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    and the titles of his works‚ being earnest is far more important than being a woman. Like Wilde and the suggested assumption that can be made by his titles‚ both works struggle to realize what is truly important in life. The Importance of Being Earnest and A Woman of No Importance have common themes of moral versus superficial values‚ societal expectations‚ and relationship complications‚ which can be seen in multiple instances throughout the works. The Importance of Being Earnest focuses on a man who

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    Wise Old Woman

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    Wise Old Woman Auvaiyar ஒளவையார் Varan S Karunakaran Melbourne [pic] Wise Old Woman Auvaiyar ஒளவையார் Varan S Karunakaran Melbourne Copy Right © First Published in 2004-02-04 Publishers Honey-Stream Contents Preface 6 PUBLISHERS VIEW 8 READERS’ REVIEW 9 1. Introduction 10 2. Wise Old Woman 11 2.1 General 11 2.2 First Auvaiyar 11 2.3 Second Auvaiyar 12 2.3 Third Auvaiyar 12 2.4 Attribution to Auvaiyar 13 3. TAMIL LANGUAGE 15 4. CHILDREN

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    the story “A Sorrowful Woman”‚ the woman is suffering from depression which later caused her to commit suicide. The woman is very depressed as she does not want to be a full time wife and mother. The sight of her husband and son always makes her feel disgusted and sicked. When the husband hires a girl to manage the woman roles that the woman wished to achieve herself‚ this made the woman more upset which makes the woman to fire the girl. After she fired the girl‚ the woman started moving to the girl’s

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    Themyscira‚ more famously known as Wonder Woman‚ has gone through various reimagining and different retellings in both media and comic books. But all of these have the same basic origin. She was born and lived the majority of her life on the isolated paradise island of Themyscira‚ an island inhabited entirely of Amazonian women. Everything changed one day when pilot‚ Captain Steve Trevor crashed on the mysterious island. Soon after he crashed‚ as he was being held and treated on the island‚ Queen Hippilyta

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    Stoker's 'New Woman'

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    IV.I. The “New Woman” „I believe we should have shocked the ‘New Woman’ with our appetites“ (Stoker 103) Victorian traditional women are submissive wives who should love‚ honour‚ and amuse her husband‚ manage the household and raise children. Gender rules were strictly determined “aiming to control by defining and delimiting the nature and roles of the sexes in a manner that particularly constrained women.” (Punter and Byron 231). Women complained throughout the century‚ and by the late Victorian

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    Candide's Old Woman

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    Despite “growing old in misery and in shame‚ having only half a backside and remembering always that I was the daughter of a Pope” as she‚ the Old Woman told Candide‚ "a hundred times I wanted to kill myself‚ but always I loved life more…” The Old Woman endured an series of unrelenting episodes which would have made anyone want to kill themselves but at her old age‚ instead of appearing doubtful and full of regret‚ like Candide‚ she looked at the bright side and still had the desire to live her

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    once the twentieth century and World Wars had arrived (Dadisman). Homosexuals had begun to be seen as a different category of human‚ separate from the rest of society‚ a category that disrupts society ethically‚ legally and morally (Fone‚ 5). World War I had allowed many homosexuals to join together‚ when they were sent overseas. Once the Second World War was over homosexual men and women began to move into their own separate communities‚ segregating themselves from the heterosexuals (Dadisman). Consequently

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    title of the “perfect woman”. This is shown throughout the course of history through social media – books‚ movies‚ plays‚ music‚ etc. Decades ago‚ the ultimate stereotype of a woman would be described as petite‚ fair-skinned‚ light hair‚ and light eyes. Some would say – a replica of a Barbie doll. Nowadays‚ the new and improved stereotype of the ideal woman is wide hips‚ tan and flawless skin‚ flat stomach‚ and full lips. The constant change in this perception of the ideal woman is one

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    Woman In The Dunes Essay

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    subservient to idea and symbol. This makes The Woman in the Dunes something of an anomaly. Its plot is devious‚ addictive yet straightforward. An amateur entomologist arrives in a remote area of sand dunes with hopes of identifying a type of sand beetle. Night falls and the villagers offer him shelter in a ramshackle house at the bottom of a funnel-shaped pit of sand. Descent is possible only by means of a rope ladder. The occupant of the house‚ a young woman‚ spends most of the night shovelling sand

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    Juxtaposition in The Woman Warrior In The Woman Warrior‚ Maxine Hong Kingston writes an honest memoir that focuses in on the lives of five woman; the most important being Kingston‚ and is told in 5 chapters. As a reader‚ we get a glimpse into the realities of life for many Chinese emigrants in America and their children. Kingston‚ who is the narrator in the book‚ creates an elaborate fantasy in the second chapter‚ called “White Tigers”. In it‚ Kingston portrays a strong warrior woman‚ who leads her

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