Essays Tagged: "inferiority"

Georgia O'Keefe

her lifeGeorgia O'KeeffeDuring the early twentieth century, women suffered from discrimination and inferiority. An exception to this case was Georgia O'Keeffe, who captured the attention of the world ...

(3 pages) 351 7 4.1 Nov/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

About gender roles and feminism

ced to accept an inferior role by their parents and society, and they learn to believe in their own inferiority. Later in life they never feel that they are being made into objects, which are born to ...

(3 pages) 486 3 4.1 Mar/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Antigone vs Ismene by Sophocles

a freespirit, a defiant individual, while Ismene is content to recognize her own limitations andher inferiority of being a woman.In the Greek tragedy "Antigone", by Sophocles; Antigone learns that Kin ...

(2 pages) 89 0 3.5 Apr/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

should blacks separate or assimilate w/whites ?

pon the peculiarities of races, living harmoniously in one nation-state, and lacking superiority or inferiority. Consequently to posing this question one dictates that there exist certain boundaries b ...

(2 pages) 70 0 4.3 Aug/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

On Narcissism: Psychological Theories and Therapeutic Interventions in the Narcissistic Disorders

mself, rebuffing anyone whoattempted to touch him. Nevertheless, it is the underlying sense of inferiority which isthe real problem of the narcissist, the grandiosity is just a facade used to ... t illustrate the pattern discussed above. ' (1) a narcissisticindividual has a basic sense of inferiority, which underlies a preoccupation with fantasiesof outstanding achievement; (2) a na ...

(17 pages) 216 1 4.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

The Others

d, and belittled. I do not want to apply the feministic traces here; however, an explanation on the inferiority of "the others" in that respect seemed worthy, i.e., as women in a male chauvinistic soc ...

(5 pages) 56 0 3.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Was Origen's understanding of the Trinity heretical? Explain.

he Holy Spirit in order to interact with the earth and carry out God's graceful work strongly imply inferiority to the Father. Origen is successful in showing that this does not threaten the unity of ... l substance of his being"It is thus possible to see the difficulties of moving away from a sense of inferiority between personages within Origen's treatment of the Trinity. This essay began by calling ...

(5 pages) 52 0 5.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

How do both Carhlotte Brontë and Daphne du Maurier explore the dificulties faced by two young women in "Jane Eyre" and "Rebecca"?

iences cruel discrimination for the first time and is 'humbled by the consciousness of her physical inferiority.' Similarly, Mrs De Winter, untrained and inexperienced in a new world, is suddenly thro ...

(5 pages) 45 0 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Cultural identity of blacks from 1865-1940

al identity of blacks in the United States from 1865 through 1940 progressed from a racism based on inferiority due to bloodlines and biology to a racism centered on socio-economic policies and belief ... f blacks established in America's civic and national culture--particularly the idea of black racial inferiority outlined in theories of "racial science." Through rituals, blacks constructed collective ...

(7 pages) 199 0 4.4 Mar/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

How did the Nineteenth Amendment come to be part of our Constitution and why was it significant? A history of the female right's movement and the importance of the 19th amendment

n, they produced the Declaration of Sentiments, which protested the political, social, and economic inferiority of women. Four years later, the women's rights activists gained the much-needed support ...

(6 pages) 156 1 4.3 Mar/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Trail of Tears: An Account of the Cherokee Journey

tablished in the midst of another and a superior race, and without appreciating the causes of their inferiority or seeking to control them, they must necessarily yield to the force of circumstances an ...

(3 pages) 110 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Women's Role in Chinese History.

inese HistoryTraditionally, Chinese women were limited to a relatively small role in society. Women inferiority to men was heavily stressed since the feudal days of China. As stated by Confucian philo ...

(6 pages) 130 0 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Jealousy- What is it and what happens if you have it?

usy towards someone can show one of three things towards him or her: regard, contempt, or a feeling inferiority.Respect towards someone is one positive outcome of jealousy. Quite often, when one feels ... and powerful emotion that has a number of negative consequences also.Finally, jealousy can cause an inferiority complex to some people. This consequence, seen most often with celebrities, is where one ...

(1 pages) 56 0 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

To what extent was China's failure to effectively deal with the West up to 1842 a consequence of its traditional attitude to foreign states?

fectively deal with the West up to1842 is largely attributed to its traditional attitude of foreign inferiority. The Chinese had an innate and a deeply ingrained belief that they were the superior nat ... ve relationship with the West up to 1842 was largely due to China's traditional attitude of foreign inferiority. The Chinese attitude principally stemmed from a philosophy of an innate superiority, th ...

(7 pages) 64 0 3.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

How is one group or ideology privileged over another in this text? (race & ethnicity in heart of darkness.)

bestowed upon the setting of Africa - their home. After appearing in the narrative, the Africans' 'inferiority' is confirmed through the Europeans' adverse portrayal of them, demeaning and belittling ... survival of the fittest' in nature. This then lead to or furthered the belief of racial superiority/inferiority based on the human groups who could adapt best to different environments) grew rapidly d ...

(8 pages) 118 1 4.4 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

'The Other Side', 'Act of Union' and 'The Ministry of Fear'. The schizophrenia of the two Irelands and the question of cultural identity.

114. The Ministry of Fear 124.1 Structure 124.2 "Hobnailed boots from beyond the mountains" 134.3 'Inferiority' or 'Northern Irish Identity'? 155. Conclusion 166. List of Works Cited 176.1 Text 176.2 ... ow the existance of it, but the enthusiastic postulation "with no rights on the English lyric".4.3 'INFERIORITY' OR 'NORTHERN IRISH IDENTITY'?The iterated references to the "inferiority complexes" sup ...

(21 pages) 125 0 5.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"Women and Judaism" is about women's place in Orthodox society, and whether or not they are treated as inferiors

to men. There are reasons why women are expected to act this way, and they have nothing to do with inferiority. Many Orthodox women are treated as inferiors. This is because some people misinterpret ...

(9 pages) 124 0 4.5 Oct/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays

This essay compares Richard Wright's "Black Boy" and Baldwin's excerpt from "My Dungeon Shook." They both share common themes and events that relate to each other.

r that what they believe, as well as what they do and cause you to endure, does not testify to your inferiority but to their inhumanity and fear. ...it was intended that you should perish in the ghett ...

(4 pages) 40 0 4.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Running head: Narcissistic Personality Disorder Narcissistic personality disorder and its psychopathology. Treatments and overview of varies theories.

e himself, rebuffing anyone who attempted to touch him. Nevertheless, it is the underlying sense of inferiority, which is the real problem of the narcissist; the grandiosity is just a concealment used ... enhance their self-esteem or advance their purposes. A narcissistic individual has a basic sense of inferiority. Under this inferiority is a preoccupation with fantasies of outstanding achievement and ...

(25 pages) 292 1 4.5 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders

Geopolitical conflict in French Canada

shed into a pack of provinces whose mostly (Nunavut excluded) homogenous culture forces Quebec into inferiority.Britain established their presence in Canada after the French claimed land there. After ...

(4 pages) 51 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers