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    American view on women became clear. Many people began to write about the role of a woman and things the woman should be able to do. The cult of domesticity is one of the main outlines of the roles of a woman. It goes into the image of the ideal woman, a woman’s proper place in society, and lists some writings that will reinforce the cult of domesticity. It also goes into the four main principles that make up a true woman. The four main principles are stated as piety, purity, submissiveness, and…

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    • Both activist represent a liberated, conservative, and a balanced of both, of women in the society. Gloria Steinem typify of a liberated woman. She supported liberation of women in the pivotal era, and she fought equal rights for women. First, she enforced that men and women should share in supporting the family. In doing so, women are not trying to abandon the responsibility of a mother, but to be of service to the family as well. Also, she believes that men also should have equal…

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    to tell us something. I thought she was going to tell us that someone had died. Turns out someone did die, in a sense. Uncle Roger had decided that he was a woman stuck in a man’s body and he was finally, at the age of sixty-five, going to do something about it. My uncle had died and in his place was a woman named Antarie. At first I couldn’t comprehend what my mom was telling me, she was crying so much. She read us the e-mail that he had sent out to the…

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    shown to act darkly and enigmatic as well as being quick to judge. Although in Chanel’s “The one that i want”, the man in the advert breaks the conventions of masculinity; He’s shown to have a weakness, the regret of leaving his wife. At the theater, he’s shown to be crying but is trying to hide this vulnerable side which is unconventional for masculine men. Following on, the man in Chanel’s “Amelie” advert is shown actually to need a women and is trying to find her, which breaks the…

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    The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin explains the life of this amazing man in history. I this autobiography it focuses on the revolution years as one may expect to learn from this biography about Benjamin Franklin’s; origins, family and all the decisions and events that lead him to become the grandfather of the American nation. Due to the deep description of the situations that Benjamin Franklin went through and the different cities that he visited in this autobiography, draws a visual idea of…

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    In Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn, a woman fakes her death in order to leave her husband. She does this because she blames him for making her play a part for him in their marriage, and she wants him to pay. She feels as though, ever since she 's known him, she has been pretending to be the woman he wants instead of the person she is. While no such drastic measures are taken in “Crossroads: A Sad Vaudeville”, the woman does something very similar- she puts out a picture of herself that she has…

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    people must deal with these problems in many ways; however, the first step in overcoming these problems is realizing who they - the people - are as individuals, as demonstrated in the film Destino and the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. In the short film Destino, the female character spends her life searching for love. In the beginning of the film, she stares longingly at a statue of a man - who later comes to life; he is the same man whom she chases throughout the film. She originally…

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    during the 1920s to 1930s, were viewed as mothers or housewives. Their roles in society were minimal; woman had to cook, clean, and care for the children and their husbands. Women consistently had to maintain their appearance whether they were in the home or not. Men, on the other hand, were superior and the only voice in society, while women did not have much of a say. Ralph Ellison’s, Invisible Man, depicts the minimal roles of women in society and their mistreatment. Throughout the novel, the…

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    not of happened if he did not know of the outcome. The first prophecy that he is told is that he will become the king, this forces him to act and kill the king so he then becomes the king. The second prophecy is to beware Macduff knowing this Macbeth goes and raids Macduff’s whole castle killing anyone who gets in his way. Macbeth's apparition of no man born of woman causes his to be thinking that no man can slay him because all are born of woman. The outcome of Macbeth’s actions clearly…

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    advertisement that appears on television, magazines, or even newspapers serves more than one purpose. The first purpose would be to convince consumers to buy their product. The second role would be to express the gender roles of men and women. Steven Craig researched commercial advertisement that explains four types of gender roles, which are a Man’s Man, a Woman’s Man, a Woman’s Woman, and a Woman’s Man. A man’s man expresses masculinity and domination, but views women as an object. Men’s women…

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