Homoeroticism

Underground,” darkness, or anything associated with being enwrapped in blackness, seemed to be a continuous analogy to the homoeroticism presented in the literary work. Such a notion is supported through the content words of these titles, such as “dark” and “underground.”Josep M. Armengol upholds the previous assertion of darkness being an analogous term to the homoeroticism of Giovanni’s Room. Aremengol

and seen as a problem as it will result in stoning due to the issue of making the man effeminate. However, in the Tosefta [B], there is a different interpretation in that if a male vaginally penetrates an androgynous, it is not considered male homoeroticism and it is not seen the same. In this excerpt, what constitutes as being “the way of males” or having an active role can be interpreted on how he penetrates, either vaginally or anally, and this depicts how vaginally penetration was deemed acceptable

indeterminate, her poems contain definitively queer content. An excellent example of this can be found in Poem 194, or “Title divine, is mine,” in which Emily Dickinson utilizes parallelistic imagery and tonal confusion to subtly portray feminine homoeroticism.

Understanding Female Homoeroticism To understand the full dynamic of female sexual encounters in Greece we must try to understand the culture dynamics at the time and attempt to piece together relative data. One of the largest debates against homoeroticism among women in ancient Greece is the lack of paintings and pots depicting women involved in explicit sexual acts such as the ones that

Edith M. Humphrey’s academic discussion papers on the Bible and human sexuality provide insight into the complex realm of interpretation, in regards to human sexuality—amidst 1st generation and 2nd generation Christians. Before results are revealed, Edith begins this series of academic papers with the emphasis on the Christian obligation to read the scriptures with thorough analysis and interpretation. When proper examination of the scripture is performed, the authoritative Word of God is revealed

investment in intellectual and aristocratic decadence. What remains predominantly relevant about the use of such an archetype in Poe’s Dupin series, however, is the ease with which bachelorhood is accepted within the narrative of the text. The homoeroticism that stems from relationships between the varying bachelors in Poe’s stories is presented without the overt invalidation of the relationships’ deviation from normative sexuality. Regardless, the figure of the bachelor, as Sedgwick states in “The

“The perception and the potential of Homosexual actions inside of Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Summoner’s Tale.” The author of The Summoner’s Tale is Geoffrey Chaucer and the poem includes certain aspects such as Heterocentrism, Homoeroticism, and Universalizing views inside of the poem. The vital component to take away from this poem is both the Friar and Thomas’s behavior and how it can be viewed differently from the usual hetero-sexual or hetero-patriarchal view. In the Summoner’s Tale, we often look

Hand to strange hand, lip to lip none denies, Why should they breast to breast, or thighs to thighs? (Donne, ‘Sappho to Philaenis’) Write an essay on the treatment of homoeroticism in the writing of the period. The treatment of homoeroticism is explored through the influential writings of both John Donne and Shakespeare in the Renaissance Era. Similarly, the voice of both present a scornful dismissal of the opposite sex in order to defy the typical conventions

As You Like It, one of William Shakespeare’s most popular comedies is a pastoral (of sorts) tale that speaks of love, loss, simple life, the life of the city and/or court, and of course, freedom. Shakespeare calls into question what is appropriate in the society of the time by colorful, fleshed-out characters both in the court—a proper place in England where noblemen and women were expected to look and behave in a certain manner. The consequences for violating the social codes of the time could be

While acts of sodomy between men were illegal, men were kept together throughout their childhood and adolescents, until marriage where men married women, but continued to work with men. Sir William Segar, in Honor, Military, and Civill (1602), outlined two areas that men enter: honor and business. Honor being schooling up to the college and law levels. Following the path of honor, a boy goes to an all-male school followed by an all-male college. The boy then will studies law at an all-male inn-of-court