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    Gender Roles In The Giver

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    years old they attend a community meeting called The Ceremony of the Twelve. At this ceremony the Elders assign each twelve year old a role in the community and that will be their job for the rest of their life. There are many different types of roles such as Birth Mother‚ Nurturer‚ Doctor‚ Engineer‚ Pilot and many more. No one really knows for sure what role they will be assigned. Jonas the main character‚ is just like the rest of them. He obeys the rules and is clueless about the truth. He

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    had important roles of helping form the main characters‚ in the way they think‚ move or change the story. Women have always been subordinate to men all through history‚ but in plays‚ novels‚ short stories‚ etc‚ they have been given large enforcing roles‚ showing the power within women. William Shakespeare and Sophocles use guilt‚ pride‚ and influence to demonstrate the importance of the women’s role to support the main characters in both the plays of Macbeth and Antigone. In Macbeth and Antigone

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    The Odyssey is the product of a society in which the dominant role was played by men. In ancient Greece‚ just as in the whole of the ancient world‚ and in America and Western Europe until the last century‚ women occupied a subservient position. Society was organized and directed by men‚ and all of the most important enterprises were those which men arranged and implemented. Women were valued‚ but they participated in the affairs of the world only when they had the tacit or open approval and permission

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    Nurses And Gender Roles

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    I have seen TV shows related to healthcare and most of them don’t even have roles for nurses. Shows like house‚ Scrubs‚ Greys Anatomy‚ and general hospital are mostly about doctors. These prime time programs seem to neglect the nurse as a vital member of the healthcare team. Nurses make appearances but in the background roles; used as butt of jokes for the doctors‚ and the roles are primarily played by beautiful women. Then there is a show that is devoted to one nurse; Nurse Jackie. The nurse

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    Gender Roles In Hamlet

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    in to a positive or negative outcome. Males are more of a dominate character in Shakespeare’s play because they have power and social class because women do not have that pleasure because it’s not culturally and socially normal. Although‚ there a gender differences with Rosalind and Hamlet‚ they both share this dominate and central figure in the plays. The plays focuses on their

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    Traditional Gender Roles

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    female a weak homemaker or sex symbol. In poplar culture‚ these views have changed. The feminine revolution of the 60’s and 70’s‚ have changed the way the roles of women are displayed. The homosexual revolution of the 80’s‚ 90’s have enabled Gays and Lesbians to be more open with their sexual orientation. The traditional role of the men was the providers and protectors of the family. Men were sent off to work and at times spent several days away from the family in order to

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    In the story Macbeth‚ there were very few female roles. However‚ the women that were in it‚ had very influential roles. The women‚ Lady Macbeth and the Weird Sisters‚ use the people‚ specifically men‚ around them to either get what they want or to control the outcome of situations. The trio of witches that starred in Macbeth held immense amounts of power. They convinced Macbeth that he would first be not only Thane of Glamis‚ but also Thane of Cawdor. After that he would become the king.

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    Tartuffe Gender Roles

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    Each of the woman from the plays has different personalities‚ weakness‚ position and of the importance. The woman come from different background and context‚ job titles of being a maid to becoming a Queen. Also‚ by portraying these females show how life were for them during their time. What type of power did they have over there male counterparts and could they voice their opinion. Jocasta was the queen of Thebes and the wife of King Laius. Jocasta and Laius received a prophecy that lauis

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    Antigone Gender Roles

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    The Atypical Role of Women in Society The traditional roles of women in society today have improved drastically when in comparison to those of historical periods of time. Although the way that women are currently viewed in society is a great deal more equal than the past‚ there will always be a tiny view in the back of our minds‚ whether we are aware of it or not‚ that classifies women as inferior to men‚ as well as authoritative figures in society. In Sophocles’ play‚ Antigone‚ as well as

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    Shakespeare’s famous play Macbeth is one of his bloodiest and most ambition driven plays. In Macbeth there are several important characters beginning with three mischievous witches who continuous cause trouble for the main character‚ Macbeth. The witches play an important role in the play as they predict Macbeth’s fate through prophecies and apparitions. In the beginning of the play‚ Macbeth encounters the witches and they tell him what they see is awaiting him in the future. “All hail‚ Macbeth! Hail to thee

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