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Carole King and Carly Simon are two of very few female individuals who played critical roles in the popular music scene from the 1950s-1970s. As young women, King and Simon were limited by the social norms of relationships between men and women and stereotypes and expectation for women. While they came from dissimilar backgrounds that yielded different paths to success, it was the claiming of their independence as artists and women that helped them come into their own and allowed them to create…

I argue that the Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Gilman, and Angels in America by Tony Kushner, both confront the sexual politics of the husband-wife relationships. As much as we may want to believe that inequality is a thing in the past, inequality is very much still present. The stories both symbolize unhappy wives, who not only are in agony, but both women are in torment and feel oppressed in their relationships. According to the novels, women have always come second to the male population.…

their stories are dissimilar creating distinct atmospheres, comparatively, Lola, comes across as someone who is frustrated and angry, because she prefers perfection over and above everything else. At the same time she rebels and struggles with her female identity in a male dominated society. Sepulveda Fremio mentions, “Yunior replicates moreover Trujillo’s macho ideology when he repeatedly reduces Beli to her body, to an object that attracts…

In Albert Camus’ novel, “The Stranger”, the absurdist themes of the meaninglessness of human life, living in the moment, irrationality, and lack of conformity to the values of society are best exemplified through the relationships that the protagonist, Meursault, has with those around him. Camus’ characterisation of his anti-hero makes us question the way we must fit into other people’s expectations of our own behaviour, thus forcing us to lie in order to find a secure place within society.…

Female beauty standards play an effective role by in today’s men society. The TV models on the fashion shows and the make-up products on the magazines create a competition between the members of the female community, which creates some social differences among individuals. Females feel that they will become unattractive or even a spinster, if they don’t carry the properties of the community’s ideal body. They think that it is necessary to be beautiful in order to get the perfect and socially…

In Karen Russell’s short story “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” she uses the epigraph, which is based off a book named “The Jesuit Handbook on Lycanthropic Culture Shock”, to show the reader what the wolf-Girls should be thinking or acting like during that stage. An epigraph is a quotation at the beginning of a text or a section of a text suggesting the text’s theme or central idea. In Stage One Karen Russell shows this by devolving the majority of the characters in this stage.…

Vita of Life of Leoba: Gender Roles during the Charlemagne Dynasty The Carolingian hagiography “Life of Leoba,” written by Rudolf of Fulda, exemplified gender relations in early medieval Frankish culture and society. Rudolf of Fulda in the vita of Leoba depicted the expected roles of women during the ninth century. The main purpose of Rudolf’s vita was to prove Leoba's worthiness of sainthood and to set a precedent for all Christian women to follow; furthermore, through overcoming the…

are kept separately, romance and work should be too. Office romances should be forbidden so there’s never a conflict of interest at work. In Straight Man, Hank struggles with being faithful to his wife, as he’s frequently found flirting with his female co-workers. While Hank doesn’t work with his wife, he flirts with the idea of office romantics between himself and…

enforces the idea that women have to maintain “pure” in order to receive a husband for social justification then have to be sexual beings for the purpose of reproduction. Even in western society this is affirmed with the constant need for the debate of female contraception’s and the constant shaming of women who are perceived as being open. The…

There are many wonderful short stories in the world about amazing role models. However, it is very hard to show what it takes to be an amazing person to look up . On the other hand, in the story, “ The Marble Champ,” by Gary Soto, a girl named Lupe who is not very athletic discovered the sport called marbles, and in doing so she shows what it takes to be a good role model with flying colors. She shows what it takes to be a good role model by being intelligent, a hard worker, and a good sport.…