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    position. The author of the story‚ Kate Chopin‚ takes the reader from one end to another when she gives hints on the protagonist’s feelings before and after her husband’s death‚ making the clearly identifiable statement that marriage is a way of oppression for women. Though Chopin never states this directly‚ she implies it when describing Mrs. Mallard and her behaviour‚ as well as when depicting the setting.

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    Walker’s Purple is Not Just a Color Alice Walker’s epistolary novel The Color Purple demonstrates how the mistreatment of a woman cannot prevent her from fulfilling her destiny. The protagonist and narrator of the novel‚ Celie‚ is a young‚ uneducated black girl who is verbally and sexually abused by her supposed father‚ Alphonso. He fathers two children with her‚ kidnapping both and presumably killing one‚ if not both. Because of the unwarranted trauma‚ she struggles for the rest of her life

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    There have been many disputes over whether or not Afghan women have been liberated from oppression. After the Taliban regime fell‚ President Karzai signed the Declaration of Essential Rights of Afghan Women. This stated that women must receive equal protection under the law. This brought about signs of hope and lessened the oppression of women however the Taliban are resurgent and people do not feel safe. Still‚ in some villages there is violence against women‚ arranged marriages and high maternal

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    Domestic Violence in Purple Hibiscus Questions for discussion: 1. What has made Papa such a violent father? 2. What kinds of things trigger his violence? 3. Why don’t his wife and children actively resist his violence earlier? 4. What do you think of Amaka’s statement “Some people can’t handle stress”? 5. Do you think Mama’s action was justified? 6. Why do you think Jaja wanted to take the blame for her crime? 7. What kind of message does the novel as a whole give

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    Like women all over the world‚ Chinese women used to lead a life under the mercy of their husbands. Although they carry more than half the burden of the family‚ their position is always considered inferior. Chairman Mao liberated women by encouraging women to share the equal responsibility as men. On the surface‚ this sounded good news for all the oppressed women. However‚ when I look back‚ this has done more harm than good. The critical part is that this totally overlooked the difference between

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    general‚ is an inescapable trap. In the novel‚ The Awakening by Kate Chopin‚ naturalism is employed to show how the Victorian era was inherently patriarchal by using Edna Pontellier as a victim to enforce the political‚ social‚ and psychological oppression of women in society. Throughout Edna’s journey‚ she struggles to conform with the role of being a mother and wife. The accepted mother-woman in Edna’s society were "fluttering about with extended‚ protecting wings when any harm‚ real or imaginary

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    THE STROOP EFFECT AND COLOUR-RELATED WORDS ABSTRACT An experiment was carried out to test if the Stroop effect occurred when a small but significant modification to the conditions was applied to the classic Stroop experiments. Previous evidence suggested that although automatic and controlled processes can work simultaneously‚ they can cause undesired interferences. In this experiment‚ colour names were replaced by colour-related words in the Stroop condition and it was found that the Stroop effect

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    Explore the way that oppression is presented in ‘Of Mice and Men’ and two poems by John Agard Oppression is the act of a person in a position of power controlling the less powerful in cruel and unfair ways. These two authors present the theme of oppression in various different ways. John Agard is a mixed race poet‚ his poems‚ ‘’Half Caste’’ and ‘’Checking Out Me History’’‚ are written in non-standard English as he writes about what it is like being black and challenging racist attitudes. Likewise

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    Revolution against oppression seems like it could only be positive; it can’t end badly. Actually‚ it may be the opposite‚ at least that’s what George Orwell‚ author of Animal Farm‚ believes. Orwell believes that revolution against tyranny only ends up with another tyrant because of the way the pigs treat the other animals‚ how the pigs slowly break the 7 Commandments‚ and how the pigs end up exactly like the humans in the end. The way the pigs treated the other animals on the farm was similar to

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    “The story of an hour” is a short story about the thoughts of a woman after she is told that her husband has died in an accident. It suggests the theme of the oppression in females is woeful and harming them so the situations they are facing should be improved. Firstly‚ after the news of Mr. Mallard’s death is conveyed. The author portrays the view outside the window. At this point Mrs. Mallard starts to have the feeling of free because her husband has died so there is no one will restrict her independence

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