Tennessee Williams' play, A Streetcar Named Desire revolves around the male-female dynamic, as most of the other writings of the American playwright. In this sense, the relationships that develop between Stanley Kowalski on the one hand, and the two sisters, Stella Kowalski, his wife and Blanche Du...

How does Shakespeare dramatically present power and authority in the relationship between men and women in Much Ado about Nothing? One of the key explorations of power and authority in "Much Ado About Nothing" is the relationship between Hero and Leonato as father and daughter. The play...

Compare the ways in which Alice Walker and Jeanette Winterson reveal the impact of strong women on the lives of Celie and Jeanette. In both books there are strong women who affect the lives of the narrators in many different ways. Shug and Sophia are used as tools to shape and mould of Celie&a...

The Female Power of Carmilla The short story "Carmilla" by Sheridan Le Fanu must have been an extremely controversial piece when it was first published. The topics in Le Fanu's tale were not ones that appeared very often in the literature of the period in which it...

In the early nineteenth century, women throughout the nation were reluctant to speak out. Inferior to the male population, their actions, voices, and thoughts were submissive and invisible. Seen as objects, few women contested to the plight that cemented them until the late nineteenth century. In 18...

"I do not want to be the angel of any home; I want for myself what I want for other women, absolute equality. After that is secured then men and women can take turns at being angels. "(Agnes Macphail, 1921) Agnes was the only woman in the House of Commons in 1921 and was elected in the first elec...

A key element of both Medea and the School for Wives is the power and position of women in male dominated worlds. For the writers of the time, the style and techniques used to portray these women on the same level as men, would unquestionably have been provocative. Generally speaking, the social wor...

It may not always begin as a conscious decision, but it remains clear that there are strong influences on works stemming from previous writings that manifest themselves in major concepts that have undergone changes across time. We can see multiple instances of these influences between Nicolo Machia...

Love is, not surprisingly, one of the most frequent themes in all literary creations and especially in poetry. As such, throughout the centuries, love has been represented in many different ways in poetry, according to the specific aspect that the poets were trying to communicate. The two chosen poe...

?The colonial era was thought by many to be the "Golden Age" for American women. This was a time where women had little, if any, rights other than their husband's, but the work that these women did was considered of great economic importance. Women were considered of great importance when it came to...

The Victorian woman was the "old maid, fallen woman, and the angel in the house" (Claire Kahane, 5), all rolled into one. This same Victorian woman "captured the complicated effects of the era's attempt to control the representation of women's nature" (5). In the 1880...

Men and women communicate differently and often misunderstand each other because of it. Throughout the years people have shown interest in the different communication styles between men and women. People have studied, read, and wrote about the differences. Some of the well known writers who speci...

The Duality of Reality "This is a man's world" screams out James Brown over the airways amidst the political turmoil of the 1960's. He croons about the disproportionate responsibilities and opportunities between men and women. In the sixties, as well as recently, women have fought ...

People read The Bible for many different reasons, such as it is just a part of their faith so they have to. Others read it because the stories are interesting, and still others read the stories because of the moral and ethical messages the stories convey. Many people, when reading The Bible, do n...

A Room of One's Own Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own" broke new territory in suggesting that the reason there were very few acknowledged women's writers at this time was because women lead hard lives in comparison to men and that the conditions needed to produce...

Many works of contemporary American fiction involve one individual's search for identity in a stifling and unsympathetic world. In "Sula," Toni Morrison gives us two such individuals. In Nel and Sula, Morrison creates two individual female characters that at first are separate, grows toge...

At the present rate of development, according to many scientists, the world will reach critical mass sometime within the next fifty years. With these doomsday predictions, many development models have come under scrutiny for their shortsightedness and lack of environmental concerns. Over the p...

"Poetry, Passion, and Power: The Lyrics of Andal-Goda and the Music of Goda Mandali," Vasudha Narayanan & "Mirabai: Inscribed in Text, Embodied in Life," Nancy M. Martin-Kershaw This is a summary and reaction to the above articles, both of which have similar foci in that they each dis...

1. Main Arguments a. Since current sex discrimination laws are not based on constitutional amendments, are poorly enforced and are subject to interpretation. An Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution is the only way to ensure the consistent enforcement of laws protecting the rights of women....

A Room of One's Own Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own" broke new territory in suggesting that the reason there were very few acknowledged women's writers at this time was because women lead hard lives in comparison to men and that the conditions needed to produc...

In early 19th century America, the Second Great Awakening was not only a powerful and radical religious movement but also a vehicle by which women could strengthen their role in religion and ultimately society. With a shift from a predominantly agricultural to industrial society, the birth of the...

Kate Chopin's novel, The Awakening, is about a young woman, Edna Pontellier, who is full of dreams and emotions. She is married to Leonce Pontellier, who is a successful businessman. Their marriage is an amicable but loveless one. The story opens at Grand Isle, a summer home where Edna mee...

During the nineteenth century women were viewed as homemakers, not able to perform in society with men. They were degraded and debased by men to believe that they were worth almost nothing, only worthy of bearing children. This superfluous male domination lead to many women feeling trapped in thei...

Throughout history, humans have thought of ways to improve the many types of technology. Not only has technology created many differences between the lifestyle of each generation to that of the next, but it has changed the way the world views gender relations. Through the movies Starship Troopers a...

David Williamson's play Brilliant Lies explores the dynamics of sex and power, questions right and wrong and delves to try and find the truth. An attractive young woman accuses her former employer of harassment and unfair dismissal, demanding compensation of $40,000. Our view of the truth of th...