YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Depiction of Women in Classical Greek Literature
Essays 211 - 240
The earliest texts of Arthur skim over the women, focusing mainly on the achievements of King Arthur himself, and his success in b...
can choose not to marry, by and large, that is an unpopular choice. While the term spinster is no longer bandied about, certainly ...
For entertainment, men tended to engage in a variety of activities, mostly involving drinking, wrestling, horseback riding, and ga...
In six pages this paper examines how women are portrayed in the works of Gustave Courbet, Charles Darwin, Franz Kafka, and Virgini...
far more meaning that representing daily life. According to one particular author, "The Cycladic civilization of the Aegean sea...
still powerfully under the control of a patriarchal society. "For Antigone, there could never be any laws that could stand in t...
Greek society was that imposed upon them by either their fathers or purchasers. They would never aspire to privilege or influence...
them somehow" (Ancient Greek Religion and Mythology, 2003). For example, "The Egyptian goddess Isis was especially popular in Athe...
extremely civic-minded society and active participation in the democratic process was demanded of everyone. No one took his polit...
Women had been treated as possessions of their husbands; Islamic law made the education of girls a sacred duty and gave women the ...
the strongest women in the piece are the goddess Pallas Athena and Penelope, Odysseuss wife. In addition, although her part was sm...
A 4 page paper which examines the reasons for differences in the artistic traditions of the Egyptians and the Greeks as suggested ...
time when Cleopatra passed away (127). Cleopatra in fact was one of the last to live from that dynasty. What were the relationshi...
This paper examines the power by women in ancient Hebrew and Greek societies as represented by Rebekah in the Old Testament and Na...
The contemporary church and Greek Temple are compared and contrasted. The Rock Church of Montgomery, Alabama is compared with the...
This paper examines how women in Ancient Greek society were portrayed in a comparative analysis of the plays Lysistrata by Aristop...
In four pages this paper examines how Greek thought propelled Roman action in a consideration of the influences of Greek art and p...
In nine pages there is a third world emphasis in this consideration of how the media especially cinema portrays women. Eight sour...
In a paper consisting of seven pages the Athenian democracy represented by this Greek city state is considered along with an asses...
In five pages the fictional representations of women featured in The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and As I Lay Dying by Will...
In five pages this paper discusses a young woman's healthy development as presented in E.M. Forster's Victorian novel Room with a ...
In five pages this text on Islamic women's sexuality is reviewed....
In five pages this paper discusses women, their roles and functions in this tragic play by William Shakespeare. Three sources are...
the prime of life ("Marble...woman"). This trend included depicting ordinary people, such as this statue, which is known as "The O...
and she wishes that she were "wife to a better man" (Homer Book VI). Through Helens eyes and, also, through Homers portrayal of He...
in the house" (Kamat women.htm). It is as though the very essence of a woman as a human being is given no consideration beyond th...
In six pages the abuse of women in several Greek myths is discussed. There are four bibliographic sources cited....
wife of Agamemnon who has been off fighting the Trojan War for ten years. The goddess Artemis had left the fleet organized by Aga...
sexually aggressive. In my own opinion, Mildred Pierce, Jezebel, The Postman Always Rings Twice-these were great tragedies about w...
In six pages this paper discusses the similarities between the Greeks and the Romans in a consideration of how the Greek Empire wa...