Gender in Literature Essay Examples and Topics

Paul D declared Sethe "the best thing" because he was just a "man" in terms of gender, and he could not claim his manhood without her.

Hochschild concludes that Peter is resistant in sharing housework due to his awareness of the role of men in his social world which emphasises that a man's role in the family is to provide for [...]

The aunt, a victim of a prawn bite that embeds the creature in her leg, represents the intrusion of patriarchal and colonial forces into the lives of Puerto Rican women.

Olsen, portrays the hardship and low status of women in society, poverty, and the realities of working poor women. Olsen's mother understands the aimlessness and pointlessness of her life caused by the necessity to work [...]

The distinct feature of this story, as well as other Rifaat's writings, is the fact that the author does not oppose the Muslim traditions of marriage and patriarchy.

One way it could be interpreted is as a list of "lessons" given by a mother to their young daughter, trying to teach her the skills she needs to function in the society of that [...]

In her chapter, The Married Life, Pundita Ramabai Sarasvati illuminates the issues of child marriages and the violation of women's rights, exposing them to early traumatic experiences and constraining them in their independence and autonomy.

However, one realizes that she is voiceless in the novel, which highlights the insignificance of role of women in Heart of Darkness.

She gives the example of how a three year old may grow up knowing that the doctor is supposed to be male and the nurse is supposed to be female.

In this novel of manners, the author describes the character development of the protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet, and depicts the society of late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century England with its values and flaws. One of the [...]

In the story, the mother is assured that passing on valuable domestic knowledge to her daughter will save her from a life of ruin and promiscuity and empower her to be a productive member of [...]

Maybe Loureen and Florence treat their problems a little differently depending on the fact of having children or the degree to which the husband's attitude can be tolerated. The general opinion about women and their [...]

The poet demonstrates that from childhood, the leading character is orientated to be a girl by being presented GE stoves and iron as symbols of womanhood.

By applying the literary theory of feminist criticism to this work, it can be proved that the author emphasizes the inferior role of women in society, their oppression, and the problems of gender inequality.

Hemingway does not hide the uselessness of Wilson in the eyes of Margot; she only uses him as a toy, and even after they have sex Hemingway still questions it.

The most evocative depiction of feminism and the plight of women can be found in the story The Wife of the Bath.

The story of Ama Aidoo In the Cutting of a Drink tells about gender inequality, which is expressed in the clash between the typical values of rural residents and the values of people living in [...]

In attempting to control the politics of the situation, the women take on the role of the men and effectively put the men in their place.

The intent of the paper is to explore the recent Afghani history and social conditions while making connections to the events of the novel to address the question: to which extent women are affected by [...]

The plot of the story follows the life and death of a Southern woman Emily Grierson, mostly in the period after the Civil War.

The story's central theme is the conflict between genders in a time and space where this kind of conflict is unacceptable due to the strict gender roles accepted in society.

By analyzing the characters of Maggie Tulliver and Lady Audley and identifying similarities and differences between them, the present paper will aim to explain what it meant to be a dangerous woman in the 19th [...]

Wahl is of the idea that Hermaphroditism is a metaphor that enables Behn to describe the Lesbian desire while Frangos believes that there is a possibility of Clarinda being a hermaphrodite.

To illustrate, the theme of female subordination plays out in The Story of an Hour through Louise's confession that Brently's supposed death indicates freedom for the wife.

First of all, the female author of the article considered by Cosh is evidently a supporter of the equality of rights for men and women, and her account on the women liberation movement in the [...]

Thesis Statement: The homoerotic, or homosexual, nature of the plot in 'Death in Venice' by Thomas Mann is a fair representation of classical Greek homoeroticism and how homosexuality was viewed in a very conservative manner [...]

It is possible to say that Murray's ideas presented in On the Equality of the Sexes are ahead of her time.

The purpose of this proposal is to examine the detrimental effects of patriarchy in Susan Glaspell's play Trifles. The proposal aper will give insight into the workings of patriarchy and its detrimental effects on women's [...]

The focal point of the paper is to discuss four female characters in The Tale of Genji and focus on women's social role, level of education, how much independence they enjoyed, their emotions, their love [...]

The transgression from one style to the other, and through the process of breaking the convention Virginia Woolf, in her essay A Room of One's Own and parodic novel Orlando: An Autobiography, reinstates for her [...]

Racine view Phedre as in a trap by the anger of gods and her destiny due to the unlawful and jealous passion that resulted into the deaths of Hippolytus and Oenone.

The themes of the wild animals, magical transformations of men into beasts and relationships between women and animals are developed in "The She Wolf" by Giovanni Verga, "Tale of the Mouflon" by Grazia Deledda and [...]

While the chapter follows the narrative of Amy's letters to the family, the author had fewer opportunities to place valuable symbols in the text.

The context of the story and the extra attention to the peculiarities of the written language of the diary further complicate the interpretation of the story.

The declaration suggests that Conde believed the story of Tituba's maltreatment needed to be told to expose the truth she had been denied due to her skin color and gender.

Thus, in the course of analyzing the powerful imagery in Chopin's work, the paper will also focus on the concepts of feminine roles and gender relations as they were perceived in the dominant culture of [...]

The reason is that many behaviors of these female characters are masculine in their nature, and they need to be further discussed with reference to examples.

The narrator sees him as the first and the last one to be in the office and assumes that Bartleby is devoted to his job.

Two major works of literature, 'Oedipus the king' and 'The Odyssey', provide some of the best examples of how the role of female characters is portrayed in different ways and how these women influence the [...]

Whereas, the former is being concerned with the promotion of the idea that men and women are thoroughly equal, in the social sense of this word, and that they should treat each other with respect, [...]

There are disputes about the sexual desire of men and women and how it is applied, and the use of physical strength of men on women.

The decision to show one's femininity in revealing clothes and photographs despite the dangers of Trans sexism is rather a sign of solidarity and courage against the same dangers.

A similar point was made in Swift's work, in the part where the author tries to reassure the reader that children under the age of 12 are not a saleable commodity to eat.

The external plot is only a shell of the main idea, with the help of which the author expresses the vision of the problem.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is one of the most influential books of the 19th century and continues to be popular today.

The author highlights the severe inequality in his story by restricting the number of female characters and limiting the development of Cunegonde, the Old Woman, and Paquette as active participants in society.

The literature also reveals to the audience a gender picture of the world - the statuses of men and women at a certain period of time, their behaviors, stereotypes, and potential conflicts.

Munro's "Boys and Girls" is a story about a puzzled girl who struggles to find the balance between the battles of her inner female-housewife side, like her mother, and a boyish character who likes to [...]

The objective of this story is to discuss the role of fantasy/escape as it has been applied in the story, "The Faery handbag".

Till the end of the story, Stella does not want to believe that her dependence on men is so similar to the same dependence of her sister.

Ingersoll in his article "The Stigma of Femininity in James Joyce's "Eveline" and "The Boarding House" analyzes the image of Eveline from the point of view of feminity and oppression of women in those times [...]

The women characters in the short story tell each other a series of tales, embedded within the story at different narratives, about the enticements and dangers they face when they were young.

Only in recent decades have U.S.historians begun seriously to evaluate the mobilization of women and to consider the ways in which relations between men and women changed in the era of the American Revolution.

The pain of realizing the essence of life and disappointment in Torvald awakened Nora's irresistible desire to be herself and live her life to the fullest.

Morrison's fictional works are carefully crafted to enable the audience understand and question the standpoint of Afro-American feminism created in the writing. This kind of mystification, misrepresentation, and erasure stimulated black females to construct their [...]

In fact, naming and recognizing the difference, as well as acknowledging racial, class, and gender differences, is crucial for accepting the self and positioning in the world.

For contemporary audiences yet delight in the satire of Lysistrata, the farcical comedy of manners in which the themes of national war and peace, and yes, even war and peace between the sexes, all receive [...]

In "Play-by-Play", the omniscient narrator poses rhetorical questions as the narrator watches a group of men playing softball and analyses the secrete sexual thoughts and desires of the women nearby, as they secretly admire the [...]

When one delves into the depths of "The Yellow Wallpaper," one finds a critique of the concept of marriage. Marriage, as it is presented in the narrative, is a conduit for the propagation of patriarchal [...]

This paper will discuss the implications of gender structures in the novel and find its representation in the current gender views.

The author managed to subtly and in details notice the changing nature of the surrounding her individuals, which is curious to read because her background is captivating.

This phrase embodies the treatment of women in society who are often viewed as objects of sexual desire yet are blamed for arousing that desire in men and stealing their life force.

Whereas a girl is unable to alter her new appearance caused of a health condition, people around her expect that she bears the blame since they view her as a freak of nature that scares [...]

Though the women in the novel are depicted as careless, treacherous, and selfish, the author uses them to underscore the power of the will to rebel against societal norms in pursuit of happiness.

One of the reasons supporting this claim is the choice and use of characters in this play. The author uses a male to be the main character in the play.

She asserts that the man in the newspaper is a different man than the one she is married to because the one she is married to could never dream of being mentioned anywhere without having [...]

It is widely understood that Mary Shelley wrote for the female public, even though she originally wrote the novel on a wager among friends."She fitted character and plot to the tastes of the public, especially [...]

Beauvoir regards women as human beings but women are always portrayed as the 'other' opposite to a man."A man is in the right in being a man; it is a woman who is in the [...]

The book, which is the subject of this essay, namely "Tales of the field: On writing ethnography" is one of the most famous ones in the field of ethnography.

He cannot alter his nature, his passion, and because of that, he tries to fool himself and the people around him with a mask to hide his true identity.

This is a story about the issues of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo during the civil war. The comments of 'Anonymous' published as a response to the review of Jill Dolan, demonstrate the [...]

As such, Maggie was not against the role of a caretaker at all, and she loved Tom and was, to some degree, submissive to him.

The motif of guineas represented the money in the hands of a woman as well as a symbol of power since education was only available to the rich and powerful.

In this way, the woman shows that even though she accepts her role in the family and in society, she is not going to forget her own self and will stand her ground.

The main theme of the play is social and gender roles as perceived by the patriarchy and a woman's duties and roles in a marriage.

Current paper aims at discussing masculinity and femininity in Chinese culture on the examples of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Kuan-Chung and Javanese ideologies as a possibility to comprehend the roles of the [...]

On the other hand, the unknown narrator; the main character in the novel A Room of One's Own addresses and criticizes the issue of gender inequality in her society.

Tahar Ben Jelloun's "The Sand Child" is a novel that explores themes of gender and economic status and the consequences of patriarchy in Moroccan society.

In particular, the women's power in the story was shown in their ability to influence significantly men, who were depicted as the wisest and most powerful beings.

A good instance of this feature was the different perspectives of the characters towards the wedding of Doran to Polly under the duress of Mrs.

The idea is that the author reveals how women impose patriarchy on other women, which enables their own oppression and goes against the postulates of feminism.

There was an evident gender bias in the works of both male and female writers that connected to women's roles in society.

Othello is considered a subaltern play that illustrates the conflict between the moral voice and silence of female characters and the treacherous voices of male figures.

Benhabib's chapter, "Feminism and the Question of Postmodernism," highlights the connection between feminism and postmodernism in contemporary society. Nasrin examines the role of feminism in enforcing justice and human rights activism.

This essay is going to review gender and love and sexuality as the key themes that intertwined with Nel and Sula's friendship, while also explaining how these influenced each of the two main characters. On [...]

In the book, the theme of gender inequality and the unwillingness to live like the women of the neighborhood-under the control of men, is expressed through the thoughts and narrative of the main character, the [...]

Contextualized by the male gaze of the narrative hero of the short story, the girls in A&P, the story written by John Updike, are being observed from their very first appearance.

Thus, the book is undoubtedly worth being nominated for the Quills Award as one of the seminal works in the analysis of the nature of prejudices against women in the East, as well as the [...]

Wright The unimportance of women in the play is a critical factor for the women should follow all the things that their men counterparts impose on them.

In the past decades, a female child in society had to be prepared for the roles of a mother and a wife to help her take care of the family when she gets married in [...]

It is for this reason that Joss decided to live a double life; as a man to the judgemental world and as a woman to Millie.

Instead, the role of the mother of the nation was widely discussed as the aim and goal of American women. In fact, the tone of the excerpt from Goethe translated as "The Sphere of Woman", [...]

The men in the story have never accepted Minnie Wright's oppression as being the driving force of her killing the husband and how it led to a desperate act.

Thus the works of literature do not give the readers an image of the tidy government clerk or a young man in the way we got used to; the authors tend to give unnecessary descriptions [...]

The Feminist Movement, also called the Women's Movement and the Women's Liberation Movement, includes a series of efforts by women in the world to fight for the restoration of gender equality.

The fact that the mother tries to teach her daughter suggests that she is not too bitter and disappointed in the girl.

The central idea of the essay is that the male body has a specific purpose of reproduction, as it is compared to a "delivery rocket" of children, and therefore cannot last forever.

It is important to note that the gender theory has its roots in the feminist theory's analysis of gender roles. Eve Sedgwick is a highly influential writer in the field of queer and gender theory.

I do not hope to reveal every layer, but I would like to point out several patterns, in which I would pay attention to the educational relationship between the girl and the mother with a [...]

Another type is the Gibson girl mannish and provocative, the one who does not want to conform to the men's rules and believes inequality of the sexes. The purpose of the paper is to provide [...]

The setting is significant to the meaning of the work of writing as it influences its outcomes, the characters, viewpoint, and plot since it is connected to the principles, ideals, and feelings of characters.

In Blanche's opinion, beauty is the true value of a woman since it enables her to win recognition of men. The main tragedy of Blanche DuBois is that she was conditioned to act and behave [...]

It was about the book A Study of Women's Responsibilities, where, in addition to numerous responsibilities, Gisborne advises women to read.

In The Yellow Wallpaper and A Doll's House, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Henrik Ibsen depict the symbol of domestic confinement through the stories' protagonists to illustrate women's oppression.

Kate Chopin's The Story of an Hour presents one of the significant examples of literature where the format of the short story complements the plot and does not diminish the story's depth.

Kincaid introduces the monologue of the mother to her daughter through a list of instructions to follow. Distel says that Chopin uses shame as "a form of discipline" to monitor the woman's behavior and restrain [...]

By further analyzing the statement and the book as a whole through the cultural rhetoric and trauma framework, it becomes apparent that she is a victim of systemic patriarchy.

In this case, Aristophanes is trying to express the idea that the world of women and the meaning of their existence is determined only through the presence of children and a husband.

The story depicted in the text takes place in the author's home country during the last decade of the 19th century. Throughout the story, Matilda is rewarded for her ambitions and independence, which leads to [...]

In the introductory chapter, the author underlines the necessity to unhitch the concepts of love, commitment, marriage, and parenthood and redefine a current understanding of family and fidelity.

The part that I felt enlightened and surprised about simultaneously was the dialogue between the Faxe and Genry. The discussion about the known and unknown gave me the feeling of relief, for I have realized [...]

Therefore, the mother is also the first person who can explain to her daughter the basic purposes and roles that a woman should perform in life.

Green Butler uses the character of the grandfather to develop the theme of gender roles within the culture. The character of the grandfather is extremely sound for the cultural beliefs the author conveyed through all [...]

To understand the depth of Chekhov's vision it is possible to focus on the short story "The Lady with the Dog" considering the description of Anna's life and even appearance articulated by Gurov and Anna [...]

In both short stories mentioned, the main female characters Georgiana and Beatrice fall victims to the men that possess full control of their life: Georgiana is convinced by her husband, a man of science, of [...]

The theme of the stories themselves also influences the pleasure of reading a short story. Even some women dislike the fact that they are women writers and try to dissociate themselves from other writers, a [...]

In sum, Gilman and Olsen demonstrate that the low social position of women in society deprives women of a chance to find happiness and maintain close relations with their families.

It is important that women recognize their importance as leaders in the preservation of freedom of choice and of the evolving dynamic of the interconnectedness of life. In a patriarchal society, the woman is subjugated [...]

Other female writers such as Charlotte Perkins Gilman in "The Yellow Wallpaper", wrote more specifically about the female problem from the other side of the equation what happens when a woman finds herself unable to [...]

Two short stories were written by Chopin, A Story of One Hour and The Storm well as her brilliant novel Awakening should be regarded as one of the best examples of the feminist literature of [...]