Essays on Woman

            Johannes Vermeer, born in 1632, was a Dutch genre artist whose works now are treasured, though in his lifetime and for a period after were not well known outside of his native land. His Woman Holding a Balance, an oil painting circa 1664, now in the Widener Collection of the National Gallery of Art,…

“Woman Holding a Balance” is an oil painting that was painted in the year 1664 by Johannes Vermeer.  I was in awe when my eyes first made contact with this beautiful painting. The painting is of a woman holding a balance that is used for weighing objects and symbolizing justice. The woman appears to be…

This verse form is written to state us the fact that no affair how much we think we can command the waies of life. but as clip base on ballss. we will be convinced to accept our fate. This is illustrated through an old adult female who tries to set up her life and the…

In the short story “A Sorrowful Woman” by Gail Godwin, she shows us how some women don’t always want the role of a mother and wife, some just want to be free. Godwin showed us this with a quote, “She tried these personalities on like costumes, then discarded them” (42). It also shows us that…

Title: A Wicked Woman Author: Jack London Main Character: Loretta – an innocent, attractive young girl who knows little of the word. She lives in the shadow of a sister whom, while very much loved by Loretta, acts as a limiting force in Loretta’s life. Her innocence and her sheltered life makes her quite gullible….

Women of our time are beginning to break into this male dominated news industry. A recent survey from Ball State University showed that 99% of all broadcast newsrooms have female employees and that now women make up more than 40% of the total broadcast workforce (Papper, 2005). That same survey unfortunately showed that only 10%…

In the novel Sula, by Toni Morrison we follow the life of Sula Peace through out her childhood in the twenties until her death in 1941. The novel surrounds the black community in Medallion, specifically “the bottom”. By reading the story of Sula’s life, and the life of the community in the bottom, Morrison shows…

Indian adult females voices have been silenced for ages due to assorted grounds. The modern-day Indian adult females are bold and knowing. They are thoroughly cognizant with their rights and responsibilities. They need to distribute their voices in order to beef up the female position. Through memoir genre. they are able to compose from a…

“You are all woman; yet your attire strangely becomes you. A pistol in your girdle, too. You remind me of a woman I once knew. She marched and fought like a man, and died of a pistol ball on the field of battle. She was dark where you are fair, but there is something similar…

Temple Grandin Temple Grandin, a woman who was diagnosed with autism at the age of three exceeds expectations, and limits placed on her as a child. Grandin has exceeded the expectation of not being able to talk to earning a PhD. Grandin developed an interest in livestock during her early life while spending time at…