily have married. However, from the beginning of the play, Stella seems to exhibit an underlying lack of confidence, and settling for her less-than-perfect marriage to Stanley is one more indicator of that. As the play progresses, we see that perhaps Stella has always felt inadequate as compared to her more glamorous sister, Blanche. Stella asks Blanche to try not to compare Stanley to men "that we went out with at home" (Sc. 1, pg. 17)."
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Clyde Edgerton's Female Characters, 1999.
Examines the authenticity and strength of women in novels about Southern society. ("Raney", "Walking Across Egypt", "Killer Diller", "Floatplane Notebooks").
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 13 sources, $ 39.95
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"The female characters of novelist Clyde Edgerton represent a variety of points of view for women in the South today. The characters in these novels are examples of different social and political attitudes, and Edgerton often points up what he sees as the self-centered and foolish nature of these views. Edgerton makes his characters real, in terms of both their dialogue and their behavior. These women are strong and make themselves known in what is more commonly seen as a man's world.
Edgerton's ability to write women characters has been praised by critics and readers, and Edgerton himself has noted his view of why this is so:
I've been very satisfied to know that women who read the book believe that the voice sounds ..."
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Lesbia, Clodia and Cynthia as Textual Female Characters, 2005.
An analysis of the representations of the three heroines by Catullus, Cicero and Propertiusand the internal logic of the texts.
1,995 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper first highlights the difference in purpose between the various authors: How Cicero is trying to besmirch Clodia's reputation, while Catullus and Propertius are working with a love object to some extent characterised for poetic purposes. The groundbreaking use of language in Catullus is discussed, as is the use of myth in both Propertius and Catullus. It also looks at how the speech of Cicero is a useful exponent of contemporary sexual mores and highbrow rhetoric.
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"The Roman authors Catullus, Propertius, and Cicero (in his pro Caelio oration) all produce literature which deals in an interesting way with women. This can be exhibited in different ways: for example, in his poems Catullus sees his Lesbia very much as a love object, since he often makes wild claims about his incredible love for her and his belief that they are married. Still, Sex is definitely involved in his poems about their relationship, but it seems he concentrated more on analysing their split than purely erotic poetry."
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Female Biblical Characters, 2003.
Examines the role of women in the Bible.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 7 sources, $ 71.95
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Discusses several primary women: Eve, Mary, Ruth, Mary Magdalene, and Jezebel. Also discusses women playing secondary roles: Sarah, Rebecca and Miriam. Examines the image of women in the Book of Revelation and symbols of the true Church versus the idolaters.
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"With very few exceptions, the Bible - both Old and New Testaments, is a male preserve. Take away Eve, the progenitrix of all females, Mary mother of Jesus, and noble Ruth who obeyed her mother-in-law and cared for her and the majority of women tend to be..."
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The Female Character in Fairy Tales, 2006.
This paper looks at the struggles that female fairy tale characters endured in order to attain happiness.
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The paper discusses how in fairy tales, female characters are often associated with a long search for a mate, which ends in a happily-ever-after relationship. Yet, the paper maintains that what is often not considered is the strength of many female fairy tale characters and the struggles that they endure in order to achieve their goals. The paper highlights how the characters of Cinderella, Belle and Rapunzel all demonstrate women that have suffered through prolonged distress prior to realizing happiness.
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Male and Female Relationships in Literature, 2008.
An analysis of the relationship between the male and female characters in the ancient text, "The Medea" by Euripides and the modern text, "A Doll House" by H. Ibsen.
1,025 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper examines two texts, one ancient, "The Medea" by Euripides and the other modern, "A Doll House" by H. Ibsen. It looks at the roles of the two female characters - Medea in " The Medea" and Nora in "A Doll House" and discusses how the relationships between the male and the female characters reflect the relationship of the colonizer and the colonized. The paper examines what such a relationship entails and argues that this relationship can be changed only under extreme circumstances, which require a drastic action on the part of the colonized.
From the Paper
"Both Medea and Nora have challenged the concept of the passive feminine and the gender roles assigned to men and women within our society. The relationships between the male and the female often resemble the relationship between the colonizers and the colonized. The male/colonizer is active, the female/colonized is passive. The balance of power tips sharply towards the male/colonizer. The female/colonized are often the 'Others'; they are weak, simple creatures that need protection and guardianship, provided by the 'naturally' stronger, dominant male/colonizer. Nora and Medea refused to stay in the roles of the colonized and succeeded in freeing themselves from oppression by taking drastic action. Both however, were punished for it, shunned by the society in which they lived and both lost their children."
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Female Protagonists, 2002.
A paper that analyzes female characters in 3 books and how they overcome stereotypes in society.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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The paper explicates the ways in which the female protagonists of "A Rose for Emily" (William Faulkner), "Hindus" (Bharati Mukherjeeand) and "Astronomer's Wife" (Kay Boyle) overcome the stereotypes that society cast on them and the effect it had on them. The author of the paper concludes that the female characters of the above mentioned stories are the direct opposite of the women of their own times.
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"According to some sources she was a strong, willful woman who after her father's death had completely retreated into her past. What's worth mentioning here is that she was happy being there i.e. in the past. Emily was clearly suffering from denial - she was unable to come to terms with her father's death and then Colonel Sartoris' passing away and so she continued to harbor the illusion that they were still there for her (especially Colonel Sartoris). She refused to let anyone threaten her imaginary world and so remained adamant about taxes when the new Board of Alderman approached her."
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