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Women: The Abused Gender in Literature and Life, 2002.
A study of four books where the trauma of the women characters are explored.
3,500 words (approx. 14.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 98.95
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The paper explores four books which are linked by the trauma of the women characters - "The Bluest Eyes" (Toni Morrison), "Jasmine", (Bharati Mukherjee) "Bastard Out of Carolina" (Dorothy Allison), and "White Oleander" (Janet Fitch). The paper shows how each book involves the story of a young woman who suffered abuse through no fault of her own and that although they take place at different times, different locations and to different types of young women, they are linked. The author touches on the thread of abuse towards women in real life.
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"As a young girl she shows her strength when she saves the village women from a wild dog. Throughout her life in India, Jasmine, a young Punjab girl undergoes a series of changes. She is the embodiment of the fatalistic beliefs of the Hindu religion as she goes through cycles that allow her to become a mature woman in a new country, America. The story is told from the perspective that young woman in America as she recalls the life she lead in India, and how she came to America. Behind her is the oppression of females. Ahead of her is hope for a better life. In her is the clash of beliefs from the fatalistic Hindu, to the optimistic American. Along the way her name is changed several times until she winds up with the non-ethnic Jane, instead of Jasmine."
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Pregnant Women Abuse: Literature Review, 2005.
An examination of the literature regarding abuse of pregnant women.
2,874 words (approx. 11.5 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 85.95
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This paper provides a thorough literature review about the abuse of women during pregnancy. The paper brings in several sources and then offers a brief discussion and conclusion regarding the issue.
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"In conclusion, notwithstanding the need for better study methodology and more reliable research from which to draw empirical data about abused pregnant women, the Gazmararian article does make several points worth mentioning: 1) an estimated 4% to 5% of all pregnant women have violence visited upon them; 2) violence is associated with "unintended pregnancies"; 3) improved knowledge of risk factors for violence "is critical for effective intervention design and implementation.""
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Binary Gender System in Literature, 2004.
A literary look at the binary gender system and its malcontents.
4,580 words (approx. 18.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 118.95
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This paper examines the restrictive binary gender system in light of Virginia Woolf's novel, "Orlando," with insight from Kate Bornstein's "Gender Outlaw" and Leslie Feinberg's "Transgender Warriors". The paper shows that Virginia Woolf's character, Orlando, on becoming a woman, maintains the same personality and memories that she had as a man. Orlando's gender identity, then, is somewhere between man and woman, but she must choose to present herself as either a man or a woman when she interacts with society. The paper shows that Orlando, and countless less-visible individuals in the same situation, must tailor gender expression to the closest acceptable model in the binary gender system.
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"In a culture that hinges so critically on clearly defined gender roles, it seems significant that Orlando was accepted back into her life and the English culture on her return. At her estate, which she left as a man years ago, "No one showed an instant's suspicion that Orlando was not the Orlando they had known." Even that evening after meeting Orlando as a woman, Mrs. Grimsditch, a housekeeper, mentioned that "for what with the towels wanting mending and the curtains... being moth-eaten round the fringes, it was time they had a Mistress among them." It is in this comment that the frame of mind of the Englishman and Englishwoman becomes clear: While Orlando may have been a man, that does not matter, so long as Orlando fully assumes her role as a woman. For her to be accepted back into English society, she must function as a woman, for she looks like one. If she were to look like a man, then she must function as one. Orlando wishes to be part of society (as she always has wished), but her nature is at odds with the way society now expects her to behave."
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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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Gender Criticism in Literature, 2005.
Comparison and contrast of Andrew Marvell's poem, "To His Coy Mistress," with Christiana Rossetti's poem, "When I Am Dead My Dearest".
1,810 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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This paper compares and contrasts the different approaches each author takes to time passing and human mortality and explores how their differences in gender are reflected in their different approaches to these aspects of life. The paper explains how Marvell's approach to death and the passage of time reveals how men attempt to defy time with sexuality, while Rossetti's approach reflects women's acceptance of time?s passing and the fact that the flesh is transient.
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"When examining the poem ?To his Coy Mistress? by Andrew Marvell, in comparison to the poem ?When I am dead my dearest? by Christiana Rossetti one can see that, although both explore a similar theme of the transience of human sexual life and physical, romantic love in the face of mortality each poet approaches this theme in very different ways, based on the gendered approaches of each author towards sexual congress and religious faith. At first, it might seem to be unfair to compare the male Cavalier poet with the Victorian member of the Oxford Movement Christina Rossetti. Marvell lived an active life as a court poet, soldier, and adventurer. Rossetti lived a quiet and retiring life at home, as did most women of her day, although she was intimately involved in the pre-Raphaelite movement spearheaded by her brother, Dante Gabriel Rossetti. (Marsh, 1995)"
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Stereotypes, Identity and Gender in Literature, 2005.
A comparative analysis of the recurring themes in the novels Thomas King's "Green Grass, Running Water" and Shyam Selvadurai's "Funny Boy."
2,589 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 78.95
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This paper examines how the use of stereotypes in Shyam Selvadurai's "Funny Boy" and Thomas King's "Green Grass, Running Water" is very effective in clearly enunciating the dichotomy between traditional cultural expectations and contemporary transcendence of societal norms. Other themes examined in the two novels include racial identity and gender/sexual identity.
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"The primary example of stereotyping in the novel is King's continual mention of Indians versus rangers and cowboys. In one of the Creation stories, First Woman saves herself and Ahdamn by wearing a black cloth that disguises her as the Lone Ranger. She told the rangers that her Indian friend was named Tonto, and that he had helped save her from the Indians. "Okay, says those rangers, but don't say we didn't try to help. And they gallop off, looking for Indians and buffalo and poor people and other good things to kill."(71) King reversed the stereotype by presenting the rangers as the inarticulate savages, which was traditionally used as an image to portray the Indians."
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Homeless Women, Abuse and Alcoholism, 2002.
This paper describes how homeless women, who are often alcoholics, continue bravely on.
3,105 words (approx. 12.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 90.95
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This paper describes the daily life of homeless women, their daily struggles and how they manage to get through it all. It looks at programs and welfare available to assist them and whether these are beneficial.
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"At times, spiritual jargon is heard from homeless women. A homeless mother from the Interfaith Hospitality Network, Tina, exclaims, ?God has blessed me with these wonderful children. He really has. I am really having a tough time right now, but I know that God will take care of us.? On various occasions Tina voices her faith in God, and during the beginning of the semester I found it interesting and almost admirable that she could still have faith in God considering that she is living in an emergency homeless shelter. Tina is a mother of eight children from seven different men, energetic, social, active, appears to be involved in her children?s lives, and wears her emotions on her sleeve. At IHN, she shows indications of being a trauma survivor and her children display split images of her. One selection from the autobiographical readings about homeless women from I Have Arrived Before My Words: Autobiographical Writings of Homeless of Women, edited by Deborah Pugh and Jeanie Tietjen, is filled with spiritual jargon. Gayle, one of the contributors to the book, writes passages filled with teachings of Alcoholics Anonymous. The representation of the homeless mother intrigues me as Gayle shared many characteristics with Tina. They both are suffering through power struggles with alcohol, homelessness, and abuse."
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Counseling Abused Women, 2005.
This paper discusses the counseling of women who have been physically abused and looks at factors contributing to successful outcomes of such social work.
5,625 words (approx. 22.5 pages), 25 sources, $ 223.95
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This paper explores the role of social workers with women who have been physically abused. The writer discusses that social workers seeking to detect physical abuse need to concentrate on markers which can identify the potential emergence and/or presence of violence. The paper points out that behavior patterns can serve as a non-visual marker. Further, the writer notes that psychological damage can occur due to the impact of abuse.
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"A significant problem in helping abused women is determining when women are victims of abuse. While it might appear as though detecting the victim of abuse would be a simple task, the reality of the situation is that abused women can come from any demographic population. Victims of physical abuse are arguably easier to detect as there might be commonalities in their patient history or there might be singular events in which their abusers went over the limits of physical tolerance and their victim required medical or legal attention. Even these conditions, however, are rare. It is estimated that approximately 9 million women within the United States are the victims of physical abuse, and less than 3 million women have been officially recorded as the victims of physical abuse."
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Abused Women, 1991.
This psychological study asks why married women stay in abusive relationships, emphasizing the helplessness model.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 4 sources, $ 55.95
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"This paper will be concerned with the question of why women who are abused by their husbands tend to remain in their abusive relationships. Various theories have been proposed to explain this phenomenon. These have included the ideas that abused women are masochistic, that they have been conditioned as a result of childhood abuse, that they are under the control of their husbands, that they are dependent upon their husbands for support, and that they fear retaliation. ... have suggested that many abused women remain in their relationships because they tend to blame themselves rather than their partners. ... has claimed that many women stay with abusive husbands because they realize that adaptation is a necessary survival skill in such circumstances."
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Abused Women, 2002.
An overview of the emotional dynamics involved in an abusive relationship.
2,819 words (approx. 11.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 83.95
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In a relationship where the woman is constantly abused, emotions often propel her toward staying with the abuser. This paper discusses the emotional dynamics involved in these types of relationships. It questions why abused women stay with their partners and even claim to love them. The paper uses Anna Quindlen?s book "Black and Blue" and Roddy Doyle's "The Women Who Walked into Doors" to explore these issues.
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"A woman involved in an abusive relationship often grew up being abused. Therefore, she has learned how to cope with the abuse ? even seeing the abuse as almost ?normal? or an ?acceptable? part of everyday life. In Anna Quindlen?s book Black and Blue, the main character, Frannie Flynn Benedetto, states, ?There are ways and ways of dying, and some of them leave you walking around. I'd learned that from watching my father, and my husband, too? (Quindlen, p. 13). Frannie Flynn Benedetto makes a comparison between the behavior of her father and her abusive husband. One may infer by her statement that while growing up with her father, she learned how to live and get along in an abusive family situation."
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Analysis of a Qualitative Research Report on Abused Women, 2008.
An analysis of a qualitative research report on battered women, welfare and the family violence option entitled, ''In Their Own Words: Battered Women, Welfare and the Family Violence Option" written by J.L. Postmus".
1,254 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 42.95
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The paper comments on a research document in which the writer was to record and highlight the needs that mentally and physically abused women required, with regard to the family violence option (FVO) and welfare. The paper stresses that the research is necessary to nursing to indicate that the system did not recognize the requirements of the victims who wished to be freed from their previous spouses. The paper also highlights the inefficiency of this method of attending to the victim's requirements. The paper continues in detail with the manner in which information was collected. The paper summarizes the outcome of the study in which an outlook is presented on the participation of FVO, welfare and domestic violence shelters in assisting women.
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Statement of the phenomenon of interest
Purpose
Methodology
Sampling
Data collection
Data analysis
Findings
Conclusions, implications and recommendations
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"Furthermore, the researcher made clear the strategies to analyze the data, which could be reproduced in similar studies. Yes; the study participants recognize the experiences as their own. Their experiences and insights are documented. In addition, these experiences reflected the women's views, whether or not they were congruent with the researcher's expectations. The research was presented in a logical manner and in a way that the researcher's thoughts are conveyed clearly even if the reader is not familiar with qualitative research."
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Literature by Women, 2004.
This paper discusses issues about women, in literature that is written by women.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 63.95
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The paper discusses issues about women, in literature that is written by women. The paper includes female writers; Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Virginia Woolf, Alice Walker, Annie Dillard and others.
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"Questions about Literature by Women. Mary Wollstonecraft in "A Vindication of the Rights of Women" challenged the assumption that the minds of women are enfeebled by false refinement and that women are legitimately treated by men as subordinate beings. In a somewhat impassioned voice Wollstonecraft argued that women were made into creatures with narrow minds because of the social conventions which were imposed upon them and the demands made of women by society."
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Women and Literature, 2002.
A comparison between women and women as seen in literature.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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This is a literary analysis between women and literature itself. It compares three different female characters from three different stories. The stories chosen for the paper are from Henrik Ibsen's text: "Hedda Gabler", the character is Hedda Gabler, the second story is "A doll house", and the character is Nora, and the last story is in the story "Medea" and the character is Medea herself.
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Italian-American Women in Literature, 2005.
This paper discusses the evolving and multifaceted roles of Italian-American women in literature through the eyes of Italian-American male and female authors.
2,110 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 66.95
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This paper explains that stereotypes from whores to the Holy Madonna incarnation encompass the multi-faceted and contradictory roles of Italian-American women in Italian-American literature written by both Italian-American men and women. The author points out that the literature relates that social class, differences in religiosity, the American tradition and construction of success and the often contradictory ways the familial and immigrant experience, have come into conflict with the female experience in American. The paper reviews Pietro di Donato's relatively early novel "Christ in Concrete", Mario Puzo's "The Godfather", Helen Barolini's novel "Umbertina" and her collection of personal and scholarly entitled essays "Chiaroscuro" and Evidge Giunta's text "Writing With an Accent" to demonstrate that beneath these narrow stereotypes more complex and individuated roles of Italian-American women's life do emerge.
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"These images emerge in the depicted reality of nonfiction as well as fictional life come forth, as these women are seen engaged in child rearing, showing impressive work ethics to enable their families to survive, laboring as well as suffering in the role of daughter, and as these women show their strength in their roles of mother as well as their silent compassion. Gradually, as Italian women themselves began to speak, Italian women and authors have grown fluent at showing female Italian working and middle-class sexuality as well as images of long-enduring Mediterranean fortitude, women alone in the role of a wife bent over a stove bubbling with red hot gravy and meatballs smelling of garlic and onions."
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Women in Greek Literature, 2002.
A look at the impact that women have had in Greek literature.
2,590 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 78.95
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An analysis of Greek literature and how women fall into tragic roles. The author examines the female characters in Virgil?s "Aeneid," such as the goddesses Athena and Dido and their role in assisting Aeneas. The author examines how the female presence and aid is viewed and discusses the characters of these women.
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?Women are not often thought of as tragic characters in Greek literature. When the average student of the classics is asked to rattle off the names of tragic characters from mythology, the names that would spring to mind are probably that of Oedipus and Achilles, rather than Jocasta (Oedipus? mother/wife) and Thetis (Achilles? mother). Yet in many ways, one of the main female protagonists in Virgil?s ?Aeneid? can be said to be a tragic character. She loves Aeneas, the main character of the story. She aids him in his quest in his escape from his destroyed homeland, the besieged city of Troy. The gods cause her to fall in love with Aeneas and the gods take him away from her, for all time.?
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