Gender in Literature Essay Examples and Topics

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 [...]

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.

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.

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 [...]

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.

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.

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.

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 [...]

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

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

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.

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.

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.

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 [...]

In it she relates the story of Celie, a woman with a phenomenal rise from one oppressed and dependent and climaxes at the emancipated self at the end of the book.

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 [...]

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.

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 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.

The woman named Felice, takes Cleofilas with her to San Antonio which aptly proves to Cleofilas that it is not necessary for a woman to have a man to survive in life, "...she did not [...]

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

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

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 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.

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.

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.

The purpose of this paper is to review Djebar's Children of the New World and discuss the various examples of the emerging female agency in the book.

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.

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 [...]

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 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 story of The Last of the Mohicans was set in the mid-1700s. In the course of the effort to save the women, battles were fought, and relationships were formed and destroyed.

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 [...]

She is struck by the sound of the words and repeats the realization that she is "free! In one instant, the realization that she is not free enters her mind, and she wails a "piercing [...]

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 [...]

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

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.

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.

On the one hand, it represented a true social situation, and on the other hand, it helped to illustrate the life of Afro-American people at the beginning of the twentieth century.

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 theme of the story is to present the character of a "lady" and her behavior in society, her actions, and justifications for them.

Ability to work and/or supervise oneself as a woman is also quietly depicted through the girl who is able to work in the absence of her father. Cather depicts most of the women in her [...]

The phrase "The personal is Political" establishes the notion that most problems that women are said to have are not their fault.

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.

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.

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 [...]

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.

The theme of gender roles is consistently present in the novel, starting with character origins and becoming the central concept as they mature to defy archetypal perceptions of feminine and masculine expectations in order to [...]

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.

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 [...]

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 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.

In the article, Enloe explains the construction and reconstruction of masculinity by the local military and the US military to maintain the high morale among their soldiers.

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

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.

Specifically, the author refers to the problem of being confined in the prison of gender stereotypes that can be experienced when reading Shakespeare's works.

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.

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.

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, [...]

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.

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

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.

The story "The Drover's Wife" written by Murray Bail and Henry Lawson has several similarities and differences in the way the "wife" is presented.

Addressing women's role in the society of New England, as it is described by Ulrich, it should be stated that it is traditionally connected to housekeeping and caring about children.

The patriarchal practices embraced by the Indian community and the subsequent system of governance humiliated the writer; hence, the use of Cogewea in the passage was aimed to imply the abilities that were bestowed upon [...]

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 [...]

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.

The Brothers Grimm, Jakob and Wilhelm, were the first to put the age-old story of Cinderella to paper as a means of preserving the rich oral history of their German homeland in the early 1800s.

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.

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.

In the comedy, a woman was falsely accused of infidelity, and the role of the "unfaithful woman" was represented by Hero.

Shekiba is the victim of a society where women are judged almost exclusively on their worth as wives and mothers of sons and she was discriminated alongside her crippled father."The clan did not want to [...]

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 "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 [...]

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 [...]

The story is a critique of control in marriages and dominant attitudes towards women in the society of the 19th century.

Thus, the research delves into the historical context of the time when the short story was written to show the extent of the marginalization of women in the psychological field during the nineteenth century.

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 [...]

Upon analyzing the characters of Lady Macduff, the three witches, and Lady Macbeth, it is appropriate to conclude that the latter is the most powerful woman in Macbeth.

However, this situation began to change in the later part of the eighteenth century, especially after the Revolution that questioned many traditional practices and opened the way for changes.

The author demonstrates that the sanctity of life and the independence of negro women are rarely at the forefront of Black liberation movements.

Nonetheless, the attribute was appealing and inspirational to Mrs.de Winter, who wished to possess Rebecca's traits and power over her life.Mrs.de Winter and the housekeeper admired Rebecca leading to obsessing over her even after Rebecca's [...]

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 [...]

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.

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.

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

The core of the problem related to the protagonist's health is undefined in the short story. Thus, as the protagonist decides to free the woman in the wallpaper at the end of the story, she [...]

Moreover, the third-person narration helps to avoid confusion and explain the hero's feelings, which is vital regarding the theme of the story and its enhanced understanding. In such a way, the theme of identity is [...]

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.

To begin with, Kate Chopin's "Desiree's Baby" partly reflects realism, as it tells an everyday life story and describes the episode of the life of the Valmonde family.

By using carefully and masterfully constructed characters experiencing the difficulties of the era, Alcott portrays the core changes that the Industrial Revolution made to women's role in society.

Journalist Ken O'Brien depicts the struggle of 5 brave women who were among the first representatives of their sex to receive a pilot's license and competed on an equal footing with men in a profession [...]

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.

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.

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.

I purposefully selected a letter written by a man to introduce students to a perspective of a man of the 19th century on a woman who broke the constraints put on her by the society [...]

The action of the story takes place in a limited space, which is determined by the content and meaning of the work: the heroine is at home, in the kitchen, and the hero is outside, [...]

The stories written by Constance Woolson Fenimore, Mary Wilkins Freeman, and Jaqueline Bishop highlight the harmful gender roles and discrimination that still remains a major topic for disputes and illustrate the fate of oppressed women.

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.

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.

For instance, the story of the Earth and Sky highlights the interdependence of masculinity and femininity since the earth requires rainfall and sunlight from the sky to thrive.

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.

By focusing on the character, the book portrays the demand for feminism in society to allow females to have the ability and potential to undertake some responsibilities persevered by their male counterparts. The belief in [...]

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 [...]

This paper aims to discuss the emotional revival of heroines in the short stories of Kate Chopin and Charlotte Perkins Gilman."The Story of an Hour" is a very short story that describes a woman's experience [...]

The author notes that the second layer of the story can be found in the antagonism between the "narrator, author, and the unreliable protagonist".

Offred is the protagonist in the novel who struggles against all odds to maintain her identity and protect the rights of women against the oppressive regime. It is, however, prudent to note that man vs.society [...]

Objectification of women, the lack of female names, gender-specific stereotypes, and marginalization of women indicate the gender insensitivity of the creators of this literature.

This paper will argue that the speech is memorable and persuasive due to the relevancy of the topics it portrays, the language that was used, and the overall aim of the monologue.