Part one of term paper
After centuries of conforming to female stereotypes created by men, women are slowly taking control of their own image making. Image of being equal to the men and being able to face the reality of life on their own, without men’s support. Within the short story “The Harp”, written by Carol Shields, the author gives us a clear example ...

Part two of term paper
... to understand the history as well as the present. In the early decades, the social role assigned to the women is that of serving an image, authoritative and central, of man: a woman at first and foremost a daughter, a mother/ a wife (Feldman 7). The man was the one who protected the family from poverty and provided with all the great needs. Mark Feighen Fasteau once said that: [T]he male machine is a special kind of being, different from women, children and men who don’t measure up. He is func ...