Category: Gender Roles

Women Roles in the Novel Pride and Prejudice When Pride and Prejudice was being written by Jane Austen in 1811, Europe was amidst the Victorian Era. England was encountering a Pax Britannica, which permitted their economy, government, and populace to increment and extend. The populace increment was expected to a limited extent to the enslavement…

Female Characters in Virgil’s Poem: Analysis of Roles of Roman Women in The Aeneid Key mortal female characters described in The Aeneid heavily influence his journey, and Goddesses who hold positions of power and influence within the world the poem is set in. Although it is common to have Goddesses play roles in such literature,…

Women Roles In The Yellow Wallpaper In today’s society, there is a division based on gender roles. Gender roles are what society expects based on the sex of the person. For example, a male is classified as self-confident and aggressive while a female is friendly and emotional. During the late nineteenth century, gender roles were…

Ambitions, Guilt And Gender Roles In Macbeth Literature stages as a form of expression for individual composers. Some works mirrors our modern society, as they continue to shape and teach individuals. Playwright, William Shakespeare, with his 1606 Macbeth, tragedy play as a representation of the 17th century Jacobean era, explores the atrocities within the darker…

Male Attitudes towards Women in Othello Shakespeare as well as other renowned writers during the Elizabethan time profusely explore the theme of controlling natures of men towards women in their works to highlight the strict patriarchal values of Jacobean society. Desdemonas subservience acts as a signifier of the control men had over women. The concept…

Othello’s Male to Female Relationships in the Elizabethan Era Male to female relationships is a common topic in literature. The women were known as supporting the men in their positions of higher authority and taking care of their family. Othello by Shakespeare is a great example of relationships. In the play, it shows the acts…

Female Roles In Medea And Macbeth Female characters in gothic texts both challenge and reinforce prevailing standards of gender difference within the patriarchal society at the time that they were written. In Macbeth and Medea, both Shakespeare and Euripides portray women as a symbol of defiance, challenging the gender constructions and the male-dominant system by…

Complexity Of Marriage And Gender Roles In Their Eyes Were Watching God By Zora Neale Hurston Introduction to Janie Crawford’s Marital Journey Zora Neale Hurstons novel Their Eyes Were Watching God tells the story of Janie Crawford, with Janie ultimately serving as her own narrators. Her story begins with a flashback to her life as…

Gender Roles and Sexuality in The Epic of Gilgamesh and Little Red Riding Hood: Critical Analysis Since the beginning of time, gender and gender norms has been a constant tug of war battle. Because I am a woman, I deserve this right. Because I am a man, I have the authority to tell women what…

Literary Devices in Girl by Jamaica Kincaid People constantly think about whether they are attractive enough or not this ends up hurting people because they think that they are not good enough. People will take drastic measures in order to prove to people that they can be beautiful. However changing the way you look can…