time when the sentimental comedy had gained ground. The writers of sentimental comedy exhibited tears in place of laughter‚ distressing situations in place of intrigue and pathetic heroines and serious lovers in place of rogues‚ gallants and damsels. These dramatists were great moralists and their main purpose was to instruct the theatre-goers instead of entertaining them. That is why their characters were "man as he ought to be‚ not as they are"‚ with the result that realism was driven out
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Joshua Childress Dietz‚ Tracy L. "An Examination of Violence and Gender Role Portrayals in Video Games: Implications for Gender Socialization and Aggressive Behavior." SpringerLink. Springer Science+Business Media‚ 1998. Web. 13 Nov. 2012. <http://www.springerlink.com/content/r326135512365r40/>. This article will talk about how media has had a stereotypical input on life and how women and men are depicted. . The media has been a catalyst for showing people how gender roles should
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The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales The introduction of the book The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales by Bruno Bettelheim focused on the benefits of fairytales on child development. Bettelheim talks about how important developing the child’s imagination is. Developing the imagination allows children to process what they see in the world and process what they hear in stories. This gives them a good grasp on their conscience (11-12). Fairy
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Beauty has an inspiring moral of love conquers all‚ Maleficent has the superior message. The film Maleficent brings a new perspective to the truth behind a villain who learns to love again‚ while Sleeping Beauty tells the classic tale of a damsel in distress saved by Prince Charming. The plot of Maleficent compared to Sleeping Beauty is superior in context and depth by providing a story full of tension and hope. Even though the original film has a moral of love‚ the story of Maleficent produces
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The Sexualization and Objectification of Women (Who According to Mass Media Are Really Only Here for Man’s Amusement) It’s hard to refute the fact that it’s a “man’s world”. For example‚ of all the Fortune 500 companies only 12 of them are run by a female CEO. Even “Victoria’s Secret” advertisements are geared towards men. I’m hard pressed to find a female out there who sees a woman striking a sexy pose in lingerie as speaking to her‚ enticing her to buy their product. That alone tells us the
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------------------------------------------------- The Acts of King Arthur and His ------------------------------------------------- Noble Knights ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- By John Steinbeck ------------------------------------------------- Part One: Plot The first section of the book is entitled Merlin. The story begins by telling how Arthur came to be born and then flows into
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Gothic novels are a type of romance‚ Gothic meaning “wild”‚ “barbarous” and “crude” and rise from the idea of darkness‚ supernatural events‚ anti-heroes and a form of tyrannical or evil presence felt throughout the novel. The first Gothic Novel to be published in Britain was Horace Walpole’s “The Castle of Oranto”‚ subtitled “A Gothic Story” in its second edition. Later novelists include Ann Radcliffe (The Mysteries of Udolpho)‚ M.G Lewis (Monk). Their influence to this type old literature can be
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stopped Jane from being with Mr Rochester. The overall story-line and basic structure of events in the novel prove Jane Eyre to be a conventional romance novel. Jane Eyre has a fairytale-esque quality to the story‚ typical of a fairy tale the damsel in distress is saved from her misery by her Prince or Knight in shining armour. Though Jane Eyre is not saved by Mr Rochester‚ rather than that it is Jane who helps Mr Rochester; for example when they
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Gender socialization is defined as the process in which societal factors such as school‚ family‚ and the media‚ teach children their gender roles at an early age and those roles are continually reinforced throughout their lives. Boys are raised to adjust their behaviors and actions to the male gender role‚ while girls are raised to adapt to the female gender role. Schools reinforce such roles by enforcing uniform policies; for example‚ in some schools‚ girls are required to wear skirts while boys
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The book by Jessica Valenti was released in 2009 and asserts that people in America are fanatical about the concept of “virginity.” It scrutinizes the effect of the Americans’ fixation of virgin/ whores and how these thoughts are affecting the women of all ages. Valenti thinks that virginity and feminism have become too much of an issue; celebrities seeking to invigorate their vaginas and keep their hymen intact even after losing their virginity is a clear manifestation of the obsession for virginity
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