Females rarely received a protagonist role in early Chicano literature and film-making, as writers and filmmakers opted to instead, highlight the male experience throughout the Chicano movement. In many ways, one can argue that it was a somewhat sexist movement, as it was a predominantly…
Rebellion against the society and an absolute idea of self are characteristics associated with the Romantic Hero. They are in constant conflict with the society and the prescribed norms, yet they fall victim to the social system of ‘patriarchy’. While fighting against power structures and…
Over the course of history, the differences between men and women were characterized by their distinct roles in society. As time progresses, the understanding between the two genders has diverged from what was accepted in previous generations. Discussions regarding the roles of men and women…
What is a theme? A theme is a thing that describes the main idea or central message of a story, book, or poem. Most of the time, stories will contain multiple themes. Some common themes that most stories share, are themes such as: love, hate,…
The epic poem, Beowulf, has created a legacy that has withstood the test of time and still sparks new discussions in the modern era. Culture reflected by the epic poem has given many historians and literature enthusiasts a glimpse into Anglo-Saxon life. In Beowulf, translated…
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Laura Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate(LWFC) and Buchi Emecheta’s The Bride Price while contextually different – set in 1920’s Mexico and 1950’s tribal Nigeria respectively, are written by authors personally affected by sexist traditions within the culture they compose about. Both texts challenge cultural paradigms…
In the movie Mulan, the lead character sets out to war in place of her ailing father who’s medical condition only becomes worse every day. As it is set in earlier times, she cannot go in her true self and instead, has to impersonate a…
A Time period piece like no other, Sense and Sensibility has survived generations and has been a part of gender and society studies both in high school and university. The novel is presented with two main characters in which the title of the book coincides…
In A Doll’s House, Henrik Ibsen presents the strict and doomed Helmer family. Throughout the play, Nora is the doll in Torvald’s house, beautiful and obedient – the perfect wife. She is treated as a child, a play-thing, and someone he needs to watch over….
During the time when the imperial dynasties existed on the continent of China as Qin Shi Huang established the Qin dynasty, emperor and central government agencies constructed and refined a system where contains selected ideas that they wanted to root in the mind of the…