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Essays 211 - 240

Sophocles' Antigone

declares to Creon that the laws of heaven are "unwritten and unchanging, not of today or yesterday is their authority; they are et...

Women, Society and Gender/Rome, India and Han China

to many other like-minded societies, Romans looked upon women as possessions to be treated in often a violent manner. What this i...

Chopin/The Awakening/Suicide as Closure

the beginning of the novel? Why does Edna not try to follow the same path as her artistic mentor, Mm. Reisz, who lives the indepen...

Lisa See's "Snow Flower And The Secret Fan" - Foot Binding And Tradition

Chinese culture recognized womens inherent value. This is not to say, however, that women - even at their most esteemed positions...

Medieval Law and Literature in ‘Beowulf’

so important because it represents at the beginning the significance of having a male heir to carry on ancestral traditions. The ...

Gender, 19th Century Medicine and "The Yellow Wallpaper"

How patriarchy influenced the treatment of women in the 19th century is the focus of this analytical paper based on Charlotte Perk...

Patriarchal Societal Aspects of Great Britain

of this imagery at both a conscious level as well as a sub conscious level within society is expressed in the way the image of the...

How Eighteenth Century London Society Was Shaped by the Role of Women in 'The Rambler,' 'Evelina' and 'Moll Flanders'

freedom: poverty-stricken women of the eighteenth century England. The product of indigence, Moll learns to manipulate the system...

Patriarchy Portrayal of 'Lacking' Women

culture reflects significant patriarchal control, with the manipulation of the female gender a pertinent component of its objectiv...

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...

Status of Women from the Classical to Modern Era

was heresy. When religion did not work alone, scientific theory was included as a factor in the equation to support the ideal tha...

Mexican Women's Health and the Impact of Oppression

In seven pages this research paper discusses how the Mexican patriarchy oppression of women impacts their health in a considerati...

Adrienne Rich's Poetry

In eight pages this paper discusses the works of lesbian poet Adrienne Rich in a consideration of how she has influenced culture a...

Family Systems of China

In seven pages traditional and contemporary Chinese families are compared in terms of marriage customs, power according to gender,...

Contemporary Patriarchy

In eleven pages this paper examines the modern patriarchy in a consideration of Somalia. Eight sources are cited in the bibliogra...

New Family Paradigms and the Demise of the Patriarchy

it" (Briffault 191). Early kinship groups had a matrilineal structure, that is along female lines of descent, because the paterna...

Analyzing 'The Joys of Motherhood' by Buchi Emecheta

find "something she was good at" (Holmes PG). Much of the young Buchi Emecheta can be found in the female protagonist, Nnu Ego, i...

Women of the Middle East

Egyptians whose women can come and go as they please. When an Egyptian family goes out, the man carries the baby and the wife walk...

'Sleeping Beauty' Fairytale and Psychoanalysis

reach the real world, they are rudely awakened to the fact that life is nothing like it had been portrayed in the well-worn fairy ...

Patriarchy and William Shakespeare's Othello

In five pages this paper examines how the social patriarchy victimizes Othello and his bride Desdemona in an analysis of Othello b...

Triangle Between Bill Otley, George Marlow, and Jane Tennison in 'Prime Suspect'

In 5 pages, this paper considers a complex love triangle that addresses issues of social patriarchy, priorities, acceptance, and s...

Burning Brides in India

In eight pages the extent to which patriarchy rules India is examined within the context of the shameful practice of burning bride...

Othello by William Shakespeare and its Depiction of Women

In five pages this paper discusses whether or not women are depicted as complex people trying to survive in a patriarchy or serve ...

Gender Issues in Euripides' Medea

Gender issues are the focus of this analysis of Euripides' Medea in a paper consisting of 5 pages with the social codes of the pat...

Media Stereotyping of Race and Gender

freedom that I am today had I not begun to oppose that gendered notion of learning that suggests that politics is the realm of mal...

Mao Zedong's Cultural Vision Of China

grew tired of this gaping void in their marriage and had an affair, despite her complete loyalty and subordination to him. She ye...

My Year of Meats/Ruth L. Ozeki

pregnant (Ozeki 20). Jane is also affected by beef. When her mother was pregnant with Jane, she was prescribed growth hormones tha...

"Not for Women" - The Reinforcement of Patriarchy and Hegemony in Dr. Pepper Ten Ads

of the consumer for profit, in the Dr. Pepper Ten cultural artifact, through the lens of both Feminist and Marxist critical theory...

Popular Culture and Patriarchy

The Opinions of Laura Mulvey Laura Mulvey uses psychoanalytic theory to explore cinema in her article entitled "Visual Pleasure ...

Nervous Condition by Tsitsi Dangarembga

aunt, the younger sister of her mother, Mainini, is the only woman of her generation who is portrayed as having her own voice, as ...