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Women as Viewed by D.H. Lawrence

In five pages women's status during the time of D.H. Lawrence is considered in an exploration of his view of them as reflected in ...

Portrayals of Women in Sunset Boulevard and Breakfast at Tiffanys

A 6 page essay reviewing how women are portrayed in these classic movies. The plots are outlined and compared. Societal circums...

Immigrant Experiences and Angel Island

Before actually describing the art and poetry that came out of detainees from Angel Island, a look at the locations history would ...

Women's Rights, Working Hours, and the 1908 Case of Muller v. Oregon

law passed in 1905 that prevented the women working for more than ten hours a day. Muller argued that this was unconstitutional, a...

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...

Patriarchy Portrayal of 'Lacking' Women

culture reflects significant patriarchal control, with the manipulation of the female gender a pertinent component of its objectiv...

Artistic Portrayal of Women

altar, they represent Jesus human and divine natures. Believers are also called to be the light of the world. In the Smoking Flame...

Article 'It Wasn't Working Women's Experiences with Short Term Breastfeeding' Review

In six pages this paper criticizes this purportedly qualitative study by sharply questioning the validity of this classification. ...

Technology and Work from a Woman's Perspective

In five pages this paper examines how women can make employment use of technological advancements and computer networking. Two so...

Women's Search for Independence in 3 Works: Finding Happiness

This essay discusses 3 works: which are a poem by Gwendolyn Brook, "The Beam Eaters"; a short story by Kate Chopin, "The Story of ...

Poetry and the Reflection of Women's Status

rather than reality. This conclusion was probably made through the poets use of the repetition of the word "if." Any piece of lit...

At Risk Teens, Experiential Learning, and Spiritual Development

In sixteen pages this review considers how one woman's work with at risk teens in her community affected her spiritual developme...

'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...

The Feminist Dimension of Work Life Balance

of problems and issues that are not always faced by their male counterparts. One can go on about the glass ceiling and how instead...

CAN WOMEN SUCCEED IN THE MIDDLE EAST WORKPLACE?

countries in this region (and the companies that operate there) have specific laws regarding the hiring of women (or not). These r...

Mainstream Cinema and the Portrayal of Women

that there is an interpretation of the films in a subconscious manner. Therefore, the reinforcing is appalling to the baser self, ...

Status and Role of Women in 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' by Homer

so "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" are rare glimpses into the feminine status in what was essentially a strict Greek patriarchy. Wh...

Portrayal of Women in Merchant of Venice and As You Like It by William Shakespeare

of Orlando sets in motion the complex maneuverings that form the core of the plot (Kinney 299). The poems of Orlando are a mirror...

Japan and Women's Role

In ten pages this paper examines the evolution of women's roles in Japan in a consideration of works by Jay, Varley, Earhart, and ...

Women's Roles in 6 Great Works of Literature

In ten pages this paper examines how women's societal roles are represented in Plato's The Apology, Dante's 'The Inferno,' William...

William Shakespeare and Portrayal of Women in As You Like It and Much Ado About Nothing

In five pages this paper discusses the denigration of women by William Shakespeare in a comparative analysis of these works. Ther...

Victorian Women's Fallen Status in the Works of Charles Dickens

values, and sin versus redemption. The cycle of Pips life illustrates how Pip went from being an innocent boy, into being an arrog...

Classic Western Literature and the Portrayal of Women

The portrayals of Cunegonde by Voltaire in Candide and Gertrude by William Shakespeare in Hamlet are contrastes and compared in fi...

Portrayal of Asian Women as Whores in Miss Saigon

babies, which it did not do after World War II. However, even in this, the message is that America saves the day, while Vietnam r...

The Yellow Wallpaper and The Story of an Hour and the Female Characters they Include

world that she is a success. This character then stands as a powerful example of women from that era who were given few choices b...

TV Situation Comedies and the Portrayal of Women

on society and human interactions. Even in family situations on evening sitcoms, the depiction of men and women and their roles ...

Greek Mythology, Women, and Warriors

In seven pages this paper considers the injustices of war in a consideration of women's unequal roles represented in the works of ...

The Plight of Women in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

This six page essay references two feminist works by authors Rebecca Harding Davis and Anzia Yezierska. The author utilizes passa...

Women in Wartime and the Conflict between Public and Private Duty

and the misery of the battlefield. It came as a particular shock because the years just preceding it were a "golden age." From al...

Yinka Shonibare/A Flying Machine for Every Man, etc.

of Shonibares characters via their clothing. While Victorian in style, the design for the wax fabrics originated in the Dutch colo...