The Transformation Of Galadriel In The Fellowship Of The Ring

In the Epic of Gilgamesh, gender plays a very significant role. While women were not the most powerful gods nor the strongest or wisest of humans, they still had tremendous influence. Though the main characters of the story, Gilgamesh and Enkidu, are male, women did not play a necessarily minor role. With all the women that play a role in the Epic of Gilgamesh, gender is a topic worthy of discussion.

In conclusion, the values of a women’s role are very important in our society and in the Old English epic poem literature. All these women in Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight poem have shown all good things such as love, loyal, and romances in the medieval period of society. So, love is a good feeling for everyone in life that makes people happy with family and friends. Love will bring as many good things to everyone with these happiness, joyful, and peace for their life. Therefore, all the women love want to be a good wife with most of the powerful man and loyal man around them. And they can easier to hold the main position in the good relationship with all these men in the medieval period. Besides that, the women characters in

During the medieval times, women were not seen as they are today. Although in the world today there are still those who are full of misogyny, it was much more common and intense during this time period. Women during the middle ages had specific roles assigned to them in society. These roles depended on the type of women they were, whether it be a peasant, noble woman, or an evil temptress. These roles that women have served have shown up in numerous stories from the middle ages including: Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and The Wife’s Lament.

In Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, not only does the most prominent female character receive more respect from men, but readers -- unlike those of Gilgamesh -- are able to see and understand what she is feeling. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the most significant woman featured is referred to as "the lady" and represents a

Having many gender stereotypes illustrated in the media, it definitely has a negative on various individuals. For example, in Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” Snow White cooks and cleans for her seven male counterparts. She does this on a daily basis as the men dig for diamonds. In addition, at the end of the movie, a prince comes and saves her. Based on this information, Snow White exemplifies what a woman is only capable of doing. For example, she cooks and cleans, there is an implication that females are only capable of being a domesticator.

Throughout the years, different forms of literature  have generally shown women as weaker than men. They have played archetypes such as the mother archetype or the lover which have traits less desirable than the roles that men would take. These archetypes tend to limit their personalities and they become characters that are solely there for inconveniencing the hero. Stereotypes for women have affected these archetypes, but throughout history many people have made efforts to change these archetypes and make them more desirable. Even though archetypes for women have been shown as weak, it has changed throughout the years.

With the perfect hero comes predictability, the reader already knows the good will overcome the evil because how could a perfect character ever lose. With an unflawed protagonist the hearts of the individuals reading the novels are not won over. There is no emotional attachment to these heroes if they do not have to struggle before their success. All stories would be the same plot with a different character name, it is the flaws and hardships of a hero that makes each story unique. Ralph from The Lord of the Flies begins as a bossy and arrogant character who feels he has power of the others, but by the end of the book he is one of the few characters who is able to stand up to Jack and is willing to risk his life for the safety of the other boys. At the beginning of the novel the reader feels no sympathy for him because of his self entitled attitude, but by the end they empathise with him because he was one of the few characters that overcame the savagery that struck most of the group. He was able to continue to focus on the initial goal, which was to be rescued and not to create their own

In both The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Tale of Genji women play a very important role. In a time were men were considered to be leaders, fighters, and the powerful decision makers, it was the women behind them that supported, advised, and took care of them. In the ancient times females were considered dominate over males because they had the ability to carry a child and continue human life. These two tales show us the important roles that women played and the vulnerability of women in a male dominated world. In each story women are considered as important characters, but each story portrays them differently.

How are women portrayed in our time in society? Women in current times are portrayed as the home lady and the one who takes care of children and are not ones who show strength and power. The women in The Odyssey show otherwise. Odysseus,the king of Ithaca, lives through many moments where women in the story are very powerful, controlling and, smart. Athena, The Sirens, and Penelope are female characters in the Odyssey, show many ways that women were portrayed in Ancient Greece and how it is different from current day portrayal of women. Penelope, wife of Odysseus, shows that she is very smart. Athena, the god of peace and wisdom, shows that she is very powerful, and the mermaids, also known as

The hero’s journey has evolved with literature over time, and remains the basis for character development today. So why are there so many stories of the hero in mythology? Campbell answers this question in his interview with Bill Moyers by saying, “Because that’s what’s worth writing about…. A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself” (The Power of Myth 151).

     Until recently, the role of women in literature has seemed to reflect the way they were treated in society. Women were seen as secondary to men, and their sole purpose in life was to please a man’s every desire. This is not the case in three specific literary works. The Odyssey, The Wife of Bath, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight use the actions of its women characters to greatly enhance important thematic elements. The women in each of these works use feminine psyche to persuade men to do things that men of the time would not usually do. The use of women in these literary works is very contrary to the prevailing ideals of the female and her responsibilities at the

Heroes are heroes because they show exceptional amounts of courage, and they do it consistently on the everyday basis. That is not possible to do. The extraordinary things that Beowulf and Sir Gowain do are things that the average man would not do because of the lack of courage and confidence. That is why heroes are who they are, the best of the best. They stick out from the crowd and that is why one may feel like they deserve more than just the regular confidence that the average man gets, it is only necessary. Being a hero is more of a mental challenge than anything else, because one has to believe in oneself more than any other person can believe in them because whoever believes in the hero can not possibly know and understand just exactly what the hero is going through. The other characters will never know and understand why the hero faces the problems, defeats the problems, and overcomes the obstacles that the hero faces. All that the characters and the people want in the stories is for whom ever the hero is, they want that person to save them from the people or things that threaten them. In other words, the people do no care so much about what the hero is going through, the people just want the hero to deliver, so it is an absolute must for the hero’s confidence to be above the average person. This also applies for real life experiences for this day and age. The only difference is this is real life, and

In the Saga of King Hrolf Kraki, there were four main groups of women: “ Queens, sorceresses, a freeman’s loyal daughter and an elfin woman and her daughters” (Anon, Introduction). As stated in the Introduction of the book, the “important events turn on decisions made by women.” Throughout the book, this quote came to represent the fact that almost all the wars/fights within the saga was caused by some action of a woman. Almost all these actions of the women in this saga was the root cause for all the wars/fights in this book. Because of this, the women are actually seen to be what is connecting all the saga’s different episodes/chapters, despite the fact the whole book revolves around King Hrolf (Anon, Introduction). So within the Saga of King Hrolf Kraki, the primary role of women is steer and further progress the saga as the connecting characters.

Women have frequently been one of the victims of the stereotypical and judgemental society. Every action and step that’s taken by them are critiqued by society. If women are seen to be involved in such activities that violate modesty, they get shunned and negatively viewed, whereas if a man commits the same action equal amount of critique isn’t given. In many places around the globe, women are considered inferior. They are underestimated and are always seen to be dependent on men. What some often fail to acknowledge is their significance. The Epic of Gilgamesh was widely subjected on the heroism of two friends and the journey of transformation of a mighty king, but it did convey the significance of women and the important roles that were played by them nonetheless. Without the assistance and vision of women, the Epic of Gilgamesh wouldn’t have been so epic.

J.R.R. Tolkien’s works have been analysed for decades and have often been criticised for the lack of female characters. Arguably his most cherished publications, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, in particular has been condemned for the passivity of his relatively few female characters. Having said that however, throughout the three books, there are a number of female characters who combat the stereotypical role of women and subvert the norm of submission to a patriarchal authority. Arwen, Éowyn and Galadriel in The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return