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    New Woman In Dracula

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    “New Woman" Bram stoker‚ in Dracula‚ showed his point of view of women. He represented Mina as a traditional woman who is quite passive and submissive. On the other hand‚ he represented Lusy and the three beautiful vampires who are active‚ voluptuous and sexually aggressive. When he was born in 1850s‚ the era of "Victorian Noon"‚ the society was about to face the radical changes in the culture and politics so the position of women who were educated was getting improved in the society. However

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    Old Man and the Sea

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    object. Hemingway’s work "The Old Man and the Sea" is notable for its use of symbolism; the novel revolves around two major symbols: the old man and the sea. Besides that‚ some other objects that are described in the novel also have their symbolic meanings‚ such as Manolin‚ the marlin‚ the shark‚ the lion‚ etc. The Old Man and the Sea is a novel of much symbolic and the thesis of this research paper is the analysis of the many different usage of symbolism in the novel “The Old Man and The Sea”. “We can’t

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    Experience of Being a Woman All throughout history‚ we see a trend between the greatest rulers and most powerful figures of all time; they are almost always men. Men have always been the world’s Kings and leaders‚ and have been expected in history to look after their families and provide for them. While the good kings of time had their ladies by their side‚ we rarely see in history a woman being put in the highest position of power. However‚ the last few decades of history have seen women gather

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    Pygmalion and Pretty Woman

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    "I feel just like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman except for that whole hooker thing." It’s no surprise that Laney‚ the speaker of these words and heroine of 1999’s She’s All That should feel that way. She could have just as easily said that she felt like Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady because She’s All That is the latest example of a series of movies based on the Pygmalion myth‚ an occurrence that illustrates Hollywood’s long fascination with this myth. The original Pygmalion story is found in Ovid

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    Liepke Reclining Woman

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    A study of Egon Schiele’s drawing‚ Reclining woman and Malcolm Liepke’s painting‚ fitting the gown presents women as respected figures‚ despite depicted as erotic and sexual the artworks of both artists have highlighted sexuality and cultural symbolism of cultural symbolism. Whilst Schiele’s drawings are graphic and provocative‚ frequently modeling nude women‚ the embrace of physical distortion highlights his genuine obsessiveness and adoration of women in contextual society. In contrast‚ Liepke’s

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    individuality. The “Woman” character‚ Kleeman’s protagonist‚ may reflect on her mind not being in the right place‚ while society represents the antagonist‚ with its constant disappearing of objects. The character goes on talking about things disappearing when she is metaphorically talking about losing herself. In the beginning of the story‚ the “woman” talks about losing her pet cat. This cat represents the start of everything disappearing‚ which is the wakeup call for this “woman”. She finally realizes

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    woman and political status

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    Woman and Political status According to UN women executive Michelle Bachelet (2012)‚ ‘’Democracy grows stronger with the full and equal participation of women”. Today‚ as women form half of the world population‚ their voices are still lacking in politics. According to UN women (2011)‚ worldwide‚ less than one in five members of most parliaments is a woman. And women make up less than 10 percent of world leaders. Simply turn on the television and one will find that most world leaders are men

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    Sky Woman Myth

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    of the downward descent from the upper worlds down into the lower worlds akin to the movement from higher levels of conscious awareness toward the lower states of being. Falling into the earth‚ Sky Woman must slow down her vibrations to match those of the physical earth vibrational state. As Sky Woman falls through the earth‚ she is rebirthed into a new world‚ new environment‚ and new creatures. She is forced to surrender into the fall with literally nothing to grasp

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    Tootsie: Woman and Dorothy

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    character Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman) when he tells Julie Nichols (Jessica Lange) that he was "a better man as a woman‚ and I need to learn to do it without the dress." "I was a better man with you as a woman than I ever was with a woman as a man. Know what I mean?" Dorothy also known as Michael Dustin Hoffman character has great depth to it as I look at it. Dustin’s portrayal as a woman starts out as an effort to prove he can find work and secure a sought after role. The role advances to the point

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    It is through the enriched poem China… Woman Oodgeroo explores the aspect of life within different cultures and their inextricable link between their ancient cultures and their identity today. “the great wall‚ twins itself… like my rainbow serpent” It is through this imagery that places the audience to view the close connections each culture has to their ultimate ancestry. Comparing her aboriginal identity to China’s culture‚ explores story telling however‚ ultimately‚ allows the audience to make

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