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Do you believe that men and women are portrayed equally within literature? As the patriarchal ideology is historically rooted within society, these views have undoubtedly become manifested in literary works. As a result, a feminist literary critic would argue that the equal characterization of genders is simply nonexistent due to the fact that representation is stereotypical. Often, men are portrayed as strong and independent leaders as aligned with the concept of masculinity while women are portrayed as weak and dependent on those powerful men. Despite critical acclaims of the strength within William Shakespeare’s female characters, the women in Hamlet do not defy their sexist feminine stereotypes; instead, they are illustrated as merely tools

Question 3: To what extent do male and female literary characters accurately reflect the role of men and women in society?

The roles that men and women play tend to differ in different works of literature. The roles depend on the culture and the context of a particular work of literature, and even the time the work of literature was written. For instance the roles of gender will differ from African culture to American culture, as well as from ancient America and Modern America. Old stories such as the Book of Genesis and Theogony portray different roles men and men play. Most of these roles are similar in both books, and a few are different.

We’ve studied three fictional novels throughout this course, all of them having to do with plague or epidemic. These books all fits into the genre of dystopian. One of the themes that seemed prominent throughout all three books were the roles of the female protagonist or antagonist or the male counterpart of it. In Matheson’s book, I am Legend. The protagonist is a masculine man named Robert Neville, he is the last surviving human on the planet, living with only vampires around him until he meets what presumably is another human that is a feminine character. We find out later she is the reason he meets his demise. In contrast, James’ novel The Children of Men, the female character of Julian plays a huge role in saving humanity from the health crises they are facing in their world. The role of gender plays a huge part in these two works of literature, the health of both genders in both books determine the outcome, Julian being healthy, and Neville being able to survive by himself, they both represent an exceptional idea of masculinity and femininity. But the meaning of gender changes because of the epidemic of crises they are facing, for Neville’s case seeing a woman for the first time in three years, or Julian being pregnant, these changes the importance of gender.

Gender inequality is a problem that has been plaguing the world for a very long time. The United States has made great strides to promote gender equality. Despite all of those strides America has made, there are still reminders of the gender inequalities people have experienced in American Literature. The good thing about this is that the slow progression of change in the women’s rights sector can be seen by comparing various pieces of literature dealing with the issue of gender inequality to the time of its creation. The best way to observe this progression is by comparing two different pieces of literature from different time periods, and take note of differences, as well as the events that could be viewed as responsible for those changes. Two literary piece that

Time, said to be eternal, possess neither a beginning nor an end. Yet however there is a fixation on being able to measure it in years, months, days, hours, minutes and seconds. Trying to save time with new technology, manage time with multi-tasking activities. All in the hopes of giving meanings to the past, present and future. The past is able to been seen but not changed, today is in the present yet still unpredictable, and tomorrow is not guaranteed. If I Could Tell You by W. H. Auden is a villanelle much like others using rhyme, repetition, and meter, that revolve around the main idea of the continuity time and its unforeseeable nature.

Tyson explains the basic concepts of feminist theory, and the ways in which readers can use the theory as a lens to examine the social pressures and gender roles within a literary work. To examine through a feminist lens, theorists need to first look at the different characters’ genders to determine whether their roles and responsibilities “conform to traditional (patriarchal) gender roles” (Tyson 84). “According to [patriarchal] gender roles, men are naturally rational, strong, protective, and decisive,” but “women [are] naturally emotional…, weak, nurturing, and submissive” (87). Moreover, “anyone who violates traditional gender roles is [looked upon as] unnatural, unhealthy, or…immoral” (86). Therefore, due to the “oppression of women” in

The men and women in this novel have very different parts into society. They are very different not only based on situations in places of power but more so the workplace, men are shown as physiologically and mentally superior to women. This also claim to be the most situations in life overall. In the other hand women do have a way higher standing when it comes to social roles. In the book men claim to be in a higher way of status than women in all types of situations. We can also tie this into our own society, because in

In many literary examples women are in pushed to change themselves in order to be the person society expects them to be. This change was the result of constant ridicule revolving around the idea that men, in fact, are superior to women in many ways. Overtime these judgements against women have become less of an issue, however are still relevant. Women are as capable as men of being independent and valuable, but because they are subjected they still fall vulnerable to oppression by society which changes their view of themselves so they act in different ways in order to please society.

Gender roles are undeniably a fundamental topic of critique in literature, particularly since expected gender roles have evolved in recent years. More importantly, the transcendence of these gender expectations indicates the possibility for transformation and increasing liberation in society. History explores many different stages for the sexes and their respective roles, from traditional anti-feminist times in which certain roles were strictly enforced, to more modern beliefs entailing free will and a lack of restrictions. In spite of this progress, there are always those who expedite the process while there are others that hinder development from occurring, even when it is necessary. Literary works in particular serve as a showcase

Each of these novels, The Handmaid’s Tale and Lady Oracle, have a main character that deals with sexism and oppression. Although they both deal with the expectations of women from their society, both of their situations are different and they choose to handle them in dissimilar

The novel A Thousand Splendid Suns does portray contemporary gender roles. The novel shows how an Afghan woman must look, how each gender is supposed to act and the difference in social status for each of the genders in more oppressive views.

Societies today are highly affected by the way people are believed to act. Gender roles are created by society, and they are a way to define how a gender should or shouldn't act. In “Answers” by George Singleton, there is a husband and wife thinking about getting divorced, and they begin answering questions in a book, and realize that the other turned out to be less manly or trustworthy, than they believed to be. In “Public Relations” by George Singleton, a man and his wife are out eating with his boss and his wife. While eating he gets fired for talking about how women should act, and how they will amount to nothing without an education. In both of these stories, men and women act differently than the stereotypes put on them by their

Women and men are different in an abundance of ways. Not only are they physically different, but also mentally. It wasn’t until the early nineteen hundreds that women were finally considered as their own person, instead of just housewives. I believe women were not given the appreciation and value which they deserved. When they were finally viewed as more, they expressed themselves best through writing. Men also express themselves through writing; however, there is a discrepancy between women and men in the way they display their themes.