He remarks "You and I have different role to play-, likening the situation to a literary scenario where the characters have clearly defined roles that evidently supports his behavior. ... Brian, the only male character to defy prejudices, reveals his homosexuality to Ellen challenging the roles of customary males. ... When Kate slowly becomes an invalid, the inadequacy of fixed roles is revealed, as imbalance becomes evident and a characters assurance is uncovered by Quindlen to be misguided. ...

• Word Count: 844
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He remarks "You and I have different role to play-, likening the situation to a literary scenario where the characters have clearly defined roles that evidently supports his behavior. ... Brian, the only male character to defy prejudices, reveals his homosexuality to Ellen challenging the roles of customary males. ... When Kate slowly becomes an invalid, the inadequacy of fixed roles is revealed, as imbalance becomes evident and a characters assurance is uncovered by Quindlen to be misguided. ...

• Word Count: 834
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Taming of the Shrew is a literary exploration of marital issues presented explicitly and implicitly by Shakespeare's characters. The characters demonstrate and allow insight into the preferred behaviour of men and women in marriage, their appropriate roles and duties, and each person's expectations in a partnership. These messages of accepted and traditional understandings are explicitly expressed and easily understood through the characters" statements and speeches. The implied meanings in dialogue, character development and outcomes allow insight into the underlying messages...

• Word Count: 1366
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The differing levels of obedience are portrayed through the Clerk's character of Griselda and the Franklin's character of Dorigen. ... These characters tell stories that are both conventional and unconventional to the Fourteenth Century. ... The two storytellers depict their characters as people involved in two different types of marriages. ... The Franklin's idea of marriage is unconventional and his characters belong to an equal partnership. ... The critic, John P McCall's article, "The Clerk's Tale and the Theme of Obedience" examines different literary cr...

• Word Count: 3668
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate