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    caused by Iago’s deception which he incites Othello to kill Casio and Desdemona. During this time, women is oppressed by men and the society, which is not demonstrated in the play directly, but Shakespeare implicitly raises the concept of feminism with three female characters, Desdemona, Emilia and Bianca; besides, Shakespeare also used this tragedy to show that the main cause of women's oppression is patriarchy, a system of society which men are the priorities. Desdemona, Emilia, and Bianca are

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    Female Oppression: A Woman’s Vindication for Her Rights During the 18th century, the lives and treatment towards women differed greatly from women compared to today. The liberties and accommodations for women that we are accustomed to in our modern age did not exist back then; and when it came to what women were allowed to do in the 18th century, men typically governed and made all of the decisions. Writer and activist Mary Wollstonecraft defended the rights of women; and instead of merely falling

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    image of women in the during the play period as it relates to the oppression of women. In Othello, there are three female characters: Desdemona, Emilia, and Bianca, each of which played a major role in the plot. In this essay, I am going to discuss how Shakespeare uses this imagery of women within the play to give clues to how society views and oppresses women within the play.He does this by attempting to rewrite female subjectivity, touching on false accusations of adultery as a way women violate

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    Female Oppression in the 1890s Today women in developed countries enjoy many freedoms from social stigmas and oppressions in the work force, although, they are still not completely equal to their male counterpart. There are still women being paid less than men doing the same job and there is the idea that prices for female products are raised slightly higher than it is for men for the same products; however, this does not compare to the kind of oppression women went through in the 1890s. Charlotte

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    In Medea, Euripides challenges the taboo of writing and speaking up for the women of ancient Greece which resulted in the unpopularity of Euripides’ work. He wrote about a female character who is socially mistreated and that performs barbaric actions that are usually seen from victims of unfair abuse. Medea is the female character who can be perceived to have gone mad due to extreme suffering later resulting in a surprising element of Greek tragedy that turned heads during this time period. Euripides

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    Pornography: The Modern Day Construction of Women’s Oppression A close examination of the intricate relationships between: gender, sexuality, social hierarchy, ideology, power and objectification is necessary to prove that the pervasiveness of pornography in today’s society serves as a means for the construction of women’s oppression. It becomes clear that pornography is the grease that relegates women to a second-class status when its effects are fully actualized. On the other hand, some argue

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    hundreds of women are mentally mobbed. Causing a remarkable effect on society and where it’s going. Society is unaware of daily event that trigger oppression towards women. Resulting with lack of confidence against the opposite gender. Because of this effect a thin line separates two distinctive types of people. This change of motivation and ethic has more consequences than it appears to be. Women are pressured and this needs to stop. Raising children as if there is nothing wrong about how women are perceived

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    affected by the countless stereotypes forced upon them; from a small age they are told not to cry or not use a certain color marker. These gender roles can seriously damage the way that child thinks and how they control their emotions. On the other hand, women have been oppressed since the dawn of time they have been excluded and discriminated against, treated like the most fragile glass in the universe. In the western world where rights claim to be equal among all, many of these equalities are twisted to

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    character felt they could be free from the oppression and pressure from her husband and society was by setting her soul free into the ocean. Oppression of women in the 1800’s led to their rights being limited, literature revealing men’s perception of women, and the idea of a mother-woman. Due to men continuously misinterpreting women in their literary work (“Feminist criticism and literary history”), women started reading their work and analyzed how the women were being perceived. According to the “Feminist

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    Critical Essay The experience of black women’s resistance reflects power and unity against oppression. Black women confront two types of oppression: sexism and racism. Intersectionality can both strengthen the foundation of white supremacy while simultaneously break it down if used strategically. Through unification and relentless effort, black women have found the avenues to shake white supremacy to it’s core, starting multiple revolutions and moving both oppressed groups forward. The cases of Betty

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