Using the play As You Like It and the characters portrayed within it one might be able to see how our concept of gender may well be challenged. ... By carefully going through the text of As You Like It (Greenblatt, ed., PP1591-1657) one can try to "dig in" to the characters portrayed and discover any challenge to our views of gender identity. ... I would suggest that Shakespeare explores homoerotic possibilities in several characters. ... Shakespeare has, I would suggest, deliberately woven in homoerotic potential throughout this play. ... It would appear that homoerotic themes in As You Lik...

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Ishmael's sexuality is expressed in the social and homoerotic bonds between men. ... On the surface it appears to be homoerotic relationship. ... Ishmael even further states: How it is I know not; but there is no place like a bed for confidential disclosures between friends. ... Withers that reveals a dimension of homoerotic intimacy between each other (2). ... One can wonder why Melville would write such a novel with intense homoerotic imagery. ...

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When Enkidu was thrown he said to Gilgamesh, 'There is not another like you in the world. Ninsun, who is as strong as a wild ox in the byre, she was the mother who bore you, and now you are raised above all men, and Enlil has given you the kingship, for your strength surpasses the strength of men.' ... "You loved him and embraced him as a wife; and it is he who will repeatedly save you. ... Through their trails they became more dependent on each other in such a way it seems homoerotic. ... " The personification of Gilgamesh going from a god like figure to a civilized human ...

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When Enkidu was thrown he said to Gilgamesh, 'There is not another like you in the world. Ninsun, who is as strong as a wild ox in the byre, she was the mother who bore you, and now you are raised above all men, and Enlil has given you the kingship, for your strength surpasses the strength of men.' ... "You loved him and embraced him as a wife; and it is he who will repeatedly save you. ... Through their trails they became more dependent on each other in such a way it seems homoerotic. ... " The personification of Gilgamesh going from a god like figure to a civilized human ...

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It's as almost if you feel remorse for Lucy having to endure this punishment, since the men clearly don't have any remorse. ... They have full control of Lucy's limp body, making it feel like they are taking advantage of what seems to be just an innocent girl. ... It shows that Dracula has no limits, displaying even homoerotic tendencies in his conquest for blood. Dracula continues on these homoerotic tendencies when coming into contact with his sisters while they attempt to take control of Jonathan. ...

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Both feature circumstantial heroes who make Oz-like journeys and come of age in the process. ... But, of course you can't blame George Lucas for making a film in the 1980's, and if the majority of the film is set in space What could he do to change the scenery? ... And it's supposed to be an epic adventure too I had the courage and free time (and folly) to read the whole book and can advise you to skip the first 500 pages of the book if ever you are mad enough to try reading that out. ... Not-So-Subtle Homoeroticism Play a drinking game involving gulping down a beer (or a Po...

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Why does Wilde write of marriage like this? ... In his day, it wasn't right to marry someone a class under you. ... Just like Jack, Lady Bracknell would not allow her daughter to marry someone with a background like his (Wilde, 14). ... Characters like Dorian who lived a flagrant life filled with murder, lies and homoerotic behavior. Other characters like Earnest or Jack show Wilde's double life. ...

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By conquering the female warrior and marrying her, he fulfills his need for the exclusive love of a woman while satisfying his homoerotic desires. Close bonding fulfills this homoerotic desire with a male companion, such as Demetrius and Egeus. ... Also, when the men fall in love with her, she feels like the "butt of a joke." ... The fairies bring the stories to you from the East. ... The lover's fall in and out of love like dolls, and like dolls...

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It may be interpreted in several ways, yet choice decisions by the director can accentuate the homoeroticism found, making it into a more powerful scene. ... Iago squeezes his legs like that of a snake over O's ribcage while screaming the lines in his face. ... When you love someone, you experience the awful sinking of heart and the uncontrollable premonition of disaster. ... Why then In God's name did you crush me with the story? ... Cont"d: Have you not sometimes seen a handkerchief Spotted with strawberries in your wife's hand? ...

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He acts like a child in order to stay away from adulthood. ... Holden is 16 years old, but sometimes acts like a 12 year old. ... The thing is, though, I don't like the idea. It stinks, if you analyze it. ... He thinks that all homoerotic behavior is "pervert," and links this to Mr. ...

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However, this law, like so many others, is open to interpretation and further scrutiny. ... The show included homoerotic images and images of nude and seminude children. ... When you give blueprints to an architect, you expect him to build what is on the blueprint, not something of his own desire. You also want him to build something of quality that you can enjoy. ...

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However, this law, like so many others, is open to interpretation and further scrutiny. ... The show included homoerotic images and images of nude and seminude children. ... When you give blueprints to an architect, you expect him to build what is on the blueprint, not something of his own desire. You also want him to build something of quality that you can enjoy. ...

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Earlier sacred sites to goddesses appear to be replaced by male gods like Zeus and Apollo, although the Mycenaean's continued to worship the Mountain Mother at sanctuaries in the mountains. ... Not all city-states arrived at the democratic stage like Athens. ...

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