Giselle Gender Roles

Girls Rule, Boys Drool: A Take on Feminism and Traditional Gender Roles within The Book of Margery Kempe

In many shops, there seems to be an obvious separation between boys and girls items, for example, the birthday cards, books, clothes, and toys. This is shown in a variety of ways the boy's items are mainly the color blue and the books have pictures of either action figures, superheroes or tools. Whereas the girl's items are mainly the color pink. The books show pictures of fairies, princess, and Bratz. The cards also have the theme of the color pink for girls and blue for boys. The girl's cards have a lot of sparkles and pretty pictures whereas the boy's cards are covered in camo kind of illustrations and also have action figures on the covers. The children's clothes are separated into sections where there are labels for the boy's clothes and labels for the girl's clothes. The girl's clothing is all pretty and pink, it is covered in sparkles. Whereas boys clothing has camo patterns, blue colors, and pictures of action figures.

“Most people do not have a problem with you thinking for yourself, as long as your conclusions are the same as or at least compatible with their beliefs.” By Mokokoma Mokhonoana. Gender roles have always been a very debatable topic because both male and female have something to say about the other gender whether is good or bad. Men and women need one another to push each other forward. They need each other so they can prove the other wrong in what they can and cannot do. Society has stablished rules which by even unconsciously most people believe for example; that men are into cars, or that all women love the color pink, that men dominate completely and that women can’t drive, that women belong in the kitchen and that it is the men’s job to

Gregor’s physical transformation and subsequent death is directly linked with his inability to conform to traditional gender roles. While Grete breaks free of her societal position through her metamorphosis, it is her reversion back to her pristine gender role that preserves her from Gregor’s fate. Women in the protagonist’s life are habituated to depict the gender role reversal within the novella thus having a consequential role.

Whether we look at a romantic ballet like La Sylphide or a classical ballet such as Sleeping Beauty, audiences are constantly mesmerized by the gracefulness and weightlessness of the ballet dancers. They seem to defy the laws of physics, which is greatly possible due to the use of the pointe shoe. However, many masterworks that were created in the Romantic era did not solely rely on the pointe shoe to help convey messages. Instead, the choreography, dancers, scenic elements, subject matter, and music all helped shaped masterworks such as La Sylphide, Napoli, and Giselle. Similarly, in the Classical era, these elements all played a role in shaping famous ballets like La Bayadere, Sleeping Beauty, and Swan Lake. But once we take a closer look at these ballets from the Classical era, we can see how much ballet evolved. Nevertheless, it is important to note that the Romantic era was the stepping stone for this pure art form that we have been able to preserve for more than 160 years.

Lucille’s character believed in women’s power and in equal rights. In two of my favorite episodes, which happen to be two of the show’s most famous episodes, titled “Equal Rights” and “Job Switching” brings that to light by emphasizing those issues. In the episode “Equal Rights” Lucy and her husband Ricky fight about how women deserved equal rights in America and should be treated in the same manner as men. In the “Job Switching” episode, Ricky and Lucy argue about who has the hardest job, women, who work in the home, or men, who work outside the home. So Lucy and her best Friend Ethel agree to try to work in a chocolate factory, while the men play housewife, which in result ends with both Lucy and Ethel getting fired and Ricky and Fred nearly

In Isabel Allende’s Inés of My Soul, one woman, Inés Suarez, challenges the traditional role of women and society by embarking upon a journey alongside her companion to conquer a part of the New World. Throughout the expedition, Inés faces challenges because of her gender, yet she also manages to use her gender and the traditional gender role to her advantage.

Discussing two films (Iron Man, Knocked Up and/or Gilda) how are the concepts of gender and social scripts represented? When there is a shift in ideology, does representation or symbols of gender change? How do (or not) symbols reflect the ideology of gender? How are those outside of established gender roles portrayed? What stereotypes are reinforced?

Gilda (1946, Charles Vidor) is a story about two ex-lovers that reunite when his employer marries the girl he once dated. In this film, there's a presence of power. Not only between gender, but between class. One of the first examples in the scene given is the class and power of the two men, Ballin Mundson and Johnny Farrell. The second example is Gilda verse the boys. While Johnny and Mundson have a battle of authority and status. Gilda battles being dehumanized and objectified. The only trick is she knows how to spin in and use it to her advantage giving her an upper hand. Power is something they all want it is never distributed evenly, yet Gilda knows how to get it.

First announced as a two-act performance on June 28th, 1841, Giselle is a famous ballet about a young peasant girl who falls in love with a noble man, but dies upon hearing that he is betrothed to another woman. During this early period of history, women were looked down on by men and viewed as being extremely emotional. Despite this background, some people still conclude that the depiction of women is not precise enough in this ballet. To me, however, it is very clear; I believe that Giselle characterized women as being weak.

Dance critic Théophile Gautier states, “Nothing resembles a dream more than a ballet...” (Anderson 77). The effortless technique of the ballerina paints most ballets as exactly this. Consequently, there is more to a ballet than technique and dancing. Different types of ballets and their structural components separate one ballet from the next. It is important to understand the difference between the two main types of ballets: Romantic Ballet and Classical Ballet. Romantic ballet in the 19th century differs from Classical ballet in the 20th century structurally, technically, and socially. The two dance forms also vary in costumes and narrative. However, with all of those differences, they both use ballet technique for a specific purpose.

“The General Prologue,” is the first selection in the The Canterbury Tales. It introduces the Miller in third person limited; where the narrator describes his physical features. Straight away the narrator creates the Miller’s image as “a stout churl” (26). This short distasteful diction implies that he is a “rude, coarse man”(26). Moving forward through the text, Chaucer adds details to support his statement. Not only does the Miller contain poor qualities, the Miller is all around hard-featured. He is symbolic to a lumberjack, who is “big of brawn, “big of bone,” and “broad of build” (26). The Miller’s beard is “as any sow or fox,” red (26). This simile adds support to his features of a lumberjack because most lumberjacks contain thick colorful beards. There is a mention “of the ram” that he “never fail[s],” which adds context to the symbolization of a lumberjack because most mountain men have either rams or bullhorn sheep.

French Ballet began in the 17th century. It was a flamboyant entertainment presented in front of the aristocracy and royalty in the courts. French Ballet was also performed when they were celebrating marriages and showing off the wealth and power of the ruler. Besides, Ballet was called “la belle danse”, and it means “the beautiful dance.” In order to help the audience to recognize the characters in the story, dancers usually wore extravagant costumes. Moreover, the idea of different ballet movements was based on the social dance of royal courts, like beautiful arm and upper body movements and floor patterns were included. Also, in the beginning, only men were allowed to dance ballet, and women played the first ballet with parts until 1681.

After reading “Streetcar Named Desire” by Tenessee Williams, I decided to write a book review geared towards adult readers. Through this review I wanted to show my understandings of the play, and stating how intrigued it kept me. Book review is the ideal type of text where the author is able to express freely his opinion about the play. People that are looking for recommendations often read book reviews about it. My aim was to highlight the reason why this play is a masterpiece and inquire the author’s writing style. The battle between genres was constant throughout the play, and made the reader empathize with certain characters depending on your own sex. The ending of the novel is all about brutal and tragic irony. I was continually desiring

Being of mixed race, African American and white and being raised and exposed to very diverse regions and people, I feel as though I have an advantage when it relates to being culturally competent. I am very proud of and in touch with ethnic background and culture and have established very strong relationships with people from different ethnicities and cultures. I feel very comfortable around them and have grown as a person and an educator by learning more about their cultures, beliefs and specifically their mannerisms and ways of communication. I believe that one can never learn to much when it comes to information and education and therefore, I will be a student, willing and eager to learn for the remainder of my adult life.