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    Pygmalion, Pretty Woman

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    through a feminist criticism lens‚ it means they are looking at the movie or book to try and find parts that speak on women and their position in the world. Throughout Pygmalion‚ Pretty Woman‚ and My Fair Lady‚ there are multiple messages that can be understood about women and their role in society. Pygmalion‚ an old Greek myth‚ has the least to say about women‚ but there is still something to be learned. When the story says the women are prostitutes‚ it is showing women as scandalous and nasty

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    A Woman ’s Power Struggle Of the symbolism in Doris Lessing ’s short story‚ "A Woman on the Roof"‚ the most obvious symbols are the women‚ her roof and the three workmen. This story is about a woman ’s power struggle. In a time period such as the one this story takes place in‚ it may sound a bit ironic and historically speaking‚ we would not mention the words woman and power in the same sentence. Lessing uses symbolism to show the power struggles woman went through to gain freedom from an unequal

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    Oscar Wilde, Woman

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    being gay with a man named Lord Alfred Douglas. (Rictor Norton 1998). In 1888 Oscar Wilde began a seven year period of creativity in which he produced nearly all of his great literary works (Merlin Holland 1997). Wilde’s most notable plays were ‘A Woman of No importance ‘(1893)‚ ‘An Ideal Husband’ (1895)‚ and ’ The Importance of Being Earnest’ (1895). Wilde emerged from prison in 1897. He came out physically depleted and exhausted while also being completely broke. He began hiding in France

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    Woman and Country Lovers

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    because he was afraid of the society finding out their love quarrel. In “What it’s like to be a Black Girl” The poem shows the readers the viewpoint of a young black woman transitioning into womanhood. Patricia‚ the author‚ highlights the changes of a black woman through adulthood and how she perceives herself in society. The young woman struggles with the image of acceptance by transforming her hair into a different color to form a white image (Smith). The poem focuses on how black females were ashamed

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    The French lieutenants Woman by John Fowles is a novel that tells the story of a woman (Sarah) misjudged by her community and a well to do gentleman who has to choose between being with her and being with his fiancé. The author’s use of conflict in making Charles Smithson choose between passion and responsibility has an effect on the entire novel by providing the basic storyline for the novel‚ allowed an opportunity for character development with Sarah and Charles‚ and it also gave the author to

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    A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is more often than not regarded as a purely political treatise. However‚ like Plato’s Republic and Rousseau’s Emile‚ it can be seen as both a political and an educational treatise. It is above all a celebration of the rationality of women. It constitutes an attack on the view of female education put forward by Rousseau and countless others who regarded women as weak and artificial and not capable of reasoning effectively. Mary Wollstonecraft rejected the education

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    The Woman Warrior Essay

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    In “No Name Woman‚” the narrator the story of her alleged unnamed aunt‚ who gave birth to an illegitimate child. This story illustrates the maturation of a girl‚ who offers a look on the female experience. 2. “White Tigers” tells the story of Fa Mu Lan and the narrator’s

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    Battered Woman Syndrome

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    significant other. In the 1970’s a psychologist Dr. Lenore Walker coined the term “Battered Woman Syndrome” which she deems as psychological phenomenon to explain why some women do not leave long term abusive relationships and to justify the murders of men who systematically abused their significant others. This paper will seek to discuss define and explain as well as discuss the origin of Walker’s “Battered Woman Syndrome”‚ as well as explore the validity of its use in legal defenses for homicide and

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    Woman on the Edge of Time

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    Connie‚ the heroine of the book Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy‚ is put in a mental institution‚ once for abusing her child‚ and again for attacking a pimp‚ trying to save her niece. She appears completely sane though‚ until she starts seeing visions of people living in the future who claim to have contacted her because she is "receptive" to them. The question is‚ is Connie sane and her trip to the future is reality‚ or is she insane and just hallucinating? Although the book offers no

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    In the novel The Edible Woman‚ author Margaret Atwood tackles the difficult subject of anorexia nervosa. Although this subject is often handled with kid gloves by many writers‚ Atwood’s novel candidly addresses how different food related stigmas affect the main character’s day to day existence. In the late 1960’s‚ young women faced a society that expected them to conform to certain qualities in both appearance and demeanor. The portrayal of young women in popular movies‚ television and music of

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