Women in Classical Ancient Greece (5th Century BC) held an inferior social position to men. Although they were prominent in the Greek Mythology (Goddess of Wisdom Athena‚ Goddess of the Hunt Artemis) and writing such as Sophocles’ Antigone (441 BC)‚ the average woman stayed at home‚ spinning and weaving and doing household chores. They never acted as hostesses when their husbands had parties and were seen in public only at the theater (tragic but not comic) and certain religious festivals. Women
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Treanesha Dailey AP Lang/Comp -7th hour Othello Essay 1 April 2013 The Female Roles in Othello Each role that the women in Shakespeare’s Othello play illustrates different aspects of the female personality based off of the nature of their relationship. Desdemona plays the role of a woman who is dedicated to her marriage. Emilia role is of a woman trying to amend her faulty marriage‚ but eventually gives up having made a deeper connection with someone else. Bianca’s character is a representation
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but you rarely hear about women that did just as much as some men if not more. Women contributed to the civil war in ways that may be surprising because it is not acknowledged as much as it should be in history. All women helped fight in the Civil War in some way whether they were a part of the union‚ confederate or even if they were slaves. During the civil war women did a wide variety of things that were very helpful to both sides of the war. A lot of things women did to help with the war were
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The Roles of Three Women Social norms and expectations have transformed greatly in the past hundred years or so. This is evident in the writings of Gilman‚ Hurston‚ Faulkner‚ and Chopin. Each tale has a connection to the last‚ creating a range of similarities between different decades. Even if a story is written from a different culture or written during a different time period by a different social class‚ their stories are all linked in some way‚ shape‚ or form.
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women’s lives‚ roles‚ and statuses Michelle Shepard His 103 World Civilizations 1 Instructor: Jill Walsh March 25‚ 2013 Women’s lives‚ roles‚ and statuses changed over various early world history eras and culture areas in many ways‚ are comparative perspective‚ marriage/ divorce‚ education‚ and military‚ and it is amazing how the change in women since the stone age time women have been behind and were uneducated and the women stay at home and took care of the children‚ and the women would go out
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Gender Roles Throughout history men and women have been treated differently in many ways. For example‚ men have always been the hunters‚ protectors‚ and bases of their families‚ whereas women are the nurturers and caregivers for their family‚ and they still are to this day. Historically men have been the more dominant gender due to their greater physical size and strength. Women on the other hand have been more submissive due to the fact that they have to nurture and care for a child. These have
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| World Literature Essay | Role of Women in The Stranger and Metamorphosis | | Maria Fernanda Contreras | 6/17/2010 | | “The woman kept on crying” (10) – this ability to experience and express emotions is shown as something both the protagonists in both novels - The Metamorphosis written by Franz Kafka and The Stranger by Albert Camus – lack. Women are usually portrayed as the element of society who are more likely to show this ability which connects them to the world surrounding them
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The Role of Women During the ‘30’s The 1930s were dominated by one of America’s greatest economic crises and during this time millions of Americans suffered. Unemployment was common‚ seniors lost their life savings when banks collapsed‚ schools shut down and children went uneducated. During this time‚ women’s roles were mostly as homemaker and in the workplace remained traditional. Women were viewed as caretakers of the home‚ or working jobs such as nurses and teachers. Only 24.3 percent
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The Role of Women in Nazi Germany Women in Nazi Germany were to have a very specific role. Hitler was very clear about this. This role was that they should be good mothers bringing up children at home while their husbands worked. Outside of certain specialist fields‚ Hitler saw no reason why a woman should work. Education taught girls from the earliest of years that this was the lifestyle they should have. From their earliest years‚ girls were taught in their schools that all good German women married
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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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