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    Resolution passed on January 26‚ 1931. When the history of India’s fight for Independence comes to be written‚ the sacrifice made by the women of India will occupy the foremost place - Mahatma GandhiJawaharlal Nehru had remarked‚ when most of the men-folk were in prison then a remarkable thing happened. Our women came forward and took charge of the struggle. Women had always been there of course but now there was an avalanche of them‚ which took not only the British Government but their own menfolk

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    Exploring their Rights and Encountering Change: Women of the 1920s World War I and the 1920s play a very important role for the rights and independence of women. Now‚ many of you may be thinking "how?". It was a major role changing event for the lives of the women. Women began to grow independent‚ they got a right to work and vote. They got freedom. But what were the events that led to the freedom and independence of the women? During World War I many men had to leave their jobs in order to serve

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    1) What is the role of women in the novel? Make specific references to female characters. What does this tell us about the Kravitz world? In Mordecai Richler’s novel‚ The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz‚ women are represented to have a lower class than men. The women who are present in the novel include Yvette Durelle‚ Ida Kravitz‚ Minnie Kravitz‚ Linda Rubin and Sandra Calder. Each of these female characters are seen as helpless individuals unable to bear for themselves and left unsuccessful

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    The role of women is a very important topic in "The Epic of Gilgamesh‚" and various women are chosen to represent various aspects of the mesopotamian conception of women. In the ancient times males were inessential to the preservation of life. "The Epic of Gilgamesh" shows how the inability of males to give birth causes a sense of despair and alienation. While the representation of women might seem confusing at first with its wide range of traits‚ the epic tries to demonstrate all aspects of women

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    Throughout many pays and novels‚ women have had important roles of helping form the main characters‚ in the way they think‚ move or change the story. Women have always been subordinate to men all through history‚ but in plays‚ novels‚ short stories‚ etc‚ they have been given large enforcing roles‚ showing the power within women. William Shakespeare and Sophocles use guilt‚ pride‚ and influence to demonstrate the importance of the women’s role to support the main characters in both the plays of Macbeth

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    The Role of Women in Perfume and The Assault In most cases‚ women are portrayed either as mother‚ lovers or people that fulfill men’s sexual needs. Both Perfume by Patrick Suskind and The Assault by Harry Mulisch is no exception. However‚ the reader might notice that in both novels women are portrayed in a flat‚ two-dimensional way and yet‚ paradoxically‚ have a significant symbolic value. The women of these novels seem to project the protagonists’ needs for these kinds of love and without

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    Mahfouz is a novel about a street full of colorful Egyptians coping with life towards the end of World War II. The role of women in marriage and Egyptian society is clearly shown in the novel. The traditional gender roles in Egypt began to shift during the novel. Due to the war‚ women started to go work‚ for example Hamida’s factory girl friends in Midaq Alley. Additionally‚ many of the women in Midaq Alley hold power over men. Husniya is strong and fierce‚ and reverses the common trope of domestic abuse

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    In the text Mythology by Edith Hamilton‚ women are portrayed as being property and objects. During this time women were seen to be not as "good" as men. They saw perfection in relationships between men and young male adults as the best relationships to have. However‚ homosexuality was frowned upon. Men were considered knowledgeable and educated‚ but women were seen as a burden placed on man by the Gods. When it came to women nothing was valuable about them but their beauty. When a woman was beautiful

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    common knowledge that women‚ throughout history‚ have been subservient to men. This is proven through art‚ music‚ literature‚ and historical events. When reading Homer’s The Odyssey or Valmiki’s The Ramayana it appears that at face value‚ once again‚ the women within these tales are trapped beneath the patriarchal rule. While I am not disputing this—as there are perhaps thousands of scholarly works supporting this statement—I would like to politely disagree that these women were allowed no freedom

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    space given to Jamila in the book is modest‚ but her role as a character is very important because she was basically the one that allowed Amir and her daughter Soraya to converse and later conveyed her admiration for Amir to her husband the General Taheri. Jamila plays the role of a typical Afgan wife and mother‚ she obeys her husband without a question and wants nothing more than to see her daughter married. She is a loving mother but also a women of a sensitive‚ subtle and creative nature. Jamila’s

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