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    Jig The Woman

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    The author shows us that a woman’s voice isn’t heard and the woman couldn’t do anything but try to please the man. The author shows this with the mood and dialogue between the man and Jig. The girl ‚ Jig‚ is portrayed as someone that’s powerless and can’t speak up for herself. When Jig mentioned the hills looking like white elephants the guy mentioned “I’ve never seen one” and since the girl agreed with him he rudely replies “ Just because you say I wouldn’t have doesn’t prove anything”. The guy

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    Positive Woman

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    In The Power of the Positive Woman‚ author Phyllis Schlafly sets out to redefine the dogmas of womanhood and introduce the Positive Woman‚ defined as someone who recognizes that women and men are different‚ and that those differences “provide the key to her success and fulfillment as a woman.” Rather than trying to eliminate the degradation of women‚ she claims that these dogmas have the opposite effect and demean women even more. On the contrary‚ Schlafly argues that these same differences some

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    Woman Running

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    be disorganized at first glance. However‚ when you take a closer look you can first see a woman running. The women appears to be the figure-ground of the poster‚ because it is generally the first things that grabs the audience’s attention. You can see the women running on the well-known cancer ribbon weaving from one side of the poster to the other‚ looking almost like a path. Another way to look at the woman running‚ is as though she’s running towards the city of Des Moines. The pink and white lines

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    Old Woman

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    Speech Situation: The poet recalls a visit to an old couple; the old woman is helpless‚ and dying slowly. It is clear from the description that she has no quality of life. She is cared for by her husband who prays for her release from this life. Significance of the title: no definite article emphasises the universal nature of the experience Degradation of the old woman as this suggests she needs help. Simply eating to stay alive. Animal connotations. Simile – like an old horse. Useless

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    The Woman in Black

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    Unit 2 response to a live performance – The Woman in Black On Thursday the 28th February we went to see a production of The Woman in Black at York Theatre Royal. The Woman in Black is a thriller‚ which was taken from the novel by Susan Hill. It was about a solicitor who is sent to look at the legal documents of an old lady who has recently died in a large house. When the man checks the documents he is locked in and haunted by the spectral "woman in black" and slowly uncovers the horrific secrets

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    Is No Unmarked Woman”‚ Deborah Tannen explains it best through the statement that “There is no unmarked woman” (Tannen 412). No matter what hairstyle‚ clothes‚ shoes‚ or style a woman may choose to wear‚ every one of her decisions will convey a meaning to the public. “If a woman’s clothing is tight or revealing…it sends a message…If her clothes are not sexy‚ that too sends a message…” (Tannen 412). There are even instances where the clothes are not the cause of criticism‚ for a woman may be criticized

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    Yellow Wallpaper Essay

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    The Yellow Wallpaper‚ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a story about an extremely trapped and imaginative woman who only wishes to be able to be herself‚ she was a writer who only wanted to continue writing her excellent works. Though her husband wanted her to act like a true woman; who only tended to the child‚ cleaned the house‚ and only loved her husband. The narrator then contracted post-partum depression‚ put her into a very odd room with the most fascinating wallpaper full of patterns‚ this

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    Yellow Wallpaper Dialogue

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    To start with‚ one can analyze “The Yellow Wallpaper” by examine the dialogue used through the male point of view. Gilman makes a strong statement about males in society during her time period. Charlotte believes that really see women as children more than as actual people. One can see this when the Gilman says‚ “If a physician of high standing‚ and one’s own husband‚ assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression- - slight hysterical

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    The words “marked” and “unmarked” are used several times in Deborah Tannen’s‚ “There Is No Unmarked Woman”. These two simple words hold very strong meanings throughout this essay. Tannen gives many examples of how women in today’s society are constantly being “marked”‚ whether they try to be or not‚ and how men are therefore “unmarked”. This essay analyzes the ways in which society judge’s women as being marked by their appearance‚ and how men can have the option to choose to be unmarked. Tannen

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    CHARLOTEE PERKINS GILLMAN THE YELLOW WALLPAPER (1892) The cult of true womanhood defined women as “ladies”(pure‚ diligent). When we talk about American woman‚ we have to specify their religion‚ sexual orientation‚ race‚ social class (it is therefore essentialist to talk about “women” in general. Depending on the group which they are in‚ certain coordinates are applicable. The Yellow Wallpaper is about a white‚ protestant‚ heterosexual woman at the end of the 19th century in the higher middle

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