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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...

Carl Jung's Archetypes and Eating Disorders

archetypes can only become conscious secondarily (1981). The archetype is merely an example of a perfect form or prototype (Lohff,...

Greek and Roman Women of Elite Class

in understanding this we must also examine a culture that often influenced how men saw women. Sexuality was a very powerful and na...

Mythology of Ancient Greece and Rome and Women

who played an important role in how Greek and Roman society viewed women. The paper then discusses various mythological works and ...

William Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing and Issues of Gender and Loyalty

makes men the center of her life. In fact, Beatrice makes it clear that she has no wish to marry, and thinks very little of most ...

Comparative Analysis of Henrik Ibsen's Thea and Jane Austen's Emma

chance to marry and would fight amongst other females for this dubious honor. She would also seem to be showing that in each case ...

Passive Women in Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea and George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion

deems necessary to improve her speech and position. We gain a very powerful understanding of what Shaw presents in his work thro...

Is Plot a Function of Character or Is the Opposite True?

the undercurrent of human conflict is more than apparent as evidence of how plot is a function of character. "The evening, I reme...

Politics and Women Throughout History

that is only one aspect of politics. Again, women had smaller roles. Jeanette Rankin of Montana was elected to office in 1917, and...

Business Culture and Economy of Germany

This has not been helped with a switch to the euro, as the "euro-zone" nations have caps imposed on their budget deficits in order...

Jilted Women in Short Stories by Katherine Anne Porter and William Faulkner

a mother to do that. As Granny closes her eyes for "just a minute," Porter us an indication of how her life has been lived. She ha...

Cultural Assimilation in From Out of the Shadows by Vicki L. Ruiz and Unbound Voices by Judy Yung

Ruiz would have been fully capable of portraying the various moods of Mexican-American and Asian-American culture in the facilitat...

Problems of Pregnant Women Who Smoke and Solutions

(About Pregnancy and Smoking, 2002). There include, both mother and baby will be healthier, the baby is more likely to be born he...

Kathleen Blee's Women of the Klan

before World War I, but by all accounts they were not as organized, nor prolific as they became after the war. Why was this, Blee ...

Belize and Conditions for Women

workers rights are in as much a quagmire as womens rights. So what is the solution? Identifying that poverty is one of the underl...

Child and Adult Voices in Literature for Children

not necessarily reliable, and that the imposition of an adult viewpoint on childhood events and emotions is bound to present a dis...

Female Involvement in Various Organized Religions

of the least considered female-dominated religions is Wicca, a practice that imparts spirituality, benevolence and earthly powers ...

A Response to 1 Thessalonians

a mixed population of Greeks, Romans and Jews with more Greeks than the other two (Johnson, 1998). Paul began his ministry there i...

Female Protagonist Effectivenss in Oranges Are Not Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson and Beloved by Toni Morrison

from secondary characters to protagonists who were considered universal or genderless to those who were females yet were strong an...

Encouraging Continuation of Breast Feeding

for the infant for the first six months" (Moore et al., 1998; p. 36). Bearing this in mind we address those women who are perhaps ...

Interviewing My Grandmother and Contemplating Time Changes

quite radically since the 1920s. These changes are evident in such personal aspects of our lives such as family life and religiou...

Female Independence and Seventeenth Century Restoration Comedies

up every day / Some new unheard-of fool for us to play" (Internet source). The prologue alone suggests that Etherege was offering ...

Comparing Female 'Business' in Eliza Haywood and Jane Austen

In twelve pages this research paper compares and contrasts Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Haywood's Fantomina in their presentat...

Prisons and Women

placed in prison primarily for economic crimes (Anonymous, 2002). These crimes can include check forgery and illegal credit card u...

History and Issues Pertaining to Women and Children

or sold, as any possession might be. If a woman and her children are homeless, the situation is little changed. When homelessness...

The Impact of Globalization on the Trafficking of Women

the trafficking of women and children around the world" (Anonymous, 2002). Coupled with the help of the US Agency for Internation...

Women as Viewed by Charles Dickens and Jane Austen

the novel and the author views her, and thus views women in general perhaps. The character to be examined is Rosa Dartle. She "i...

A Case Study That Examines Amelia's Choices

their family unit - a time of stresses that dont need to be complicated about concerns such as career and college choices. Yet unf...

Relationships Between Men and Women in Literature and Throughout History

sources on this topic in order to see if the literary view represents an accurate picture. The home and the marketplace were not...

Witches, Midwives, and Nurses A History of Women Healers by Ehrenreich and English

that womens contributions -- no matter how physically or mentally trying -- did not carry anywhere near the same weight as those b...