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    80's Gender Roles

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    income. Women played a huge role in helping their husband through all the different changing roles in their current society. There was starting to be pictures of women working with men because it was more approved of women working and making money if her husband could support her. A lot more jobs for women came out throughout the "80s." These weren’t low end jobs either‚ wasn’t a cashier or anything like that. They were actual professional jobs. Women could even take the role above a man. There was still

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    Gender Roles In The 1950's

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    Society has always tried to standardize people. Events in the 1950s demonstrated this in their idea of gender roles. Women were obligated to stay home. The percentage of women going to college dropped considerably in the 50s. The gender roles were emphasized through television. For example‚ “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet”. Magazines‚ books‚ and music also reiterated the submissive wife. At the same time‚ men were expected to be bold‚ to hold jobs in factories or management. Men there were

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    allegorical epic was written by Dante Alighieri who was born in Florence‚ Italy in 1265‚ to a moderately wealthy family that had a history of involvement in the remarkably complex Florentine politics. Dante Alighieri included much of his personal life and his own views of the politics of the late thirteenth-century Florence as he was writing The Divine Comedy. As a result‚ The Divine Comedy is somewhat of an autobiographical work of Dante Alighieri’s own life. In the InfernoDante is lead through Hell by

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    Circle The Stygian Lake‚ with the Ireful Sinners Fighting William BlakeIn the swamp-like water of the river Styx‚ the wrathful fight each other on the surface‚ and the sullen or slothful lie gurgling beneath the water. Phlegyas reluctantly transports Dante and Virgil across the Styx in his skiff Sixth Circle Heretics are trapped in flaming tombs. Seventh Circle Lower Hell‚ inside the walls of Dis‚ in an illustration by Stradanus. There is a drop from the sixth circle to the three rings of the seventh

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    without the Main character and therefore it follows that Edmond Dantes would be another character source of the portrayal of Wait and Hope. Like Mercedes‚ Dantes acts this way‚ because it is an inherent part of himself‚ demonstrated by multiple instances of him portraying wait and hope in his different personalities. For example‚ page 35‚ he declares to his fiance‚ "Good-bye my sweet Mercedes! We shall soon meet again!" In the scene‚ Dantes exclaims that quote as he is shuffled away by police from his

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    Dante

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    In Dante Alighieri’s The Inferno (1314)‚ Dante is being toured through the layers of hell in hopes that he will see his future punishment and get his life back on the right path. The great Roman poet‚ Virgil‚ is sent to be his guide. Virgil is not only supportive but informational as he leads Dante through the layers of hell. Throughout the story‚ Virgil is repeatedly protecting Dante from hostile demons and monsters. Monstrous Charon‚ in cantos III is bringing the souls over the river to punishment

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    Dante -  The author and protagonist of Inferno; the focus of all action and interaction with other characters. Because Dante chose to present his fictional poem as a record of events that actually happened to him‚ a wide gulf between Dante the poet and Dante the character pervades the poem. For instance‚ Dante the poet often portrays Dante the character as compassionate and sympathetic at the sight of suffering sinners‚ but Dante the poet chose to place them in Hell and devised their suffering. As

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    Gender roles have significantly changed over the past 100 years for women. From the 1900th century until now‚ gender roles for women have changed in the home‚ in the workforce‚ and in the government. Although they have also change for men‚ they have not changed as drastically as they have for women. In the 1900’s‚ work in the home was greatly accounted for by the women in the world. Women were expected to clean‚ to cook‚ to do the laundry‚ and to take care of the children in the home. The men were

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    Gender roles have always been a part of our history. According to the Oxford University Press (2017)‚ gender roles are roles or behaviors learned by individuals on how someone of the female or male gender should act or behave. Male gender roles have had some advancements since the 1950 era‚ yet some gender roles have remained the same. In the 1950s‚ men were returning from the war and rejoining the workforce. According to the U.S Department of State‚ 2017 many of the returning soldiers opted

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    Gender Roles were very traditional back in the early to mid 1900’s and still has a continued effect today. It can be observed that many of the same gender roles/stereotypes found in A Dolls House can be observed in the early to middle 1900’s North American culture: Women are expected to be housewives‚ rely on men financially‚ and to be independent at their duties. Through out the early to middle 1900’s gender roles were present but not noticed much until the mid 1900’s‚ simply because women were

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