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Feminist Approach to Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

the road to female freedom and self-expression has been paved with patriarchal intolerance and characteristic skepticism so much s...

Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Mr. Earnshaw ever brings the boy home in the first place - who is "big enough both to walk and talk ... yet, when it was set on it...

Character of Tom Sawyer in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

In five pages this paper discusses the last half of this Mark Twain novel in an analysis of the role the Tom Sawyer character play...

Pat Barker's Novels

This paper examines language's role and truth perceptions as depicted in the novels of Pat Barker in 10 pages. Eight sources are ...

Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens

therefore, is a nonentity in all ways that do not pertain to business (Adrian, 1984). Dickens uses the interior of his home to con...

Significance of Women in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath and William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom

important character, the daughter eventually falls by the wayside. His daughter is of concern until we find out that the man she...

Islamic Culture and Women in So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba

focus in the Islamic groupings of Senegal. The two friends describe their lives in complicity and state things like "our lives de...

Incan Society and Gender Roles

Incan society is looked at and responsibilities are examined. Gender is discussed in this context. This eight page paper has elev...

Hopi Society and Gender Roles

In nine pages this paper examines early and modern Hopi cultural roles for women in terms of differences and evolution. Ten sourc...

Nabokov's Lolita, Women's Role, and Pedophilia

In ten pages this paper discusses this infamous novel in terms of how the social roles of women and pedophilia issues are intertwi...

Analysis of Old Mortality by Sir Walter Scott

In five pages this early 19th century historical fiction novel is analyzed in terms of the freedom struggles of the Covenanters ...

Film Version of Charlotte Bronte's Novel Jane Eyre

In five pages Julian Aymes' film adaptation of this famous novel is reviewed in terms of faithfulness to Bronte's dialogue with th...

Nineteenth Century Women in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice, she wrote, "A woman must have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing, and the modern langua...

American Family and a Character Study of Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In five pages this paper examines the Joad family matriarch featured in this classic American novel in a consideration of her role...

Past in Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner

This paper examines the important role the past plays in Absalom, Absalom! a 1936 novel by William Faulkner in six pages. There a...

Mississippi's Ku Klux Klan Control and The Chamber by John Grisham

In eight pages Grisham's novel is examined within the contrast of the role played by the KKK in Mississippi between the years 1967...

Struggling Upward by Horatio Alger'

In five pages the ways in which ethical conduct follows examples established by role models and family as depicted in Alger's nove...

The Summer After the Dark by Doris Lessing and Culture

In twelve pages Western society and cultural roles of women are discussed within the context of Lessing's novel with other critica...

Female Gender Roles in the Writings of Jonathan Swift

takes on the tone of condescension and intolerance for the manner in which women have historical been portrayed. Swifts interest ...

Women in Three Hardy Novels

This 6 page paper explores the status of women in the Victorian era by examining the way they are presented in three Hardy novels,...

God's Bits of Wood by Sembene Ousmane

In five pages this paper examines the strike of Senegal's railway employees as examined in this novel by Ousmane with women's role...

Ousmane Sembene's God's Bits of Wood and the Sociopolitical Redefinition of Women's Roles

In one page this paper examines the African society's redefining of women's social and political roles as represented in this nove...

Problem Resolution and Gender Roles

In five pages this paper examines how gender influences whether problems are actively solved or if sympathetic passivity is sought...

Feminism and Gender Roles in Archeology

This paper examines various tenets of feminist archeology. The author discusses how gender issues play a part in the field of arc...

Gender Roles and African Women in African and French Literature

This paper examines the depiction of African Women in Camara Laye's The Dark Child and Ousmane Sembene's God's Bits of Wood in fiv...

Roles of Women in Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Ilyich and Anna Karenina

to them" (Rowe, 3). Intensely shy, he was nonetheless intensely sexual, and this was to present problems for him for the rest of h...

Should Same-Sex Marriages Be Allowed In The United States

the commitment from two people - gender notwithstanding - who have each others best interests at heart. From that point forward, ...

The Role Of The First Language In The Acquisition Of A Second Language

There are a number of theories that have been developed when considering second language acquisition, especially in the context of...

How Different National Cultural Perspectives Can Impact Negotiations In A Multicultural Context

the more contemplative nature of India, cannot function at this nonstop pace and, as such, would feel undue pressure to make a dec...

The Role of First Language in Second Language Acquisition

expected and takes places as part of the usual culture, as seen in areas such as Mallorca, where the dialect may be seen as very s...