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Which Play Best Exemplifies the Contemporary Woman, The Glass Menagerie or Lysistrata?

illustrate what the modern urban woman is, and then turn to discussing the two stories, arguing that today, the modern urban woman...

Human Rights and Latin American Indigenous Women

roles between the male and female in the more ancient components of indigenous society, these differences were justifiable in term...

Taliban Control of Muslim Women

to control the female gender, but also to block entrance for women in many areas so that they remain chained to the patriarchal in...

Characterization in The Color Purple by Alice Walker

some sense out of her life. There is also the close, intimate relationship that she has with her younger sister, Nettie. T...

Young and Middle Aged African American Woman and Self Esteem

condition, physical well-being and illness, religious versus non-religious, even post-abortion self esteem. What is more valid and...

Women's Sexual and Social Roles in Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' and The Book of Margery Kempe

the individual characters of the story within the stories he was telling. In fact, Chaucer himself was a prime example of what was...

Roxana and Bold Strokb by a Wife in Reference to Capitalism and Women

her protestations of reform, Roxana does not regret in the slightest the amount of income which she has garnered over the years as...

Aeschylus on Women in Eumenides and Agamemnon

This paper examines Aeschylus's views on women in an analysis of The Eumenides and Agamemnon. There is one other source cited in ...

Magazine Pictures Compared

In five pages two different photographs featured in a fashion and beauty magazine for women are compared in terms of association, ...

'Michael Robartes and the Dancer' by Irish Poet William Butler Yeats

poem despite the metaphysical airs assumed by Michael Robartes. In this poem, Yeats expresses the concept that can be concisely ...

Article Writing

Magazine article writing is examined in an overview of tone, content, style, and reader considerations regarding the topic of Afgh...

Strong Women in the Works of Henrik Ibsen and Sophocles

for bearing her brother in accordance with the dictates of tradition and Greek religious practice. Citing feminist histori...

Analysis of Oh, Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison

towards him and is immediately attracted to her. He speaks to her and while his plea is a comment on her beauty, it is also a lame...

Early American Working People and Soldiers

In eight pages Revolutionary War soldiers such as Joseph Plumb Martin are examined along with working men and women which include ...

Comparison Between Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Harriet Jacobs

Southern slave law and of the law itself" (Accomando 229, 1998). By writing her narrative, Jacobs was vocalizing for all others w...

Bedouin Society, Kinship, and Rights of Women

In five pages this research essay considers Veiled Sentiments by Lila Abu Lughod in a discussion of Bedouin society and the lack o...

Treatment of Gestational Diabetes

being-in-the-world" (Evans and OBrien, 2005, p. 68). Each woman who received an invitation letter and showed interesting in partic...

Kate Chopin and Marriage Aspects

In ten pages Chopin's stories 'Desiree's Baby,' 'The Story of an Hour,' and 'A Respectable Woman' are examined in terms of their t...

Pornography as a Social Problems

Opinions are mixed. Table-dancing or lap-dancing, for example, is something that has become popular of late (Sweet, 1998). Dr. Si...

Women and the Effects of Religion

that generally do see women as inferior--or at least different--creates a world where women are viewed as not quite as capable as ...

Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease

eliminate known risk factors for CAD before the individual develops the symptoms of CAD. These interventions consist of diet, exer...

Japan and Abortion

of her people when she states that "Fetuses should be buried properly in accordance with socially accepted ideas even when they ar...

Conservative Muslim Women and the Difficulties Encountered When Living in Western Countries

and those who resist equality are vilified. In a culture where gender is a key determinant of the role in society equality is not ...

Bell Hooks and Feminist Thinking

black women, from their perspective, was racism, not sexism. Hooks relates that her students often asked her such questions as "Ha...

What Women Want in 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer

In this simple summary we see that the Wife of Bath is saying that while women want love and they want beauty and they obviously w...

So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba

of a European spinster. Rama calls this an "aspect of the New Africa" (24), a reference to modern, global politics affecting the l...

Education and Women of Spain

earn a supplemental income while having short hours so she can have a career while tending to her own children. Indeed, teaching h...

Life and Politics of Phyllis Schlafly

role model for women. While feminists spout rhetoric to the effect that a woman must do such and such and should not do such and s...

Portraying Females in Steinbeck's 'Chrysanthemums' and Yezierska's 'America and I'

show, then, is that Elisa is coming into a recognition of who she is and what she has to offer to the world. It is also quite evid...

Results of a Student Survey on Nonverbal Communication

Total 50 100.0 100.0 The majority of the respondents were Caucasian (80%), with only 1 Hispanic respondent. Ethnicity Frequ...