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developed during this time, as madness was associated with menstruation, pregnancy, and the menopause. The womb itself was deemed ...

more than the all-too common story of a girl seduced and abandoned by a worthless man, it is a lecture that runs nearly 150 pages ...

and for good reason: it is a brilliant account of a womans descent into madness. Because it is handled so realistically, it is utt...

both civilian and military traffic. This paper discusses its history, layout, its accident and incident record, environmental issu...

with any kind of revenue, real cash, in these early days. And, it also clearly illustrates that on the other side of surviving for...

She goes anyway and is soon caught up in a mutiny (Avi). At first she sides with the captain, thinking hes a gentleman, then reali...

"sympathize" with her, as she was the opposite of them in "temperament, in capacity,...a useless thing, incapable of serving their...

things differently as they relate to descriptive presentations. The words of a poet are often very different than a novelist and s...

The character of Jane is sent to live with a relative when she is young, and then sent off to a school. She finds herself applying...

in pay and in intimate relationships, is a fundamental part of feminist thinking; it is equality in personal relationships that wi...

a dutiful wife, but there is clearly no connection between the two, and in this one can see one of the most powerful foundations f...

It does not necessarily make men evil or bestial, but it does recognize that we live in a patriarchal society and that the structu...

evolving its consumer values, wrote the poem as a demonstration of how society was responsible for illustrating female desires as ...

to appear more frequently. Eventually she locks herself in her room and tears the paper from the walls (Gilman, 1996; Yim, 1996). ...

bewailing the perfidy of her lover, calls pride to her aid; desires her attendant to deck her in her brightest jewels and richest ...

the reader is actually living the life of Offred, seeing and making the same assumptions she is making. This style of approach to...

this passage from Jane Eyre, Bronte seems to be making a statement about self worth. What has precipitated this passage is that a ...

her intellectualism, Bertha is a victim of her own sexual desires. Bronte tried to provide a useful guide to women of her time in ...

In nine pages this paper examines how insanity is thematically and symbolically portrayed the short stories 'The Lottery' by Shirl...

May new buds and flowers shall bring; (I)/ Ah! why has happiness--no second Spring? (I)" (Smith 1-14). As we can note, at least...

a male, well, a male. There is no arguing with biological facts and figures in this context. However, having stated that, it is al...

how the authors use the notion of acting and performance to highlight truths about the demands of society and how such a loss of i...

not strain her mental state. She must not write in her journal, she must not be in a room she finds more pleasant than the one cho...

occurring in this era between slavery and freedom. We learn from both Forten and Schwalm that many African American women were in...

no nurturing. Neither story has a good ending, but the characters do emerge somewhat enlightened. Candide takes a very differen...

to see, more objectively, the struggles of her aunt and the sad state of her aunt, thus giving her the ability to be kind and comp...

and ones own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depress...

part of his micro-manipulation of Noras behavior. For example, he jokingly calls her his "Miss Sweet Tooth" as he grills her about...

Clearly, these elements all preside in Jane Eyre and also in Bleak House. Combining the efforts of these books, we have the haunt...

sway over the human condition. She sees the futility of forging an alliance with Linton, while at the same time knowing that she a...