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"Peasant Wives", 2004.
An analysis of the brutal reality of peasant life, as portrayed in Anton Chekhov?s "Peasant Wives".
1,396 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper discusses how most of the works of the Russian author, Anton Chekhov, involve peasant people, depicting their lives, afflictions, and joys. It examines how he is an author that represents life in a different angle, at times making the readers feel disillusioned or pessimistic after reading his works. In particular, it discusses Chekhov?s ability to illustrate reality about human life through the study of his short story, ?Peasant Wives.? Through an analysis of the text, it posits that the brutality of peasant life is vividly depicted in Chekhov?s literary works, mainly through the characters and themes illustrated in the story.
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"The first theme, the theme of realism, talks about the main elements present in most of Chekhov?s works, which mainly centers on the element of familiar and the negative of the lives of people. Through the theme of realism, Chekhov truthfully illustrates Russian peasant life in ?Peasant Wives,? wherein difficulties experienced by people of poverty and the seemingly ?familiar? conditions that they confront everyday give life to Chekhov?s narrative. Furthermore, through the help of the characters in the story, Chekhov manages to add a different twist to these two elements that is characteristic only of Chekhov?s writing and narrative style."
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"Wives and Midwives", 2004.
An analysis of the book, "Wives and Midwives: Childbirth and Nutrition in Rural Malaysia", by Carol Laderman.
2,317 words (approx. 9.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 71.95
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This paper discusses Carol Laderman's book, "Wives and Midwives: Childbirth and Nutrition in Rural Malaysia", presenting an anthropological evaluation of the effects of nutrition on the women of Malaysia. The paper examines Laderman's focus on women, including marriage, childbirth, and sexual values. The paper analyzes the cultural superstitions regarding food and nutrition for women.
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"Medical anthropology, which combines the disciplines of physical anthropology, ethnography, linguistics and archeology, presents a ?picture of the human condition in the round,? author Laderman writes in her Introduction. And medical anthropology can also be employed to try to understand ?the workings of a culture,? she adds. Indeed, the way a culture works in one part of the world sheds light and understanding on how cultures work in all corners of the world, which is the principal reason for anthropological study. As for the purpose behind her studies and her book, Laderman writes (7) that she intended to focus on the diet (nutrition) of women following childbirth, but to be thorough, she needed to know if ?the diet during pregnancy varied from the non-pregnant diet,? in order to understand the changes that take place ?during the puerperium? (the time between when a woman gives birth and when her uterus returns to its normal size)."
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"Cymbeline" and "The Merry Wives of Windsor", 2003.
A look at the theme of human survival in William Shakespeare's ""Cymbeline" and "The Merry Wives of Windsor".
2,017 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 0 sources, $ 63.95
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This paper examines how William Shakespeare uses comic and tragic plots to explore the various means of human survival in his two plays "Cymbeline" and "The Merry Wives of Windsor". It looks at how comedy and tragedy are defined by each other and how the juxtaposition of emotions, pathos, close character work, comparisons and suffering and reconciliation are just a few of the topics covered.
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"Innogen and Posthumus only have two scenes together, the first and the last, and the time between dramatises both of their maturations. However although Posthumus undergoes harsh experience, not to the same extent as his wife, it is innogen who shifts the play towards a comic ending. Posthumus? soliloquy in Act two may arouse deep feeling and a hint of mental turmoil but does not touch on Pathos. His tone at the beginning of Giacomo?s torment os of an unbelievable one: ?Render me some corporal sign about her more evident than this.? However he does not need a great deal of convincing from the deceitful Giacomo to believe his wife has been unfaithful and moreover has offered her ?chaste? and ?virtues? to another man."
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Stroheim's Foolish Wives, 2004.
A look at how life events in Erich Von Stroheim's life found their way into his film, "Foolish Wives".
1,500 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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The mysterious Stroheim found countless ways to encourage his facade through his pictures. The paper explains how his lavish spending on his pictures gave him a fairly negative reputation. He could take years to complete his films, including "Foolish Wives". Stroheim's desire for extreme detail, which meant running times of five or more hours, was too unrealistic for the studios and the general public, as well. His version of his art was not compatible with popular films of the time. It took the studios ten years to realize that they could not control Stroheim, and all during this time, he was spending millions of their dollars on his own vision.
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"Erich von Stroheim was a man people loved to hate and is the image Stroheim loved to give them. In the film Foolish Wives he plays a man masquerading in Monte Carlo as Count Sergius Karamzin and is using counterfeit money to fund his fraud. The "Count" wears a white military uniform with white gloves and uses a monocle in his right eye. The film takes place right after the end of WWI and the Karamzin presents himself as a military man in order to gain more creditability. He also lives in a kind of menage et trois with two other women who help him carry out his frauds. An American ambassador and his wife arrive in Monte Carlo, and Karamzin sees an opportunity to quiet any suspicion of their creditability by associating themselves with the Americans. Soon Karamzin's lies and deceits catch up with him and his counterfeiter murders him without glory and then his body is dumped in a sewer."
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The Role of Wives According to Peter, 2001.
This is an exegetical paper that explores 1st Peter 3:1-5 and the roles of wives in biblical texts.
1,570 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 4 sources, $ 51.95
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This paper explains the author?s interpretation of a passage from Peter regarding the role of women as influenced by scholarly, peer reviewed writings.
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"In modern America we have a wealth of opportunity to study the Bible. Dozens of translations greet us at the bookstore, commentaries flood our shelves, Bible studies abound. Yet amidst these great resources we often see the Biblical passages as nothing more than a cacophony and would tear many of the harder ones out if we could. 1 Peter 3:1-5 is such a passage. It does not tell us something that we often like to hear. As it is read over, one might even get mental pictures of a feminist group picketing outside Peter?s office, or maybe a group of disgruntled macho men bellowing, ?Yeah Buddy!? With words like ?submission,? and commands like ?Don?t adorn yourself?.? It is very easy to miss the meaning that Peter was trying to convey. "
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Chinese Wives, 2006.
A look at the role of the ideal Chinese wife from an historical perspective.
5,069 words (approx. 20.3 pages), 21 sources, APA, $ 127.95
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This paper examines the role of the ideal Chinese wife as it relates to the late Qing Dynasty and the revolutionary period. The paper investigates how the idea of the ideal wife changed during these periods. It begins with a historic overview of the role of woman and marriage during much of the Qing Dynasty.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Historic Overview
The Role of the Ideal Wife (Qing Dynasty)
Footbinding
Wives during the Chinese Revolution (After the Qing Dynasty)
Comparison of the Roles of Wives during the Qing and Revolutionary
Periods
Discussion and Conclusion
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"Indeed, under the Qing dynasty marriage was expected of all young men and women. According to the laws of the dynasty, marriage was viewed as necessary during the teenage years also referred to as young adulthood. Although young adults throughout China married, the period known as young adulthood was something designated for the elite. According to Smith (1994), this time seemed ideal for marriage because it was the stage at which the demands of education and parental involvement began to decrease."
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Goddesses, Whores, Wives and Slaves, 2002.
The status and role women played in Hellenistic Greek life as compared to early Roman women.
925 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 32.95
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This paper shows a complete view of the life of early women in Roman and Greek cultures. First the life of Greek women and Roman women are discussed and then they are compared to a man's life.
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"Since the beginning of our knowledge of classical antiquity, women have had many different social statuses. From goddesses to slaves and everything in between; women have been it all. The status of women generally improved in time as women gained power over their own lives. This is true of two comparable societies; that of the women of Hellenistic Greek culture and women of the early Roman Empire. Both had many similarities while they also had some very important differences. Men on the other hand, have had a relatively powerful and dominate role over women in this period of time."
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Painting Women as Wives, 2002.
Women, marriage and identity in Henry James's "The Portrait of a Lady".
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 89.95
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This ten-page undergraduate essay discusses the themes of love, women's role in marriage, and Identity of a Woman through a Man in Henry James' novel, "A Portrait of A Lady".
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"Goddesses, Whores, Wives & Slaves" ( Sarah Pomeroy ), 1997.
Reviews social history of women & their economic, cultural & political roles in Ancient Greece & Rome.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 39.95
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"Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves: A Book Review
This paper will review Sarah B. Pomeroy's scholarly work, Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves. Pomeroy's book is a social history of Greek and Roman women, beginning with the role women played in ancient Greek mythology in the Bronze Age as well as at the time when the ancient city of Troy fell. The book ends after examining the role that women played in both the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, and ends during the time of the early Empire, in approximately 565 A.D. According to the author, her book is unique because it is the only comprehensive comparison of women in classical antiquity which has been written in the English language (x). This paper will show that Romen women had more opportunities to participate in the cultural, political, and economic.."
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Domestic Violence on Wives in India, 2004.
An overview of the problem of domestic violence in India, including a look at laws and attitudes concerning the problem.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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This paper looks at domestic violence in India. It discusses the attitudes towards domestic violence, and the laws pertaining to domestic violence. It examines what needs to be done to protect women and to change attitudes towards domestic violence.
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The Glass Ceiling: True Barrier to Women or Old Wives' Tale?, 2002.
This paper discusses the mythical "glass ceiling."
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper discusses the mythical "glass ceiling." Many people, especially feminists, believe it is an ever-present barrier, holding women back from the upper levels of corporate America. Others believe there is no glass ceiling, and that the lack of women in top corporate positions simply indicates that women have other priorities. Which side is right is the focus of this paper.
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Joel Beinin's "Workers and Peasants in the Modern Middle East", 2005.
This paper discuses Joel Beinin's "Workers and Peasants in the Modern Middle East", a modern history of the Middle East from the perspective of the changing peasant and urban artisan classes and the emerging modern working-classes.
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This paper explains that Joel Beinin's "Workers and Peasants in the Modern Middle East" begins in 1750, which marks the start of modern history for the Middle East because of (1) the rise of autonomous provincial regimes, (2) the expansion of agricultural production and (3) the intensification of links between several parts of the Ottoman Empire and the world capitalist market. The author points out that Beinin argues that industrial manufacturing was introduced to the Middle East as part of a drive to establish modern armies and extend the power of the states. The paper relates that Beinin considers the period after the collapse of global oil prices in 1985-86, when states became unable to provide previously established levels of services, thus creating an economic and moral vacuum, as the beginning of the political Islamic movements of establishing a popular base by offering social services, including education, health care and child care.
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"During the era of Fordism-Keynesianism many Middle Eastern states pursued policies of populism, nationalist anti-imperialism, state-led economic development, and import-substitution industrialization. Some examples of this post-World War II trend he cites were Muhammad Mossadegh's nationalization of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company in 1951 and Egypt's nationalization of the Suez Canal Company in 1956. State-led development and import-substitution industrialization were key components of the social policies advanced by Gamal 'Abd al-Nasir in Egypt, the Ba'th in Syria and Iraq and the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) from the 1950s to the 1970s. The political and economic programs of these authoritarian-populist regimes were designated "Arab nationalism" and "Arab socialism" respectively."
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Eric Wolf's "Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century"., 2002.
Discusses a book by Eric Wolf on the major peasant uprisings of the twentieth century.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This essay discusses Eric Wolf's "Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century". The paper examines Wolf's account of the major popular peasant-based revolutions of the twentieth century -- in Russia, Mexico, China, Algeria, Cuba, and Viet Nam. William Rodney's work is used to illuminate Wolf's main points.
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The Peasants and the French Revolution, 2001.
Examines the role of the large population of French peasants in the French Revolution of 1789.
952 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 2 sources, $ 33.95
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This essay examines the role of the farming peasantry of France in pushing forward the French Revolution. What grievances and suffering had the peasants endured that led to open revolt in 1789, and what revolutionary responses did they take? While not representative of the political or intellectual strength that provoked the French Revolution, the peasant?s role in toppling the old regime cannot be ignored. This essay describes and evaluates that role.
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"It should be said before beginning that during the initial struggle between the status quo and the other classes (aristocracy, bourgeoisie, workers), the peasants had played little or no role. In fact, they had literally no part in ?provoking? the first responses and revolts, and before July, 14, 1789 there was scarcely any question of the peasants. Their grievances and complaints were of little interest to the National Assembly, in which they had no members (Lefebvre 131). Yet, if one examines the story of the French peasantry and evidence provided by Georges Lefebvre, it can be argued that they had had been suffering longer and had more to complain about than any of the other classes of French society and that their actions in July and August, 1789 were utterly crucial ones. In the end, it was the mass peasant uprising of 1789 that pushed forward the revolution, destroying the remnants of the manorial and feudal system, and finally bringing all the non-aristocratic social classes in France fully together in their efforts to topple the status quo."
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Peasants? Revolt, 2006.
A review of the causes for the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.
1,371 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper discusses the main causes of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt. It gives a general background of the roles that Christianity and the church play within society. The author explains how religion has the capacity to both incite and quell rebellions. Usually, the distinction between the two rests in the distinction between the teachings of religion and the establishments responsible for relaying those teachings. The paper expands on how the peasants' revolt of 1381 clearly exemplifies this schism and explains this apparent duel-edged power of the Church.
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"By 1381, however, the Catholic Church was facing crises on a number of fronts. "It was the papacy of Urban VI, however, and the anti-French reforms that became associated with it, which was to split the Church for nearly half a century. . . . The great 'schism' meant that two popes now ruled God's kingdom on earth." This divided the organizational structure of the Church and undermined the supposedly divinely appointed position of the pope. Since the obvious bases for the great schism were political in nature, it was easy for everyone in Christendom to recognize the non-spiritual foundations upon which the Church fundamentally rested. Additionally, the opposing religious sides birthed even more fierce divisions along cultural and geographic boundaries. Notably for Britain, the Scots openly supported the French pope while the English supported the Italian pope. This gave the English added cause to attack the Scots; a sequence of events that would have implications for the revolt."
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