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    which he does after he sent Hermes to tell Calypso to free him and she does which shows that she has a sense of decency despite her sexual ambitions to keep him on her island. After building a raft and sailing out to sea‚ he continues to receive bad treatment from Poseidon after he conjured up a storm that knocked him down into the water. Watching him being tossed like a rag doll around in the sea‚ a goddess named Ino‚ like Athena‚ showed a caring side for protecting Odysseus by providing him a scarf

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    This passage greatly shows the stark contrast between the two women‚ the demonization of the Oriental female subject and the innocence of the English one. Rochester’s narration of his life with Bertha paints a very negative portrait of hers. He tells Jane that he was bonded with a mad Creole woman that came from a Jamaican mad and degraded family‚ having “idiots and maniacs through three generations” and a mother‚ “the Creole…both a madwoman and a drunkard!” (JE 337). Apart from her insanity‚ his

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    Written task two: the role of women in Igbo society In Chinua Achebe’s “Things fall apart”‚ the women of the Igbo tribe may appear as an oppressed group with little power at first glance‚ and that fact is true to a certain extant. Nevertheless‚ this conception of the Ibo women seem to be simplistic once the reader notices the many roles the Ibo women are playing in their village throughout the novel. We can see such examples in the religion‚ where women play the role of priestess. As mentioned

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    The Portrayal of Women in Hamlet by William Shakespeare The portrayal of the women characters in Hamlet by William Shakespeare‚ illustrated stereotypical women based on a feminist’s point of view. Hamlet‚ the most famous play in the English language‚ was popularized by the best known poet‚ William Shakespeare. The play was probably written in 1601 or 1602. Shakespeare achieved artistic maturity in this work through his brilliant depiction of the hero’s struggle with two opposing forces: moral

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    though women lacked power‚ they were the main rock in their families. In Arthur Millerś‚ The Crucible‚ Elizabeth Proctor is one of those women. Through the play she stays very faithful and trustworthy towards her family. In The Crucible‚ Elizabeth Proctor is the hero opposed to John Proctor because she lied for good‚ she was humble about Proctor cheating on her‚ and she was accepting with Proctor dying for what he believed in. In The Crucible‚ women were a big part of the play‚ ¨Women who wielded

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    beginning of time society has portrayed men to be superior than women. Dating back to biblical times‚ it is well documented that the female figure is anticipated to carry the roles of caretaker‚ cook‚ mother‚ among other household duties. In addition‚ women were expected to be submissive and be the inferior of her husband; no voice of their own. It is evident that the setting of Susan Glaspell’s “Trifles” took place in an era where women were just seen as the “wife” of a male figure. Only females of

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    Before and now‚ women have never been treated fairly because they are seen as an object‚ less competent‚ less valuable and unworthy to be equal to men. Women have suffered different experiences that lead to them being traumatized for life. Sexual abuse is one of them. Women who have been traumatized by either rape or any other type of sexual violence‚ whether it was during wartime or just in the everyday world. They never had the chance to speak about their experience‚ because it has always been

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    The way females are treated in Battle Royale shows yet another example of the power difference between not only the government and women‚ but also women and men. First of all‚ most of the girls in the film are rendered weak‚ helpless and in need of protection. For example‚ Noriko is constantly protected by both Shuya and Kawada‚ which shows how she can’t be manage independently. There is also a group of weak girls gathered and hidden together at a lighthouse because they have hope that they can all

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    Chaucer had made his female pilgrimage made woman out to be seen with an evil inner core. He almost made women seem like theifs‚ as he talked about all they would take from men. They were shown in many circumstances to be vain‚ often like caricatures and not portrayed as real humans‚ selfish‚ and very untrustworthy. Chaucer had very opinionated views of the manners and behaviors of women and expressed it in a matter that was quite strong in The Canterbury Tales. In his tales‚ he showed specific version

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    the early 1800’s‚ there was a series of occurrences that influenced women across the U.S. The Women’s Suffrage Movement was a major turning point in the lives of women. There were many rights that woman were being deprived of during that 1800’s. Women were raped‚ abused‚ called names‚ sexually assaulted‚ and given poor education. They were underestimated in many different aspects and were thought to be incapable of making their own decisions. The ongoing attack and criticism against women was what

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