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    Representation of Women in Candide In Voltaire’s Candide‚ satire is used throughout to mock the world of its existing philosophy back in the era of Enlightenment. The role of women in Candide exemplify how they suffer and are mistreated at the time. Their characters are seen as tools for man’s pleasure. The stories of the women in the novel illustrate the hypocrisy and irony of the Enlightenment‚ which was a time of intellectual freedom and the equality for man and woman. Cunegonde‚ Candide’s

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    QUESTION: Texts often represent women as victims in a patriarchal society. How are women represented in two of the poems set for study?During the late 20th Century women remained constrained by gender ideals which they were expected to conform to; subservience‚ piety and beauty. This domineering state of inferiority experienced by these women is expressed and challenged by both Mary Elizabeth Coleridge and Amy Lowell through their exploration of the victimisation of women in a patriarchal society.. The

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    Faye Explore the representation of women in Macbeth‚ taking into consideration Gothic conventions and critical theories. Shakespeare uses gender roles to drive the plot in Macbeth; Lady Macbeth uses her sexuality to convince Macbeth to killing Duncan by questioning his masculinity. “When you durst do it‚ then you were a man; And to be more than what you were‚ you would Be so much more the man.” Lady Macbeth is shown as an strong willed character willing to have “plucked my nipple from [her child’s]

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    created in the media. Children are susceptible to their environments and with the constant unrealistic ideals of woman throughout the years it has become an acceptable form of advertisement. “The representation of women in the media has always been exploitative. It has‚ throughout the years‚ reduced women to being nothing more than objects to be won‚ prizes to be shown off‚ and playthings to be abused.” (Berberick). The message in the media suggests that this is not only acceptable behavior but is

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    Representations of Women in Native Son In his most famous novel‚ Native Son‚ Richard Wright’s female characters exist not as self-sufficient‚ but only in relation to the male figures of authority that surround them‚ such as their boyfriends‚ husbands‚ sons‚ fathers‚ and Bigger Thomas‚ the protagonists. Wright presents the women in Native Son as meaningless without a male counterpart‚ in which the women can not function as an independent character on their own. Although Wright depicts clearly

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    Impact of MusicMusic Lyrics‚ and Music Videos on Children and Youth Music plays an important role in the socialization of children and adolescents. Popular music is present almost everywhere‚ and it is easily available through the radio‚ various recordings‚ the Internet‚ and new technologies‚ allowing adolescents to hear it in diverse settings and situations‚ alone or shared with friends. Parents often are unaware of the lyrics to which their children are listening because of the increasing use

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    Chaucer represents women in a progressive way by giving women power over men and the by knight taking over a young woman’s maiden head. The main idea of “progressive” is change. In the Wife of Bath’s Tale‚ the knight forcefully rapes a young woman. By doing this‚ he is not giving her power or choice. For example‚ “By very forest‚ he took her maidenhead” (Chaucer page 157). This describes the knight as conservative because he isn’t giving her an option. It does not represent change. In the end of

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    The Odyssey Woman are represented poorly in The Odyssey and there are many instances where they are treated as prizes‚ tricksters‚ and plot devices. The Odyssey is often referred to as the journey of men but it disregards the fact that women play a role as well as men. Female characters such as Penelope and the princess Nausicaa are frequently used as plot devices‚ while both are simply prizes to be on. Penelope houses 108 suitors who are solely there for the purpose in taking her hand in marriage

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    Ellie Gittings Ripon Grammar School GCSE 2010 Media Why are women and womanhood such a universal theme in advertising? Women have a huge hold in the media with a large number of adverts being based around women ‚ after browsing many adverts‚ the amount of adverts using women was a lot more than I initially expected there would be. With the power that these woman have in the adverts trying to change and shape the nation could these images be potentially damaging to the female readers and

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    Music videos have begun to take social media by storm‚ growing more and more popular each year. Some music videos express human gender and sexuality in an attempt to make their song more appealing to their intended audience. David Nails music video for his song “Whatever She’s Got” is a perfect example of a music video that expresses societal norms regarding gender and sexuality. Throughout his video he reinforces and also challenges these societal norms. Societal norms regarding gender and sexuality

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