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    amendment was passed‚ women became more confident‚ stopped feeling like property‚ and realized that they could do more than just being a homemaker. Since men had left to go fight in the second World War‚ women needed to take over the work force. As the men began to return back to the states‚ some women refused to give up their current job. This resulted in women making up 23.6% of the American labor force. This jump primarily included single women‚ as only 10% of married women worked outside the home

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    topic? If yes‚ what is your topic. Yes‚ I have narrowed my research paper topic down to the contrasting the role of women in Athens and Sparta. 2)Are you thinking about a thesis to guide your research? (Remember‚ your paper should answer specific questions that will be answered in narrative of your major paper). Please present to me three possible thesis statements that will guide your paper or a final thesis if you have settled on one. I have been going through several ideas of what the direction

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    Gender Roles In Beowulf

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    Did you know that the poem of beowulf has a way different town then the movie because it has gender roles and it doesn’t show beowulf has much as a hero he was supposed to be. In this poem/movie it has a hero named Beowulf‚ it also explains the Angel Axtion beliefs how they lived also the way women were treated‚ how men ran the society. Through examining both movie and poem‚ the similarities and differences between Beowulf‚ Heroism and Gender roles is what was important to the societies that created

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    Furthermore‚ and even more important‚ women spoke out for the rights of all human beings. The legal statuses of women rights in times before the Revolutionary war were governed by state law and not on a Federal level. Considering this‚ the rights of women were dependent on where they lived or what their social status was within their region. “In every state‚ the legal status of free women depended upon marital status… they had the legal right to live where they

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    Gender Roles In Beowulf

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    Have you ever read a book that you really enjoyed? And then you watch the movie only to find that the directors decided change it up a bit‚ well in the Beowulf poem and movie‚ there were many similarities and differences that we can explore. The Beowulf poem is one of the oldest told stories in the world‚ the poem was originally told verbally by the Anglo-Saxon scops and not translated until much later‚ and was altered in some ways. The poem told of a brave‚ honorable‚ loyal and truthful hero who

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    hourglass shape with a tiny waist (Robert). Popular literature at that time began to praise women for their denial of food or small appetites. Female conduct books became wildly popular around this time. Conduct books were books that advised women on how to act around company‚ and some of the advice revolved around what should and should not be eaten in the presence of others (Robert). One way Victorian women would conform to this idealized body was through the use of corsets‚ a tightly fitting undergarment

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    When Beowulf returns victoriously to his homeland after the defeat of Grendel‚ one might expect that the text would praise him and celebrate his triumphs. This is indeed the case in lines 2163-2210‚ however the author also chooses this moment to reveal an unexpected aspect of the hero’s lowly past: that before he left for the Danish lands‚ King Hygelac and the Geat people “had never much esteemed [Beowulf] in the mead-hall”. A similar surprising moment arises just after our hero kills Grendel’s mother

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    Women's Role in Beowulf

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    Wealhtheow: The Role of Women in Beowulf Beowulf is an epic tale written over twelve hundred years ago. In the poem‚ several different female characters are introduced‚ and each woman possesses detailed and unique characteristics. The women in Beowulf are portrayed as strong individuals‚ each of whom has a specific role within the poem. Some women are cast as the cup-bearers and gracious hostesses of the mead halls‚ such as Wealhtheow and Hygd‚ while others‚ Grendel’s mother‚ fulfill the role of a monstrous

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    Women in Uniform and Out As the war raged across Europe‚ America came to the realization that in order to win they were going to have to change how they thought about women. During the first year of the war women were allowed to do very few jobs for the armed forces‚ this however changed the following year. America saw that it did not have enough man to do all the jobs that men were needed for and the only answer to this problem was to have women take over were they could. During the war a

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    The daily life of a woman in ancient Rome was very restricted. The sole purpose of women was to bear children and to look after these children and the family’s house. While upper-class women were allowed to and expected to attend social events‚ the lower-class rarely ever had a public life because they were working all the time. These aspects were often reflected in the way these Roman women dressed. An example of a Roman woman would be Paula. Paula was the wife of a senator to the emperor‚ which

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