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Good Citizen Nora

and demure, that he will take care of her. But as the play goes on, it becomes clear that she is far stronger than he is. She has ...

Warriors Across Time

granted authority" (Knox, 1990, p. 33). Hector is a man of peace born into a time of war, and therefore forced to fight (Knox, 1...

Carol Berkin on Women in the American Revolution

propaganda; they raised money for the army and to support the new government ("About this book"). Berkin shows how they ran farms ...

Vigil in Maria Lopez's Cuba Neither Heaven Nor Hell and Gustav Firmat's Ano Que Viene Estamos en Cuba

This two Cuba texts are contrasted and compared in 5 pages with women's roles, democratization, cultural and national identity amo...

Dhammapada's Social Lessons

In nine pages this paper examines women's role as conceptualized by Dhammapada in a consideration of the Buddha's 'five beauties' ...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet and the Depiction of Women

This paper examines how Shakespeare's depiction of women in Hamlet was a reflection of their Elizabethan social roles in eight pag...

Sexual Harassment and Counseling

In seven pages this paper discusses the constraints as a result of gender structure and examines the counselor's role in dealing w...

Canadian Women and Changes

In five pages women and their role throughout the course of Canadian history are examined through a sociological perspective with ...

Women of European Descent in the Caribbean from 1492 until 1800

In five pages this paper considers the European women of the Caribbean during this time period in terms of their roles and experie...

Women and the Impact of the Renaissance

In six pages this paper examines the European Renaissance in a consideration of how it positively and negatively impacted women's ...

Women and the Concept of Gender in Paradise Lost

This paper looks at the conceptualization of gender within the context of Milton's Paradise Lost. The writer discusses some of the...

Classical Literature Compared

as revealed in the literary/mythological writings of ancient Greece. In "The Iliad," for example, when the mighty warrior Achille...

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Challenges and Problems

In five pages this paper examines the problems and challenges associated with women's roles within the context of Achebe's novel. ...

Films My Brilliant Career, Annie Hall, Educating Rita, and The Piano and the Portrayal of Strong Women

This paper examines women's roles and status and how they are portrayed in a comparative analysis of these films consisting of eig...

Comparison Between Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner Short Stories

In three pages this essay compares O'Connor's 'Good Country People' with Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' in terms of their usage of ...

Construction Industry and Women as Owners, Administrators, and Tradespeople

In six pages this paper examines women's various roles in the construction industry in an assessment of successes and failures. F...

Two Poems Featuring Women by William Carlos Williams

American women's social roles are considered in William Carlos Williams' poems 'Portrait of a Lady' and 'The Young Housewife' in a...

Business and Women

This paper examines the growing roles of women in the corporate sector that includes how they are regarded within the management s...

'Hedda Gabler' and 'Phaedra'

In this 5 page paper, the heroines of the respective works are compared and contrasted particularly in terms of how they depict wo...

Tsitsi Dangarembga's 'Nervous Conditions'

In a paper that is consists of 5 pages the African American woman Timbu is chronicled through parallels, symbolism, themes, and st...

Ancient Societies' Marital Customs

This paper contrasts and compares the marital customs and women's roles in various ancient societies in 5 pages. Five sources are...

'Michael Robartes and the Dancer' by Irish Poet William Butler Yeats

poem despite the metaphysical airs assumed by Michael Robartes. In this poem, Yeats expresses the concept that can be concisely ...

Management of Greece and Women

This paper consists of five pages and considers the changing roles of women in Greek management with discrimination a primary focu...

Feminist Accomplishments in Erin Brockovich and Chocolat

for how its members would be perceived -- in order to create the fervor that was ultimately produced from its presence. Thr...

Women's Sexual and Social Roles in Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' and The Book of Margery Kempe

the individual characters of the story within the stories he was telling. In fact, Chaucer himself was a prime example of what was...

Identity and Gender Reflections in Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth and Kate Chopin's The Awakening

it threatened who she was as a member of the white race and the upper classes. Therefore, it can be seen that Ednas desire to pa...

Ancient Literature and Companionship

of common suffering or accomplishment. Once the student working on this project sees these factors, it becomes obvious throughout ...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the Characterizations of Ophelia and Queen Gertrude

the throne of Denmark. This is why Hamlet frequently verbally attacks his mother. Gertrudes role was expected to be that of wife...

Machisma And Machismo In The Plays of Lorca and Marquez

other because they are in competition for available males. They are devious toward each other as well as toward their mother beca...

How Aristophanes Depicted Women in His Works

possessed through their control of sex with their men. The entire idea of controlling the men was essentially the idea of Lysistra...