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Comparative Analysis of John Updike's 'A and P' and James Joyce's 'Araby'

In six pages these two short stories are compared and contrasted in terms of girls' roles in each tale. There are no other sources...

'The Tiger's Bride' by Angela Carter

Carter's 1979 short story is the focus of this report consisting of five pages in which marriage as a social institutuion is criti...

California's Gold Rush and Women

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the little known tales of California's gold rush as told by women. Six sources are cited in...

Chaldean and Greek Mythology and the Roles Played by Oracles and Fate

In 5 pages this paper contrasts and compares the roles played by oracles and fate in the mythological tales of Achilles, Oedipus, ...

Margaret Atwood, William Faulkner and Their Fictional Depictions of Women

In five pages the fictional representations of women featured in The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and As I Lay Dying by Will...

Le Mort d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory and the Chivalric Code of Honor

recalls a bygone time when a man was judged not by his physical appearance, economic or social status, but by the true content of ...

Death's Role and Meaning in Fairy Tales

necessity. Beyond the obvious, however, lurks an even deeper meaning to the employment of death as an integral part of fairy tale...

Govinda's Importance in Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

willingness to be led. He seeks truth but truth as a facet of faith rather than truth as a realization brought on through experie...

Society's Treatment of Women in Literature in an Analysis of Female Characters Daisy, Harriet, and Lucie

This essay consists of eleven pages and examines society's treatment of women in the female characterizations featured in the lite...

Chaucer's Alter-Ego in the House of Fame.

An observational essay dealing with the protagonist of Chaucer's House of Fame, Geffrey. The author asserts that the work is a pa...

Tales of Devious Caribbean Women by Hispanic Authors

became increasingly diffident towards him" (Ramirez 79). Yet, when the manager asked the narrator what Francoise was saying, he wo...

Women in Society and Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's A Midwife's Tale

Ulrichs works is primarily filled with Martha Ballards diary of her work. Her work is presented in a very unemotional and very str...

Chaucer/Troilus and Criseyde

(Chaucer). Nevertheless, he soon speaks to her of love and pledges his faithfulness. In the privacy of his own thoughts, Chaucer r...

Depiction of Women the Story of Kenreimon'in, 'The Wife of Bath's Tale,' and Antigone

still powerfully under the control of a patriarchal society. "For Antigone, there could never be any laws that could stand in t...

Portrayal of Women in Much Ado About Nothing and Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare

case, claiming that she has done no wrong to her husband. But, it is to say that she is constantly doing as her husband orders, ev...

Women and Geoffrey Chaucer

to some extent. One critics opinion seems to support such a perspective: "The Wife of Baths negative image seems only to have chan...

Geoffrey Chaucer and Antifeminism

as to the message it may or may not portray. The firmly established gender roles in medieval society are seen by many scholars as...

Women in Ancient Greece

conceive was thus a serious problem" (Women in the Ancient World). Now, of course one could also argue that this was a patriarch...

Women in Ancient Greece by Sue Blundell

expected to appear in the public sphere, being confined to the household, Blundell notes that they do appear in the artwork and li...

Concepts of Honor and Virtue in Literary Works 'Henry IV Part I,' 'The Canterbury Tales,' and 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

In five pages virtue and honor are examined in a comparative analysis of these three classics of Medieval and English literature. ...

The Transformation of the Role of Women in Mexico

4 pages and 5 sources. This paper provides an overview of the changing role of women in Mexico during colonialism. This paper pr...

Latino Community and Women's Changing Role

In nine pages this paper examines the impact of redefining a woman's family role in this consideration of how in the Latino commun...

Hayashi Fumiko's Writings and the Roles of Women

year old Hayashi and left the house. The child and her mother lived what we in the west label a "pillar to post existence," both,...

1776 to 1865 The Role of America Women

and as such the incidence of male dominance were more prevalent. It is ironic in the land which had just claimed freedom the soci...

Perspectives on Knighthood Offered by Geoffrey Chaucer

In five ppates this research paper considers how Chaucer envisioned knighthood and knights based upon the works The Book of the Du...

Showalter, Culture and Literature

formalist-structuralist critics have evaded the issue of sexual identity entirely or dismissed it as irrelevant and subjective" (S...

The Role of Married Women in Japan

entire society will suffer. Why limit the contributions of half the population because of the tradition of male dominance? Becau...

Women in the Church: A Historical Overview

embraced by the church. Although it is true that some denominations do not allow women to run things, many denominations such as t...

Women of Somalia

This research paper addresses the problem of continued discrimination and violence against the Somalian women. The writer describe...

Genesis, 2 Kings, Chronicles

In the Hebrew Bible, women have varying roles but the most important roles are wife and mother. Most often, they are not seen as e...