Sophocles: The role of Women in the Sophoclean tragedy Every Society differentiates among its members on the basis of sex and almost everyone assigns women an inferior status. Western cultures have taught for generations that certain learned traits are natural to males, like brav...
The Naked Citadel reveals a life, hidden behind the walls of a Men's world. This essay is a revelation of the relations between men as men, as humans and as fighters. These are the three major aspects of the life behind the walls of the Citadel, the manly world. Susan Faludi paints a beautiful pictu...
Every character has a flaw; Lady Macbeth and Jane Eyre are no exceptions. Lady Macbeth's flaw is ambitious greed. This flaw can influence Jane's which is her enduring desire to be loved and accepted. Lady Macbeth seems to have harsh control over her people and their emotions, like that of her husban...
In the early 20th century, men were the leaders of the family, and they worked in communities, police, and courts. However, women just stayed at home and took care of the children. In studies of cultural structures, there has been a role of "The Other " that is always found within a social structure...
According to Judith Butler "[i]f gender is the cultural meanings that the sexed body assumes, then a gender cannot be said to follow from a sex in any one way" (6). By this quote, Butler wants to argue the idea that both sex and gender are products of the culture; we can say that they are socially c...
American author Kate Chopin has written two published novels and over a hundred short stories. Most of her stories are set in her hometown of Louisiana and focus on the lives of women. Based on the literary criticisms researched, a lot Kate Chopin's works focused on female emancipation. The era she ...
