Character Analysis Of Mishima Yukio's 'Onnagata'

The novel “The Tattoo” by Chris McKinney, holds a captivating story that addresses the hardships of Kenji Hideyoshi upbringing and life experiences. Ken is a new inmate at the correctional center in Hawala. During the process of being tattooed, Ken shares a significant life story of his sufferings regarding the three suns’ of his life. The three suns of Ken’s life include his family, friends, and intimate partner. However, this essay will specifically discuss the relationship between Ken and his father. This essay will also analyse sociological theories such as “socialisation” and “hegemonic masculinity” in connection to their relationship.

The fight for justice is not always unequivocal or favorable, sometimes justice is given by means that do not seem fair at all. William Styron says in a novel that life “is a search for justice.” It is blatant that throughout Khaled Hosseini's novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, female characters are continuously battered with injustices. Hosseini hones into the oppression of women and the fight for women empowerment through the life of one of his main characters, Mariam. Her journey is shown throughout the novel where she struggles to search for and understand justice.

Villaurrutia’s poem, “La Nocturne: The Angels” is an intriguing poem that describes the hidden life of homosexuals during an era where it was not common. The men in the poem are gay, but feel the need to hide their true identities. Villaurrutia writes, “the lights are dim so the secret will be kept, the secret known by men who

In “Two Boys Kissing, ” David Levithan shares the stories of seven teenagers who are all gay, and the experiences they have while coming to terms with it. Even though three of the main characters have different stories and are at different stages their everyday experiences are influenced by gender as a process, the social construction of gender, and oppression. These three concepts shape and influence the stories shared in this book, but the main theme stands true and that is to be proud of who you are as a person and an individual no matter who that may be.

In life people have ups and downs; the characters in A Raisin in the Sun experience many highs and many lows. Throughout the story there are many decisions that the characters toss around and debate. Mama, the mother of the family, receives $10,000 which is a very large sum of money for their family. It is up to Mama to decide where the money should go. The Characters in the story developed and their true desires are shown through the choices they make. The characters are faced with many obstacles and these hurdles reveal their character and help to shape the overall plot. In Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, the struggle to overcome oppression in order to actualize one’s dream is revealed through the character developement of Walter, Beneatha, and Mama.

“The Haunting of Emile Griffith” by Bob Herbert, presents Emile Griffith as an average individual, briefly describes the Paret v.s. Griffith fight in vivid imagery, and tackles society’s twisted view of homosexuality. Considering the article was printed approximately 40 years after the big fight, tensions have calmed down and people can analyze the surrounding circumstances with logic and rationality rather than emotion. Ultimately, the texts main purpose is to emphasize society’s distorted view of homosexuality and to present Griffith as a victim through the use of tone, diction, and credibility.

Shori also challenges society’s fears about sexuality by taking sexual liberties with several partners, old and young, male and female. The

Pu Songling demarcates his true views of sex in the culmination of all the stories in “Stir-Fry,” as the conclusion of the collection he laid out before his readers thus far. Pu establishes his thoughts on sexual desires and encounters through his dramatic changes in syntax throughout

In The Sound of Waves, Yukio Mishima creates an exquisite story which has strong idealistic and mythic features. Although Mishima writes of young love and tranquility in The Sound of Waves, his later works are categorized as aggressive and containing violent sexual actions. Even Mishima himself referred to The Sound of Waves as "that great joke on the public" (qtd. in Ishiguro 385). However, one cannot compare this novel to Mishima’s other literary pieces; in order to classify it as romanticized, one must evaluate the usage of imagery, an idealized setting, mythical allusions, and characterizations which establish the romantic-driven qualities in The Sound of Waves.

Leaves of Grass is Walt Whitman’s life legacy and at the same time the most praised and condemned book of poetry. Although fearful of social scorn, there are several poems in Leaves of Grass that are more explicit in showing the homoerotic imagery, whereas there are several subtle – should I say “implicit” – images woven into the fabric of the book. It is not strange, then, that he created many different identities in order to remain safe. What Whitman faced in writing his poetry was the difficulty in describing and resonating manly and homosexual love. He was to find another voice of his, a rhetoric device, and his effort took two forms: simplified, and subverted word play.

The twentieth-century tendency to view human love and sexuality within a dichotomized universe of deviance and normality, genitality and platonic love, is alien to the emotions and attitudes of the nineteenth century and fundamentally distorts the nature of

In Japanese society, at the time when these works were created, the feminine sexuality of a wife and of a courtesan were seen as two dichotomous roles that could not possibly be carried out by a single woman, at least in an ideal world. While it is true many

Growing up is one of the most confusing times in one’s life, as you are not completely sure of your interest. In Yukio Mishima’s Confessions of a Mask, Kochan is going through one of the hardest times in his life, as he is accepting that he is a homosexual. Kochan tries desperately to be normal and convince himself that he does in fact like women. However, that is to no avail, as he soon becomes infatuated with a fellow student named Omi. In this essay I will discuss how Kochan’s love for Omi, ends up being only lust.

The Tale of Genji is a captivating story about an “ideal” man, who is in search of the nonexistent “perfect” woman. Throughout his quest, Genji faces many conflicting ideas, such as lust versus love and hopes versus reality. The main character, Genji, is an ideal man, because of his great looks and high social status resulting from his mother and the emperor’s relationship. Genji is also very talented in the arts, which should help him find a lover due to the courting style of the era. Though he has a lot going for him, Genji consistently finds himself disappointed in the women that he meets along his path for the “perfect” woman.

Devil on the Cross by Ngugi Wa Thiong’o is a compelling and curious novel that examines both the physical and mental journey of a young woman, Wariinga. Along the way she encounters many people and challenges that shape her identity.