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An Analysis of Borofsky's "Hammering Man"

in the series, which is continually adding new entries to this day. The first "Hammering Man" was built in 1979 out of plywood, de...

"The Yellow Wallpaper" and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Use of Setting

it would be the heavy bedstead, and then the barred windows, and then that gate at the head of the stairs, and so on" (Gilman 11)....

Islamic Women: Feminist Influence

roles. Inasmuch as the barricade toward womens rights "remains deeply rooted in traditional Islamic culture" (Witte 2005:A24), it...

New World Dominance of Europe

been painted by historians was simply untrue. Clearly, the Europeans took the land that belonged to the Indians. While few dispute...

Sex as Power in Relationships in 'The Wife of Bath' and 'Lysistrata'

condemned; the Apostle said that my husband would be my debtor, and I have power over his body. Three of my husbands were good an...

Comparing Characters Lutie Johnson in Ann Petry's The Street and Hester Prynne in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

the Scripture and the statute-book. Then let the magistrates, who have made it of no effect, thank themselves if their own wives ...

Freedom from Oppression in Night by Elie Wiesel, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, and Letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr.

was free only in the technical sense. Within, he remained as oppressed as he had been when the Nazis imprisoned him and his famil...

Sexuality and Gender Dichotomy Deconstruction

the homosexual and heterosexual dichotomy gained acceptance as both sexuality and personal identity became central to our culture"...

American Slavery

boil over, and no attempts to quell this surging rage would have proven effective at averting what was to inevitably follow. ...

Comparing Kate Chopin Tales 'The Story of an Hour' and 'Desiree's Baby'

felt a sense of liberation she had never known before. She could support herself and write about the subjects she felt passionate...

'When We Dead Awaken Writing As Re-Vision' by Adrienne Rich

the female gender could be perceived within the myriad components of existence, the early feminist movement served to establish a ...

Migration of Nicaraguans

values frequently are threatened" (Carment et al, 1995, p. 82). The student will want to discuss the fact that Nicaraguas psychom...

Women and Men in Fausse Route by Elisabeth Badinter

is to be held responsible for the revival of sexual stereotypes, which were about to disappear! She makes the struggle to legaliz...

Oppressed Peoples and the Sympathetic Words of Martin Luther King Jr. and Jonathan Swift

"good" people of the country should think seriously about using infants at the age of 1 as sources of food and material. The entir...

Race Definitions Discussion

group of individuals believes they are superior in some way to another group. Perhaps one of the most poignant and evident exampl...

Africa's Portuguese Counterinsurgents

the gold mines of South Africa (Dana and France 67). Although these laborers were paid, they were successful in keeping very litt...

Race Matters from a Critical Perspective

important issues about racism and oppression for black Americans. It is difficult to argue with many of his premises because hist...

Feminist Literature and Issues

in order to be educated at a missionary school since her British uncle runs the school. What happens as a result is that Tambu co...

Comparing Lorca and Brecht

their prose (or in Lorcas case, his poetry) and their plays. In this paper, well examine two works: Lorcas "La Casa de Bernarda A...

Social Status and Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens, Emma by Jane Austen, and Beloved by Toni Morrison

do not possess social status, a reality that makes for a tragedy waiting to happen in her efforts to match Harriet with someone be...

Impoverished Women and Oppressive Social Systems

living above the poverty line, but after the rent is paid, there is little left over. In the examples provided, each of the women...

Derek Walcott's Omeros

empires that have traditionally taken advantage of other cultures, cultures that are far more open about their societies and thus ...

Defiance in 'Sweat' by Zora Neale Hurston

and the house that she purchased with sweat and labor. However, Delia makes it clear that she will not be driven out. She tells hi...

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich

there are few who are literally starving to death--there is AFDC, shelters, charities--there are two classes in society which are ...

Witches, Midwives, and Nurses A History of Women Healers by Ehrenreich and English

that womens contributions -- no matter how physically or mentally trying -- did not carry anywhere near the same weight as those b...

Can Domestic Abuse Be Deterred?

who is looked upon as the ultimate decision-maker - runs the family. There is no question as to the distinctive roles played by b...

Ninteenth Century Women in Anton Chekhov's 'The Lady With the Dog' and Kate Chopin's 'The Story of an Hour'

by curiosity, I wanted something better" (Chekhov). However, the better life that she imagined did not materialize with her marria...

Rebellion and Liberal Political Theorists

tough answers. In fact, there is no one "right" or "wrong" answer - just a argument of reasoning....

Trafficking of Women Yesterday and Today

gain. There are a variety of factors which impact trafficking and an understanding of a few of them will highlight the point that...

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow Is Enuf A Choreopoem by Ntozake Shange

the feminist movement served to establish a semblance of organization between and among the foundational elements of contemporary ...