Housewife

says, “Think I don't like to talk to somebody ever’ once in awhile? Think I like to stick in that house all alla time?” To many it seems as if she is just a flirty jailbait who is trying to get men in trouble, but in reality she is just a lonely housewife. Steinbeck uses Curly’s wife as a way to show that no matter what image people give off, or how flirty they may be, sometimes all they need is someone to talk to. Aside from her sweet talkative side, Curley's wife can be very straight forward…

Women’s Roles in Ancient Greece Women’s rights in ancient Greece varied from city to city state. However, most women in Ancient Greece had very few rights, and were usually always under the control of men. Women were not the dominant sex overall, confined to live in the shadow of men, but were undoubtedly the ruling sex when it came to work in a household. Urban living women sewed their family’s clothes, raised children, and often took up spinning and weaving. Greek women living in more rural…

Herbert James McKenzie’s last words were, “The life insurance is with the wills and the deeds in the top drawer of the office cabinet.” A sad epitaph for a man who survived Rommel, fought in the jungles of Burma and was a Military Policemen in post-war Palestine. He was the consummate soldier to the end, raised on discipline and order: a place for everything and everything in its place. Herbert had scrimped and saved for years, operating his business on a shoestring, driving a used car and…

skirts and leather jackets. “I wish I could have been alive in the fifties,” adolescent girl sighs. Although the imagery is captivating, it masks the female discontent of the Era of Affluence. What the nostalgic teenage girl does not see is the housewife confined to the kitchen, the overwhelmingly male workforce, or the absence of female government officials. Beginning in 1947 at the conclusion of World War II, the Cold War between the United States and Soviet Russia generated a slew of…

This particular scene from The Princess and the Frog is incredibly detailed and encapsulates the themes and messages of the movie. Although an entire paper could be written solely on the color symbolism is this particular scene, an introspective assessment of the lyrics is equally important in terms of hidden meaning. Every single line of lyric in the song is directed towards the film’s main themes of white privilege, gender expectations and roles, and regional culture. Starting with the first…

of blocking is when Nora danced the “tarantella” to distract Torvald from the mail. An example of business is when Nora hid the macaroons from Torvald in her pocket. My favorite character is Nora. I admire that she played the role of a happy housewife yet she was still able to do something dangerous and amazing, like saving her husband 's life by committing a crime. She is inspiring because she went against the status quo; she didn’t settle for the social norm. My favorite line from the…

In light of the Centenary celebration of World War One, the Australian Journal of Poetry have asked young Australians to explore, analyse and explain how poetry is representative of socio-cultural and historical contexts. Drawing on raw emotion, The Measure by Dame Mary Gilmore reveals Mary’s attitude and idea towards war’s futile nature and her value of women’s equality. Mary’s socio-Cultural and historical background surrounding war’s meaningfulness, Her views and ideals about Women’s…

The Premier’s ANZAC Essay Australian communities reacted to wartime pressures in divisive responses that caused disagreements in Australia. Wartime pressures are the influence or effect that war has on something or someone. Although some wartime pressures resulted in the uniting of Australian communities, the majority of these pressures caused Australian communities to separate such as the amount of death and casualties, the economy changing, war weariness and the Easter uprising. During World…

siblings and her father. Sandra is the only daughter out seven siblings in a traditional Mexican household. Parents, family, friends and heritage influenced Sandra Cisneros to be a successful writer. Sandra Cisneros’ childhood helped her overcome the housewife stereotype and become a successful writer. Sandra Cisneros grew up in Chicago in a family of nine. Out seven siblings, she was the only girl. Cisneros explains that her brothers thought it was "beneath them"(Cisneros 366) to play with a…

really took his time to differentiate between the stereotypes of Muslim women and what Islam revealed about women. Many western eyes portray Islam as oppressive towards its women. The stereotypes of Muslim women is they are covered from head to toe, housewife, abused by husband, practically a women with no rights. But, these views are expressed from a western television or newspaper point of view. This quote by Bailey really caught my eyes, “People with these views tend not to have really…