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Eliot & Thackeray

to the Siren and also in descriptions of her performance of Clytemnestra. Nevertheless, Thackeray leaves her in a life where she "...

A Letter to Senator Hillary Clinton

categorized into four classifications: * "Type I. Excision of the prepuce, with or without excision of part or all of the clitoris...

Treatment and Rehabilitation of Female Offenders

were carried out by women who had, had it with the system which had failed to protect them from an abusive spouse. Says Nadler, "F...

Female Circumcision, Tradition or Mutilation

Europe, and North America (Kluge 1993). Parents may use traditional practitioners or seek medical facilities to reduce the morbidi...

Feminism, The Female Form, and Postmodern Art

This paper addresses the ways in which the female body has been adorned and admired throughout the history of art. The author com...

Female Gangs; Social and Historical CausesGirl Gangs, Historical and Social Causes

This paper examines the reality of female gangs. The author addresses social and historical reasons for their inception, as well ...

Female Sex Offenders and the Prison Environment

the number of suspected incidents of child abuse and neglect topped 1.9 million cases; by 1994, over 3.1 million children were rep...

Life's Foundations in Maya Angelou's 'I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings' and Russell Baker's 'Growing Up'

In five pages a comparative analysis of these works is presented. Seven sources are cited in the bibliography....

Coming of Age and Maturity in J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye and Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

as well, "Maya is permanently puzzled by the adult world. Her grandmother is extremely religious and strict, the children should b...

Female Police Officers

The literature makes it very clear that female police officers face more challenges and have fewer opportunities than male office...

Self-Evaluation Paper: Diversity Identity

This 4 page paper gives an overview of the authors diversity identity. This paper includes the authors diversity groups such as R...

Aphra Behn, Restoration Author

or her audiences perceptions of those locales. This discussion will demonstrate that the father Apha Behns work moves from her Lon...

The Cider House Rules by John Irving Literary Review

this argument with great compassion. While Homer develops a sincere admiration for Dr. Larch, he disagrees with abortion because ...

The Impact of Female Writers in Early American Society

to hear, these discourses are important and add to American historical knowledge. Jacobs, in Life of a Slave Girl of course incor...

Analysis of 'Ligeia' by Edgar Allan Poe

precipitates her husbands horrific discovery and subsequent madness" (Frushell 18). That Ligeia represents everlasting love not o...

Literary Portrayal of Arabian Women

In five pages the authors' different approach to similar female intentions are considered in this comparative analysis of Djebar's...

Female Literature Since the Fifteenth Century

This paper examines fifteen female writers spanning the four-hundred year period since the Fifteenth Century. The author addresse...

Colonialism and Feminism as Seen in Ngugi and Head

This paper examines the Twentieth Century authors, Ngugi and head. The author specifically addresses the contributions of the fem...

The War Against Boys How Misguided Feminism is Harming Our Young Men by Christina Hoff Sommers

In five pages this report considers Sommers' 2000 text and the assertion that in contemporary America boys are having a more diffi...

Strong Women in Ellen Glasgow's Barrow Ground and Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God

In six pages this essay compares and contrasts these two female authors' depiction of strong women protagonists in their respectiv...

Gender and 'Pickup' Lines

Look at the odds she said. It is during the day or early evening; there is good lighting; people are sober, and there is a slim p...

Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse and Characters of Lily Briscoe and Mrs. Ramsay

In five pages these two female characters are compared. There are no other sources listed....

Emily Grierson in William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' and Phoenix Jackson in Eudora Welty's 'A Worn Path'

did not try to respect her or help her, indicating they merely thought she was odd. No one bothered to try to understand her neces...

A Comparison of the 1950s Movies All About Eve and Showgirls

This 7 page essay explores female meladrama genre. 6 sources are listed....

Character Analysis of Imogen in The Tragedy of Cymbeline by William Shakespeare

distainfully resists him, declaring, "Away! I do condemn mine ears that have / So long attended thee. If thou wert honourable, / T...

Characters of Helen and Annie in Ironweed by William Kennedy

This paper contrasts and compares these female characters and their life experiences described by William Kennedy in Ironweed in t...

Female Characters, Gender Roles, and Humor in the Sex and the City TV Series

This HBO cable series is critiqued in 5 pages with gender roles, humor, and female characterizations analyzed....

Author's Complexities Revealed in the Works of Ernest Hemingway

This paper examines how Ernest Hemingway's complexities are thematically reflected in his literary works in 10 pages. There are 9...

Author's Intentions and Objectives in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

as the defining characteristic of an unmarried woman. In other words, according to the cultural definition of femininity a "good" ...

An 18th Century Authors' Overview

is just one example, but he is still an example of a writer who characterized a generation. Swifts humor and sarcasm demonstrates ...