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    Modernity and the Spaces of Femininity was written by Griselda Pollock in 1988‚ and later published in The Expanding Disclosure in 1992. Griselda Pollock is an art historian‚ and writes this article for fellow art historians. This is an article written to show the different approaches to femininity in the late 19th century‚ mainly dealing with the field of art. This article shows how during this time period there were women artists‚ but due to the gendered ruled ideas attached to art history‚ these

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    to be’masculine’ in order to commit violence. I disagree with her because I believe that men and women are both equally capable of committing horrible‚ unspeakable crimes. To start‚ let’s discuss Lady Macbeth and her ideas about masculinity and femininity. On page 35 in Scene 5‚ Lady Macbeth exclaims‚ "Come‚ you spirits/ That tend on mortal thoughts‚ unsex me here/ And fill me‚ from the crown to the toe‚ top-full/ of direst cruelty!.. Stop the access and passage of remorse!" In this piece‚ we see

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    Normative and Descriptive Approaches Decision making can be very difficult when both choices are very appealing. We are faced with many decisions daily and have to make sure we choose the right one. Ethics play a major role in decision making. It allows moral philosophy to play its part. It gives you the freedom to choose right from wrong. In this paper you will be introduced to normal and descriptive ethics. You will be given a definition‚ a contrast‚ how the approaches may impact the

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    Normative Ethical Egoism

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    Egoism is broken down into four main groups: Psychological egoism‚ Normative egoism‚ Ethical egoism‚ and Rational egoism. Egoism in general values the desires of the individual the most‚ and this is most important to the individual only if the desires match what is in one’s own best interest. Psychological egoism is more centered upon the individual’s unconscious impulse to always behave in one’s own self-interest‚ and is more of a law than a theory because it must always hold true‚ and if it does

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    Typically‚ a woman’s job is to nurture‚ teach‚ and take care of domestic chores. During the 1930s and in modern times‚ there is a softness associated with femininity (Armengol 62). Such activities women would be expected to be involved in at the time would be tending to gardens‚ hosting parties‚ and cooking. All of these are done by the female characters in Lee’s novel. Jem even tells Scout‚ “ You know she’s [Aunt Alexandra] not used to girls’...’leastways‚ not girls like you. She’s trying to make

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    Normative Leadership Style

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    In this article have analyzed Normative Leadership theory‚ a theory that is theoretically elegant and characteristically practical. Even in today’s increasingly changing global business scenarios‚ this robust theory enables Leader to select one of the five leadership styles namely decide‚ consult individually‚ consult group‚ facilitate and delegate by using the model’s time-driven and development-driven decision tree. Trait and Behavioural Theory Timeline: In the 1930s leadership theories were

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    second group of strategies is normative-re-educative strategies‚ based on the assumptions that norms form the basis for behavior‚ and change comes through re-education in which old norms are discarded and supplanted by new ones. * The third set of strategies is the power-coercive strategies‚ based on the assumption that change is compliance of those who have less power with the desires of those who have are power. Normative re-educative strategy The normative re-educative strategy is a change

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    Macbeth‚ masculinity and femininity are associated more with power and weakness‚ rather than gender. Masculinity is often paired with cruelty and murder while femininity usually renders weakness and occasionally logic. The idea that power rests in men‚ while women are inferior is common throughout Macbeth. Throughout the play‚ Macbeth shifts between femininity and masculinity‚ but in the end‚ it is a combination of power-craving‚ cruel masculinity and overbearing‚ weak femininity that destroys Macbeth

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    Femininity In Antigone

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    Whenever authority figures are opposed by someone they see as inferior to them‚ they usually feel obliged to preserve their power through displaying their dominance. Thus‚ when Creon‚ in Sophocles’ Antigone‚ is disobeyed by a woman‚ he feels the need to inflict punishment to not only her‚ but also the people connected to her. Throughout Scene II‚ although Creon is notified that Antigone was the caught trying to bury her brother‚ he seems to be doubtful of the possibility. Even when she is

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    femininity) is Katherine. Katherine is a five-hundred-year old evil vampire‚ who dated Stefan and Damon about one hundred and forty-five years before Elena was born. Damon is still in love with Katherine‚ although she tells him that it was always Stefan she

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