The desire for power has been a compelling theme in plays for centuries. However, Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband displays something that most power-driven plays don't - the desire for many different kinds of power. Instead of every character struggling to control one common aspect of their lives, ea...

Stellar Stella After the reading of a play entitled A Streetcar Named Desire, written by Tennessee Williams, there was quite a discussion on what women thought of as the ideal man. Was Stanley Kawalski the type of guy women secretly yearned for their whole lives? Although many respons...

My Reader-Response to The Awakening In Kate Chopin's, The Awakening, Chopin told the story of a woman who struggled between leading the life of a conservative, traditional wife and mother or leading the life of an independent, fee-willed woman. The woman's name was Edna and she felt stu...

In today's society it is expected that one will come across female lawyers, doctors and even police officers. This has become common and expected, since women and men are equal and given the same chances for an education and receive the same job opportunities. However, many women had to fight l...

The tigers, which are representative of what women could be if they were not held back by the bounds of social expectations, are not fearful of any bonds which men might put on them, for they know that they are free. The use of the word "prance" to describe the activities of Aunt Jennifer's tigers...

Given a taste of your own medicine takes on a whole new meaning as Katherine finds herself having to speak to Bianca and the widow about how to treat their husbands. How very ironic it is that Katherine must now explain to the two women how to be an "ideal" wife in the eyes of their lordl...

After the Fall Arthur Miller has written many great plays in his life, such as A View from the Bridge ,Death of a Salesman ,The Misfits, The Crucible, and After the Fall. Out of all his plays it is said that After the Fall is the darkest plays he has written. I believe that t...

Shakespeare's Othello is commonly regarded as a work depicting man's ability to use his reason towards evil intentions. A lowly ancient in a general's army is able to destroy him through manipulation and deceit. But although Iago's deceit of Othello is undoubtedly a central the...

In 1840 leaders of the antislavery movement gathered in London, England. Among the Americans attending were woman. Yet, when they tried to take part in the actual meeting, they found themselves ignored and silenced. Men angrily claimed that it was not a woman's place to speak in public. They vo...