The Wife of duplicity

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   07/16/2008   |   .doc   |   3 pages
Document abstract : « Chaucer and the Church's politics. The wife of duplicity The Wife of Bath s Tale, from Geoffrey Chaucer s The Canterbury Tales , was a veiled social critique. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «The Wife of Bath's.. The meaning of the tale.. Symbolism in the Wife of Bath's.. Chaucer and the Church's politics. ....»

Exploring gender role construction and conflicts in Niebelungenlied, the 13th Century German warrior epic

History & geography   |   Medieval history   |   Term papers   |   04/27/2009   |   .doc   |   10 pages
Document abstract : « the spot to his enemies, Kriemhilt, Siegried s wife, assumes clear responsibility, within the story, as a result of her unwitting duplicity towards identifying ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introductuon. The Niebelungenlied. The two parts to the text. Feminist reading applied to the material. The feudal order in the late Roman period. The emergence of a literature of female mystics. A key problem that Siegfried faces . A possible...»

Forming and performing the female identity in Daniel Deronda

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Presentation   |   09/25/2008   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : « upper classes were expected to occupy solely the roles of wife and mother At those times of duplicity, Gwendolen s uncultivated self becomes most visible, as if ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The works of George Eliot and their examination of the way English institutions required performances of nationality.. The most seductive trait of Femininity.. The fascination of Gwendolen's character.. Another aspect of Victorian...»

Shakespeare in vegetable underpants: Peter Stein and Peter Zadek's opposing approaches to Shakespeare

Arts & media   |   Film studies   |   Presentation   |   10/07/2008   |   .doc   |   9 pages
Document abstract : « glee and outrage from the shocked audience; Othello, straddling his wife in a the use of masks, and their concealed faces revealed their voyeuristic duplicity. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The moral and bodily demolition which World War II left behind.. Multi-media images of cult icons once regarded as heroes and the reinforcement of the idea of a culturally-made and marketed ?hero.?. Zadek's commitment to taking...»

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