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  • Reconstructing the Black Woman

    Reconstructing the Black Woman

    Harriet Jacobs, as a black female slave, was able to successfully narrate her life story with earnest honesty while documenting the honorable and the shameful events from her past. Free black women from her time period had also published autobiographies about their own personal struggles as black women remaining virtuous, and maintaining a true Christian womanhood through the social adversities they faced daily. However, Jacobs chose to take a more honorable route by confessing all

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    Essay Length: 1,652 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Mikki
  • The Role of a Woman: Should Women Be Considered Equal to Men

    The Role of a Woman: Should Women Be Considered Equal to Men

    The Role of a Woman: Should women be considered equal to men Barbara Jordan, Janet Rino, Oprah Winfrey, and Condoleeza Rice; all women that have stepped outside of the traditional roles of womanhood and ascended to new levels of success paving the way for many women that followed in their footsteps. But how do we define the role of a woman? We must begin by examining the beginnings of the women’s suffrage effort. The women’s

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    Essay Length: 594 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Woman Who Walked into Doors

    The Woman Who Walked into Doors

    “The Woman Who Walked Into Doors” is a novel written by Roddy Doyle, set in Ireland in the early 1990s. This story combines love and violence and shows how the two can go together in one marriage. The story is written like a diary of Paula Spencer’s good and bad memories in her life and gives the reader the impression that Paula is sharing her life story with us and she is also narrating her

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    Essay Length: 902 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Bred
  • Woman and Abortion

    Woman and Abortion

    Woman and abortion has always been an issue concerning everyone else except the female who is having the child. Most US citizens today believe that abortion is the wrong way to go, the unborn fetus has no chance at life. It is against the Catholic religion to do this but many people have to do this. Abortions are usually wanted by the teenagers in our society, whether they had made a mistaken and forgot to

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    Essay Length: 523 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: regina
  • Mary Kay

    Mary Kay

    3. Discuss your thoughts regarding the effectiveness and difficulty of carrying out market research on a global basis. Consumer demand for value and convenience are now driving the global market, thanks to aggressive research. The acceleration of consumer lifestyles and a shift in power from supplier to retailer provides many companies an advantage over its competitors. One reason that global research is effective and has an advantage is because of the quality or superiority of

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    Essay Length: 929 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Vika
  • Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou

    Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou

    "Phenomenal Woman," by Maya Angelou, describes herself from her own point of view. Maya Angelou talks of her "inner mystery" and explains, to those who can’t see it, why men notice her. Using a very rhythmic rhyming scheme, she projects a strong self-confidence. Using phrases that describe her body help her to show that self-assuredness. Every action she makes, from "the stride in my step," to "the fire in my eyes", shows that she moves

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    Essay Length: 306 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Mike
  • Maya Angelou: Phenomenal Woman

    Maya Angelou: Phenomenal Woman

    Maya Angelou: Phenomenal Woman Maya Angelou’s poem Phenomenal Woman is very lyrical, as are many of her poems. This may have been influence by her career as a dance and Broadway actress. The character in this poem is a strong, confident woman. The woman described shares many of the same qualities as Angelou. Angelou is an imposing woman, at least six feet tall. She has a strong personality and a compelling presence as defined in

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    Essay Length: 449 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 17, 2009 By: Vika
  • Loss of Innocence in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

    Loss of Innocence in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

    Loss of Innocence in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Innocence, throughout time it is lost, varying from who and how much. Throughout the novel Frankenstein there is a central theme of loss of innocence, cleverly instilled by the author, Mary Shelley. This theme is evident in Frankenstein’s monster, Victor Frankenstein himself, and three other minor characters that lose their innocence consequently from the two major characters loss. Frankenstein’s monster is destined to lose all innocence as he

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    Essay Length: 1,157 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Top
  • Puritanism

    Puritanism

    The Puritans dream was to create a model society for the rest of the Christians.. Their goal was to make a society in every way connected to god. Every aspect of their lives, from political views and employment to recreation and dress, was taken into account in order to live a more pious life. But to really understand what the aspirations of the puritans were, we must first understand their beliefs. The Puritans believed that

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    Essay Length: 1,252 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Fonta
  • The Woman Who Had Two Navels

    The Woman Who Had Two Navels

    The Woman Who Had Two Navels Nick Joaquin's "The Woman Who Had Two Navels" revolved around the upper middle class expatriates' consciousness during the American period of colonization. It portrayed every character's struggle to maintain their "selves" in a foreign setting like Hongkong. It can also be defined as coming to terms with the political consciousness during that period. The novel also contained mixtures of hatred, love, anger, insecurities, and sufferings that manifest in the

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    Essay Length: 671 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Mike
  • Lise Meitner: The Under Recognized Woman of Physics

    Lise Meitner: The Under Recognized Woman of Physics

    Mehria Qarizada May 24, 2005 Physics Professor Fayyazuddin Lise Meitner: The Under Recognized Woman of Physics Lise Meitner was one of the first women who lead the world in the study and advancement of Physics. She was born to Philipp and Hedwig on November 7, 1878 in Vienna. Lise was surrounded by intellects all her life. Indirectly, her father’s profession as a lawyer and her mother’s socializing in the same circles as Sigmund Freud influenced

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    Essay Length: 1,055 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: Top
  • Issue: Communication Between Man and Woman

    Issue: Communication Between Man and Woman

    Issue: Communication between man and woman Communication is a crucial part of our daily lives which can be interpreted in various ways. Although, many couples think they have no problems communicating with each other; however, the issue among genders still exists. Learning to talk and listen can improve relationships in many ways. Therefore, Deborah Tannen, John Gray, Susan Page, and John Gottman focused on improving communication skills between genders. According to Deborah Tannen, a linguistic

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    Essay Length: 1,379 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Jack
  • Pocahontas and the Mythical Indian Woman: Reforming the Image Through Native American Fiction

    Pocahontas and the Mythical Indian Woman: Reforming the Image Through Native American Fiction

    POCAHONTAS AND THE MYTHICAL INDIAN WOMAN: REFORMING THE IMAGE THROUGH NATIVE AMERICAN FICTION Pocahontas. Americans know her as the beautiful, Indian woman who fell in love with the white settler John Smith and then threw her body upon the poor white captive to protect him from being brutally executed by her own savage tribe. The magical world of Walt Disney came out with their own movie version several years ago portraying Pocahontas as a tan,

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    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Jack
  • Emily Grierson: A Woman Gone Mad for Love

    Emily Grierson: A Woman Gone Mad for Love

    Jessica Murdock January 2, 2007 Emily Grierson: A Woman Gone Mad For Love To be able to choose your own partner in life is such an important issue for all of us. How can choosing a spouse for someone be a healthy situation for the people involved? When treated like a child, with no mind to think and act for ourselves, it is inevitable that one would go completely mad. In this fantastic story “A

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    Essay Length: 585 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Story of an Hour and a Sorrowful Woman

    Story of an Hour and a Sorrowful Woman

    Relationships are only successful when they are filled with love, trust and commitment to one another. When speaking specifically of marriage, these feelings should be exceptionally strong and the couple should experience unconditional love towards each other for the rest of their lives. However, time tells many couples that this is not always the case and that perhaps their love for one another isn't strong enough to mend their differences. Gail Godwin's "A Sorrowful Woman"

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    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: David
  • Puritanism in the Scarlet Letter

    Puritanism in the Scarlet Letter

    Abstract The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s representative work, is a classical novel in American literature in the 19th century. The novel displays Puritanism’s great impact on people's life and thought. This thesis will give a picture of puritans’ life and ideology through the analysis of the Puritan town Boston and some related characters, and introduce how the communities in the town are deeply influenced by Puritanism. Meanwhile, by analyzing the main character Hester, the thesis

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    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Yellow Woman

    Yellow Woman

    In this story the narrator, whose name is never mentioned, lives with her mother, grandmother, husband, and a baby in Laguna Pueblo. She is called to take a walk by the river, she feels her life is ordinary and she must take a break from it by going on a stroll by the river. There she is called to a stranger by her desire to be away from home and her husband. She does not

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    Essay Length: 443 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Bred
  • Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

    Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

    In her letter to her daughter, Lady Mary Montagu discusses the education of her granddaugther. In such analysis, she conveys her strong views about the role knowledge played in the lives of women in her time. By using several rhetorical strategies such as cause-and-effect and process analysis and stylistic devises such as aphorism, assertions and didatic, Lady Montagu has written a letter that depicts the crisis not only faced by the gererations of her time

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    Essay Length: 420 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: Anna
  • A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

    A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

    The eighteenth century brought about a great deal of change and a new-found interest in science and reason. Because of this, many great inventions, ideas and innovative theorists arose from this time period. Among them was a forward-thinking essayist by the name of Mary Wollstonecraft. In her book, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Wollstonecraft preaches her belief that the oppression of women is largely due to lack of female education. Although the term

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    Essay Length: 1,082 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: Edward
  • Why Woman Wait

    Why Woman Wait

    American women understandably fear dying from breast cancer, given the numbers who will contract the disease at some point. Breast cancer can be a devastating illness, striking women with no apparent risk factors, often in the prime of life. Many will be subjected to disfiguring surgery, long-term chemotherapy and perhaps weeks of radiation treatment. Their physical scars often pale in comparison with damage to self-image and sexuality, coupled with fear of recurrence or a painful

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    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: regina
  • Theres Something About Mary

    Theres Something About Mary

    Regret is one of the most powerful emotions human beings can experience. Regretting decisions that were made for a career or for buying a car or really any type of decision that afterwards plagues us is a common human occurrence. The worst type of regret is losing someone that we felt we had romantic feelings for and having the situation not work out to our hopes. It is this regret that plagues Ben Stiller’s character

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    Essay Length: 1,315 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Yellow Woman: Behind the Myth

    Yellow Woman: Behind the Myth

    Yellow Woman: Behind the Myth The Story “Yellow Woman,” written by Leslie Marmon Silko features a compelling blurring of the boundaries between myth and everyday experiences between contemporary Native American Life and ancient myths. In Silko’s Story, a contemporary Pueblo woman suspects that her liaison with a cattle rustler is a replay of the Yellow Woman legend, in which the woman is abducted by a spirit. The writer reflects in her writing the Pueblo belief

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    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: Fatih
  • The Turn of the Woman of the Century

    The Turn of the Woman of the Century

    The Turn of the Woman of the Century Before the turn of the century, women were under a strict defined role in society and in the home. Men were the decision makers in the household and determined the wife's role and her place in his "kingdom" and in society in general. Women were not allowed to participate in many things with men, such as education, religion and politics. Charlotte Perkins Gilman was one of many

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    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Mike
  • Woman Warrior Essay

    Woman Warrior Essay

    Woman Warrior Essay Maxine Hong Kingston’s novel, The Woman Warrior is a semi-autobiographical collection of short stories that chronicles her childhood in California. It gives the reader a feeling of how it feels like to be a Chinese American girl growing up with traditional parents in a world that is quite different from theirs. Throughout the novel, both she and her mother refer to the outside world as “ghosts.” The subtitle given to the book

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    Essay Length: 298 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Yan
  • Margaret Fuller’s "woman in the Nineteenth Century"

    Margaret Fuller’s "woman in the Nineteenth Century"

    Margaret Fuller’s Woman in the Nineteenth Century Margaret Fuller’s book Woman in the Nineteenth Century is written with the flowery, emotional language of the early Nineteenth century. It is often almost unbearable to read as Fuller attempts to use big words and backs up her ideas with the most outlandish citations. In all, one could probably get the same general idea after watching a bad re-run of Dawson’s Creek portraying the teens’ high school years,

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Wendy

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