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Changing Views of the Family, TV Programs

This paper pertains to the manner in which TV portrayals of the American family have changed over the last five decades. Also, t...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Gender Relationships

In five pages this paper discusses the portrayal of men and women within the context of this work as it has been presented in the ...

The Sociocultural Impact of Films Such as Bring It On

A 7 page essay exploring gender, race. c;ass amd sexuality as it is impacted by the 2000 production of Bring It On by PEyton Reed....

'Desiree's Baby' Short Story Analysis

Realist writers "were more or less in open revolt against [society]," and naturalism combined the theories of Charles Darwin to co...

Mama Day by Gloria Naylor and Issues of Gender and Race

In ten pages this African American feminist text is analyzed in its portrayal of gender and racial issues. Eight sources are list...

Gender 'Friend' and TV

In seven pages television and its portrayal of gender roles are examined. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

Comparison Between The Trojan Women by Euripides and Lysistrata by Aristophanes

Women, the impact of these unequal gender scales on women are examined and depicted very differently, for in one, the women are ac...

Filmmaker D.W. Griffith's Intolerance and The Birth of a Nation

because of the Civil War, and many of whom were still alive when the film was produced" (The Birth of a Nation PG). The director ...

Computer Games and Gender Prejudice

conspicuous, while at other times remain quite subtle; however, one thing is certain: the formation of these variations originates...

Comparing Kate Chopin Tales 'The Story of an Hour' and 'Desiree's Baby'

felt a sense of liberation she had never known before. She could support herself and write about the subjects she felt passionate...

Rebecca by Daphne de Maurier and Gender Roles

implied that she marries him because he is wealthy and has much to offer her. That she is in love is made clear, but there is alwa...

Comparing Crime Dramas Crossing Jordan and CSI

Cases vary from week to week. In an episode known as Stalker, Jan Galloway was obviously fearful when her body was found. It was n...

John Schlesinger's Film An Eye for an Eye and Gender Roles

In five pages the portrayal of gender roles in this 1995 film is discussed. There is no bibliography included....

Fairytales and Gender Roles

In five pages classic fairytales are examined in terms of their portrayal of conventional gender roles with the views of anthropol...

A Study of Gener Issues in 'The Birdcage'

This paper comprised of 25 pages compares and contrasts the portrayal of homosexual men and their defined gender roles with realit...

Dante, Boccaccio, Sin, Gender, and Nature

Comedy reflects an effort to find a spiritual solution to that dilemma. Dante wrote this work -- or, in the language of the poem,...

Thelma and Louise Movie from a Sociological Perspective

In five pages this paper discusses sociological concepts and gender roles' portrayal within the contexts of this 1991 film. Two s...

Antigone and the Tragic Flaw of Antigone and Creon

will ultimately cause her her life. Antigone pleads and does whatever she can possibly think of to get an honorable burial for ...

Antigone, Oedipus, and the Tragic Hero

where there were festivals and dancing choruses which appear to have competed for prizes (ClassicNote). At one point it appears as...

An Analysis of Tragedy in Three Plays

man is that he truly loves his wife and he is a noble and sensitive man. Unfortunately he has a weakness and that is his love of h...

Flaws in Characters Vivian Bearing, King Oedipus, Willy Loman, and Othello

bodies in its past, the King confidently reassured his ailing people, "My search has found one way to treat our disease - and I ha...

Justice and Antigone

pursue justice with or without her sisters assistance. With an impressive strength that demonstrates her unwavering commitment to...

Literature and Self Discovery

inseminated, and so forth. Technology has had a way of impinging on morality, and today, there is a sense that part of the process...

The Lottery and Oedipus the King

end Oedipus discovers all the truths and offers himself up to be banished, as was the plan in relationship to whoever killed the k...

Comparative Analysis of Oedipus and Willy Loman as They Relate to Aristotle’s Definition of a Tragic Hero

plague wreaks death and despair onto the Theban people, Oedipus pride motivates him to make a deal whereby he reveals the identity...

Oedipus: Tragic Hero

a man who has a prophecy following him, and he is a man who is relatively clueless about what is going on. He inadvertently kills ...

Irony in "Oedipus the King"

hard we try to turn it aside. As far as ironic speeches, the play is full of them, but two that we can consider are at lines 59-6...

Creon in “Oedipus the King”

"Oedipus the King" (The Classics Pages: Antigone). Before Oedipus came onto the scene it seems that Creon may well have had a ch...

Oedipus the King: Character

intelligent man, a man of integrity, and a man who is willing to seek answers, even if those answers point to him as the problem. ...

Oedipus and Lysistrata: Tragedy and Comedy

they can stop the men from going off to war and would ultimately bring some peace. The premise of the story is a tragic one, in th...