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Why There Are Few Women Running for Office

as solid political material. As a result, there are handfuls of women politicians on the national level, perhaps a few more women ...

The Role of Women in Islamic Society

no means represent the lives of most Muslim women (2002). What are the lives of most like? How are women viewed in Muslim society?...

International Women's Movements and Issues of Globalization

issues is a situation which traces its roots far back into history. The indigenous women of Latin America have been suppressed by...

Randy Albeda and Chris Tilly's Glass Ceilings and Bottomless Pits Women's Work, Women's Poverty

blight on one of the strongest and wealthiest nations on Earth. The problems associated with poverty are tremendously complex and...

A Discussion of Caretakers of Our Common House by Carol Lakey Hess

values within mixed religious communities and they grow from this socialization, women too need an environment where they can asse...

Stress Resistance and a Conflict in a Women's Work and Family

included the authors need to modify the job stress portion of the study in order to separate the overlapping measures of "other ke...

Post-Taliban Women's Rights And Government Implementation

the guise of personal agenda. The Taliban refused to honor Muhammads quest for gender equality by creating a harsh and oppression...

Yellow Wallpaper & Female Marginalization

century and also well into the twentieth, what historian Barbara Welter refers to as the "Cult of True Womanhood" characterized ho...

Beowulf & Odysseus/Ancient Heroes

peers by acclamation rather than divine right. The thane is spoke of as a "giver of treasure in gladness" (Beowulf 46). In other w...

Cisneros/”Loose Woman”

called a "beast," when she all along she thought she was a woman. This humorous beginning not only shows two diametrically opposed...

Equal Pay

The past molds and conditions us yet few of us have an understanding of women's struggle for equality. Beginning in the early- to ...

Women's Suffrage Movement In Canada

women voting was by no means in the best interest of the country at large and the family unit in particular. Clearly, at the foun...

Beowulf: Epic Hero Or Not?

view. The ambitious virtues that Beowulf embodies are representative of the earnest attempts required for such characters of this...

Analysis of Beowulf

monstrous creature Grendel, Grendels mother, and the dragon - it considers the impact of social obligations (loyalty to God and co...

Epic Oral Poetry Tradition

In seven pages this paper examines the epic 'Beowulf' in a consideration of the poetic oral tradition. Seven sources are cited in...

Ancient Greece and Medieval Societies Compared

In five pages Ancient Greek society is compared with the Medieval society represented in the epic 'Beowulf' in terms of citizen ex...

John Gardner's Grendel and Epic Beowulf

oo well that here was the last of...

Fame, Fate and Destiny in “Beowulf”

believes, would seal his everlasting fame (Irving 86). The poem championed Beowulfs desire for fame as a badge of honor: "In all ...

European Difficulties to Transform from Pagan to Christian in the Poems "Song of Roland" and "Beowulf"

paganism was not about to go quietly, even though the poet describes the protagonist as a gift that, "God, in His mercy, has sent....

Social Values Mirrored in Classic Literature

In nine and a half pages this paper considers how social values are reflected in the ancient literary works Phaedo, Euthyphro, Cri...

Focusing on Medieval Literary Suffering

In this paper of five pages the human suffering featured in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' and 'Beowulf' along with other theme...

Critically Evaluating the Hero in 'Beowulf'

In a paper containing three pages the discussion of whether Beowulf should be considered a pagan or Christian hero is presented. ...

A Debate about the Nature of Man, Argued by Hamlet, Beowulf and Sir Gawain

The writer presents an imaginary debate among Hamlet, Sir Gawain and Beowulf on the nature of man, why he has been placed on earth...

Epic Poem Beowulf and the Heroic Code

In six pages this paper analyzes the epic Beowulf in terms of its interpretation of the heroic code both in characters and in deed...

Masculinity and Its Nature

This research paper offers a detailed examination of the characeristics of masculinity asdescribed in several literary works, whic...

Beowulf and Gilgamesh

In seven pages topics of general intent, good, evil, and heroism are related to the epic tales of 'Beowulf' and 'Epic of Gilgamesh...

The Concept of Ambition as Reflected in Literature

In five pages the idea of ambition is discussed in an examination of such literary works as A Delicate Balance by Jose Armas, Balt...

'Beowulf' and the Characterization of Grendel's Mother

In five pages this paper discusses the viewpoint of Grendel's mother as featured in the poetic epic 'Beowulf.' Four sources are c...

A Comparison of the Song of Roland and Beowulf

The writer compares and analyzes the Song of Roland and Beowulf, two epic poems. The main focus of the paper is the death of the r...

The Use of Allegory and Symbolism in the Epic Poem Beowulf

Goldsmith, who sees Beowulf as being addressed to the "powerful" and designed to "warn them of the dangers attendant upon power" (...