Becomes more malicious and gains more power, controlling the group. The group largely follows Jack in casting off moral restraint and embracing violence and savagery(except Ralph,Piggy and Simon); influential Jack’s love of authority and violence are intimately connected, as both enable him to feel powerful. How Golding wanted to make Jack look: Golding had very clear intentions for Jack Merridew. From the first moment we see him, he comes across as a very dominant and angry child. The way he brings across "his" kids towards all the meetings and the way they are dressed make him seem as the leader or dictator.
<BR>Early in history, the male gender has been the dominant force. The male aristocracies has been responsible for producing the writing, arts, and architecture, "which is traditionally consider to be humanity's historical legacy." However, the "silence voice" will not remain silent, because historians have sought them out. Due to the fact, historians have sought the "silence voice" we have been able to learn more about women history. One way they made it possible for us to learn about it is by writing books such as The Dairy of Lady Murasaki.
Throughout history, women have been treated different than men nether less in The Epic of Gilgamesh women play a small but crucial role. In the story, the females characters have pretty much power as the males, and we are introduced to Aruru, Shamhat, the temple prostitute, Siduri, the goddess of wine, Ishtar, and the wife of Utnapishtim. One of the most interesting aspects of the story is that it shows how men were aware of the power of women, and in consequence they tried not to fall for their temptation. In this paper, the women characters of The Epic of Gilgamesh will be analyzed by their power, wisdom, sensuality, and destruction, as a result it will show the viewed and valued of women in the ancient Mesopotamia. In the beginning of the epic, the first female character that appears is Aruru and she is introduce as the goddess of creation.
Gender is put into “masculine” and “feminine” categories while sex is put into “male” and “female”categories. How do gender and sex contribute to the concepts and constructions of masculinity and femininity? Gender and sex have so much to do with masculinity and femininity. Like I said above [Gender is put into “masculine” and “feminine” categories while sex is put into “male” and “female”categories.] Males are considered masculine because they are “rough and tough” and females are considered feminine because of history and women having to act like a “proper lady”.
The Role of Women in the Odyssey and King Lear This essay will examine Homer’s epic, The Odyssey and William Shakespeare’s tragedy, King Lear in order to explain how the female gender is constructed in relation to the protagonists in each of the texts. It will demonstrate how the denial or acceptance of the common female role makes an important statement about the relationship between masculine and feminine identity. The texts assert that a complete balance of masculine and feminine qualities is needed to ensure that the protagonists Odysseus and King Lear remain successful in their endeavors. This will be supported using the primary archetypes of the unconscious mind characterized by psychiatrist Carl Jung: the anima (female self) and the animus (male self).Both texts present the ideal female role as a motherly figure that is nurturing, caring and graceful. In doing so, the texts serve to make the cautionary statement of how the deviation of the female from this role may allow the male protagonist’s plans to go awry.
Mary Shelley’s prose fiction novel, Frankenstein (1818) and Ridley Scott’s science fiction film, Blade Runner 1982), view the change in value of the pursuit of knowledge that leads to the moral ramifications of the creators Victor and Tyrell. Both texts accentuate the audacity of man playing God, in juxtaposition to the creations humane acts, leading to the questioning of what it means to be human. Shelley challenges the values of the Enlightenment era in the 1800s, forming Victor’s ambition to pursue the secret of life, whilst Scott criticizes the abuse of capitalism in the 1980s, deeming Tyrell’s drive for commodification. Although they were composed two centuries apart, both texts treat similar thematic concerns. By comparing their approaches to such ideas, however, it is evident that context affects meaning in complex ways, as both Frankenstein and Blade Runner reflect the values and anxieties of their times.
This implies that all people can be placed into either category, when it isn’t in fact this simple. Sex is an attributed status, whereas gender must be learned. The learned behaviours of what it is to be a ‘woman’ in society is one engulfed in many inequalities. In this analysis of gender issues, I would like to particularly focus on women and gender equality. The question to be looked at is ‘What does it mean to be a woman?’Although there has been some progress in the past 30 years, particularly in women’s education and employment equality, there are still many inequalities and also more inconspicuous issues affecting the women of today including domestic violence and rape and sexual abuse and I would like to look further into this.
The mind of Alexander the Great is an enigma. For a man that shows such compassion for his troops and the men and women of Macedon, he shows a relentless hatred for his enemies. He seems at times, so blinded by his victory that he has no thoughts of the destruction that he causes. It is difficult to comprehend that his love for one of his family or friends can so quickly turn to hate that he would have them executed without even thinking. Another puzzling aspect of his personality was that he was absolutely obsessed with conquering other nations that he would be able to leave his home for over eleven years to attempt to achieve his goal of total world rule.
I feel that our concepts of gender and sex contribute to the ways we embrace gender and sex in diversity. I feel that we look at males in one light and females in another, we all at some point expect men to be the ones that are tough, and brave and look at women as being emotional. When it could be the other way around. There are still those who feel that women should be home makers and not working to where men should be out bringing home the bacon. Do our concepts of gender and sex contribute to our understanding of sexual orientation?
Although they differ vastly in their approach and their path to heroism, their common link is the will to protect those who are unable to defend themselves. Beowulf’s Norse lineage is of a proud, brawny people who pride themselves on physical strength and duty to their liege lord. When he hears that Grendel is terrorizing a poor, defenseless village, immediately he accepts the challenge of freeing them of the monstrous fiend as he seeks glory and fame among his people. In this fictional tale, Grendel is in fact a monster and is described as a direct descendent of Cain with an insatiable thirst for blood. Beowulf closely parallels the first of the thirteen warriors, Buliwyf, who leads a group of Norsemen and a reluctant Arab ambassador to defeat what is described as a monster very reminiscent, if not a full impersonation of Grendel.