The archetype feminist rebel, Edna Pontellier, even defies the traditional definition of a Victorian woman within the context of a romantic relationship. ... Rejecting the time-honored perception of the women being the romantic fixation, Edna instead chooses to seek out romantic partners herself, contrary to the popular belief of men being the ones that court and pursue. ...
To illustrate this, I will use a visual sign: if a young female character walked onto the stage wearing a lacy negligee, the different social implications are obvious; on a general level, most would appreciate that the it was evening time and that the character had retired to bed, whilst some may assume that she was having a "romantic encounter". To a younger, more idealistic audience this connotation would be romantic, erotic and mysterious. ...
Egeus doesn't choose the court on a whim; rather, he is hopeful that by taking Hermia to the literal and symbolic seat of the highest authority of the land, she will recognize and honor masculine authority and, by extension, will comply with traditional gender roles, which dictated that a woman should marry to either preserve or advance social ties and familial goals, not to gratify her own romantic or sexual needs or desires. ... The fact that Olivia uses her power as the lady of the house to compel a servant to lie on her behalf so that she can make her romantic and sexual decisions for...
If the other characters did not impose the social tags of "fiance'"" and "son"" on Meursault, he himself would not seek to initiate or sustain those ties, explaining why he continuously acts as the passive agent in both a filial relationship and a romantic relationship. ... (Camus 75), demonstrating his unorthodox views of romantic affairs being disconnected with the people involved in the relationship; the individuals are interchangeable and the interest is placed on the relationship itself. ...
The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment Period ignited a great expansion of revolutionary concepts as some of history's greatest thinkers emerged. Europe was possessed by a growing desire to venture through the untouched corners of the mind and reinvent the orthodox beliefs that prevailed ac...
The modern concept of the diagnostic entity has emerged from influences starting from the late 19th century. The diagnostic term "borderline" came from English psychiatrist C.H Hughes in 1884, which wrote an article called "Borderland Psychiatrist Records" where he mentioned borderline for the very ...
