Esther as a Heroic Figure & Role Model 
.... minority within a foreign empire, just as Esther, as a
woman, is subject to .... Rosen complains that Esther is "a great and
heroic strategist--albeit of the bedroom ....
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Women in Sir Gawain & the Green Knight & Beowulf
.... Campbell, writing of the depiction of
woman in
heroic mythology, declares that she "represents the totality of what can be known. ....
(1708
7
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The Role of Women in Homer's The Iliad
.... Evolution from Divine to
Heroic in Greek Epic Tradition, Linda Lee Clader states that Helen represents the
heroic quest for possession of Helen the
woman (11). ....
(1894
8
)
Helen and Penelope in The Iliad and The Odyssey
.... The Iliad, therefore, tells the story of the manly
heroic ideal but demonstrates that such ideal relies heavily on the role of the
woman as a motivating force. ....
(1670
7
)
"A Worn Path"(Eudora Welty)
.... as well describes nearly every blade of grass on the trip, relating each to the efforts of the old
woman and so making the
woman even more
heroic and more ....
(1537
6
)
Conflict and Literature
.... Shaharzard uses her intelligence, and her willingness to use her body as a shield for other
woman against the brutality of men and so becomes a
heroic figure. ....
(725
3
)
The Psychology of Adolescence
In Robert Cormier's (1979, p. 117) novel, After the First Death, a central character is an 18 year-old
woman named Kate who "was not
heroic, her life had not ....
(722
3
)
The Psychology of Adolescence: The Case of Kate
.... of Kate In Robert Cormier's (1979, p. 117) novel, After the First Death, a central character is an 18 year-old
woman named Kate who "was not
heroic, her life ....
(730
3
)
Clytemnestra in Sophocles' Electra
.... the murdered Agamemnon that any of these three children turned out sane, much less good or even
heroic. .... She is everything a
woman, wife and mother should not be ....
(2223
9
)
Nazi Ideology & Women in Germany
.... other nation can boast. In the powerful Brunhilde we have a
heroic woman who fights a life-and-death struggle . . . or let us take ....
(2582
10
)
The Hemingway Hero
.... boy were there to help him, it is integral to his
heroic character that .... He eventually meets Catherine Barkley, a
woman who has also rejected traditional values ....
(1240
5
)
Medieval Societies
.... who is to be burnt at the stake because of his desertion and it is this
woman who reconciles him with Laudine. Lunette knows Yvain is
heroic, loyal and true ....
(2116
8
)
Medieval Societies
.... who is to be burnt at the stake because of his desertion and it is this
woman who reconciles him with Laudine. Lunette knows Yvain is
heroic, loyal and true ....
(2116
8
)
Honor in Chinese Society as Demonstrated Through Film
.... with conflicts in the real world that they would reach for the
heroic tendencies of .... She was regularly quoted as pointing out that a
woman's only concern was to ....
(2659
11
)
Women & the Environment in Cather's Work The Story of Woman and ...
.... struggles that her characters encounter or discusses the more or less
heroic adventure of .... In My Antonia, Cather shows a
woman beset by the worst features of ....
(9264
37
)
Patriarchy and Clytemnestra
.... stems from "The moral pressure which ensures compliance with this
heroic code is .... Nevertheless, we see that in Clytemnestra, a
woman who murders her husband ....
(2362
9
)
EJ Dionne
.... A
woman cannot be a little pregnant; a
woman cannot get part of an .... The left often seeks advantage by contrasting a
heroic and generous spirit ascribed to that ....
(1462
6
)
Two Works Dealing With Gender Roles
.... eyebrows with her blatant appreciation, as a white European
woman, of the .... indeed, everything about that young lady---comes from the
heroic tradition, probably ....
(1869
7
)
Female Desire in the Gothic Novel
.... Catherine is a young
woman who is unformed, and she is determining how .... a neighborhood lacking in all the necessary components of the
heroic romance, including ....
(1633
7
)
Female Desire in the Gothic novel
.... Catherine is a young
woman who is unformed, and she is determining how .... a neighborhood lacking in all the necessary components of the
heroic romance, including ....
(1633
7
)
Literature & the Female Perspective Written by a Woman
.... of O Pioneers!, which like "Tommy" is told with a young
woman, this time Alexandra Bergson, the principal focus of action. Alexandra's near
heroic strength of ....
(9458
38
)
Willa Cather & the Feminist Perspective Written by a Woman
.... of O Pioneers!, which like "Tommy" is told with a young
woman, this time Alexandra Bergson, the principal focus of action. Alexandra's near
heroic strength of ....
(9458
38
)
The Action Hero
.... The film style of the silent film lends itself to this broad
heroic attitude. .... for the romantic scenes as Zorro dazzles the women--and one
woman in particular ....
(2066
8
)
Virgil Aeneid
.... between the hero and heroine does demonstrate that even the most
heroic, dutiful Roman .... Rome more as its main character than anyone in the story,
woman are seen ....
(1304
5
)
Women and Murder in the Victorian Era
.... Even critical examinations of the Victorian sensation novel tend to focus on
heroic, victimized, and justified characters--Collins's
Woman in White is a ....
(1969
8
)
The Mexican Cinema
.... Actress Maria Felix plays a more openly
heroic woman in Hidden River in 1947, the beginning of what is usually cited as the Golden Age from 1947 to 1959. ....
(5008
20
)
A Rose for Emily
.... "A
woman who, alive .... Both West and Strandberg argue that Emily's decisions and actions are
heroic, and that the
heroic theme is necessary to understanding the ....
(1612
6
)
Heroism in Voltaire's Candide
.... longed for Cunegond through many adventures, Candide ultimately marries a
woman who is .... and cultivating his own personal garden is the most
heroic act possible. ....
(744
3
)
19th Century Women
.... In her world, a
woman is expected to marry and then to subsume herself to .... She marries Charles Bovary with pictures of a romantic and dashing
heroic figure in ....
(1121
4
)
Soviet Women During WWII
.... exemplary. The stories of extraordinary women who fought for their country are many. Another
heroic woman was Major Anna Nikulina. As ....
(2596
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