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    week. The plot unfolds as they get to know each other driving back to California. However‚ Toby doesn’t know that Bree is his father. Transamerica reinforces a number of transgender stereotypes‚ and portrays both main characters with stereotypical feminine traits. Throughout the film‚ Bree reinforces stereotypical transgender behavior. We see this by her taking her hormone pills every day and just trying to blend into the world as a woman. Many people feel that being a transgender is a mental disorder

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    the final paragraphs of the chapter‚ acts as an interesting way for the reader to explore both Jane’s and Mr Rochester’s characters and Bronte uses this as an initial indication of the relationship that develops through the rest of the novel. It is clear from the beginning of the chapter that Jane is frustrated by her situation within Thornfield. Whilst Bronte presents her situation within the household as one of comfort and that for many would breed contentedness‚ it becomes obvious that Jane’s

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    Charlotte Bronte’s Villette is described by Steven Millhauser as a “story of two unconsummated loves” however “beneath this plot runs a darker story” this is expressed through Bronte’s descriptive writing and is clearly evident in this passage. Villette was Charlotte Bronte’s final novel written at a time of great loneliness for Bronte which is directly paralleled within the novel. Bronte particularly highlights the effects of language and imagery in this passage; using symbolism to form an image

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    Are you a very conscientious‚ irrational‚ or rebellious teen? Well‚ the main character‚ Charlotte‚ is highly conscientious. She can be irrational‚ and she is quite the rebellious type. Throughout the book Charlotte changes from being a conscientious young lady to a irrational and rebellious sailor. At the beginning of the book Charlotte is a proper young lady who knows her right and wrongs‚ also know as being conscientious. For instance when Mr.Grummage is trying to get the porter to carry her trunk

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    keenly‚ speaks aptly‚ and moves flexibly‚ it pits her to study: but what throbs fast and full‚ though hidden‚ what the blood rushes through‚ what is the unseen scat of life and the sentient target of death - that Miss Austen ignores.” Though Charlotte Bronte‚ one of the finest English novelists‚ contradicted with and criticized Miss Austen’s novel writing in several ways‚ it is the latter who has proven

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    Adam Bernstein British Literature Honors Feminist Analysis of Pygmalion Women have not always been treated fairly and righteously. Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw is very effective in showing the unjust ways in which women were treated about a century ago. Throughout the play‚ Eliza Doolittle‚ a young and poor flower girl‚ is not always respected. Certain male characters‚ such as Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering‚ are responsible for this behavior. Pygmalion illustrates how

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    Charlotte checked the mirror one last time before leaving her apartment. She had put on black skinny jeans‚ her favorite pair of black boots‚ and a black spaghetti strap tank top; she also had on a bright red jacket to break up the solidity of the outfit. She was on her way to see her future husband‚ he didn’t know it yet but they were going to be married. She didn’t know his name‚ where he was from‚ or what he did for a living; but she knew in her heart that he was a good person‚ and could tell

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    On Feminism and ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ by Charlotte Gilman On the "poet’s forum" Feminism is based on the assumption that women have the same human‚ political and social rights as men‚ furthermore‚ that women should have the same opportunities as men in their personal choices regarding careers‚ politics and expression. A feminist text states the author’s agenda for women in society as they relate to oppression by a patriarchal power structure and the subsequent formation of social ‘standards’

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    psychological‚ or economic fate determines the figure that the human female presents in society: it is civilization as a whole that produces this creature‚ intermediate between male and eunuch‚ which is described as feminine.” - Simone de Beauvoir‚ The Second Sex (1952)‚ p. 249. Feminine Subjectivity: From Possibility to Reality During the past forty years‚ theories of subjectivity were common in art and social science discourses. All of these different theories‚ as opposed to the past Cartesian

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    According to Elaine Lui‚ Canadian reporter and TV personality‚ gave the audience a helpful understanding in people when gossiping in both present and past. She explained that as a reporter‚ she is trying to understanding the social culture‚ social behavior‚ humanity and ourselves through gossip. She explained that gossip goes way back in the past. Lui explains that the hieroglyphics are remarkably similar to what we read at the newsstand or at the grocery store. She talked about a pharaoh having

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