translations‚ in which she says he "is not interested in women." Also‚ Lanval is rescued from Arthur’s judgment by his powerful and beautiful fairy mistress‚ which reverses the traditional gender roles of the knight in shining armor and the damsel in distress. In the original version‚ Lanval leaps onto the back of his mistress’s horse and they ride off into the sunset; in the bowdlerized version‚ she rides behind him‚ thereby making the gender roles traditional
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to another. The women of the island are embodying traditionally masculine qualities of being war-like and hosting athletic tournaments. Women control all positions and professions from weapons-making to government. Trevor is put in the role of the damsel while Wonder Woman is the rescuer. Women are seen in the traditional masculine
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When we tell a boy that he “cries like a girl” we don’t just insult women—we oppress men on a psychological level‚ reinforcing the unnecessary patriarchal principle that men are above emotional distress. While boys are taught from childhood that it is unacceptable for them to express their feelings‚ girls are free to react to situations with unrestricted emotion. This emotional double-standard is a detriment to men and boys well into adulthood‚
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Damsels in distress‚ giants‚ armies‚ and duels between knights makes a story exciting but delusions of these things can be just as exciting. In the story “Don Quixote” by Miguel De Cervantes the main character Don Quixote plays a delusional hero who is a knight-errant. Don Quixote goes on adventures fighting delusion battles and facing non existent evil‚ but within his madness is the purpose of Cervantes ridicule of the hero. Don Quixote is a character that Cervantes uses in a satirical way to have
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A Comparison of Contemporary and Romance Literature Contemporary literature in the form of a short story consists of a plot‚ characters‚ point of view‚ setting‚ and theme (2). These elements can vary a great deal from one story to the next. An author of a short story also reveals a tone and a mood shown by his or her style of writing. Although romance literature contains the elements mentioned above‚ they are very different than those in short stories and are somewhat static from one tale
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"W.W.Y.D" Society is quick to judge and people are quick to stereotype other people. In the show "What Would You Do" three people were trying to steal a bike. The first one was a white male and most of the people just walked by or asked "Is that your bike‚" and his reply was "No‚" then the people just kept walking by and didn’t even try to stop him. There was roughly 100 people an hour that just walked by until an old couple walked up and tried to stop him. Next‚ was a black male and the first
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One of the women characters to who may show sympathy towards is Daisy. Daisy throughout the novel is oblivious to the fact that Tom‚ her husband‚ has an intimate relationship with the character Myrtle in a very public way. This is one of the ways in which we‚ the reader‚ sympathise towards Daisy‚ not only because of the fact that Tom is cheating on her with other characters but‚ the public way in which this affair is being carried out with everyone aware of Tom and Myrtles relations‚ other than Daisy
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stories a common factor is that the couples were forced to make adult decisions about their lives and love lives; while‚ the adults around them were making many poor decisions. Unlike many love stories where the strong‚ handsome male saves the damsel in distress‚ the female protagonists in both of these stories appeared to be stronger than their male counterparts. Maybe that is why when the time came‚ both mothers
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of the striptease‚ ‘off came her skirt‚ her woolen stockings‚ her shoes‚ and on to the fire they went’‚ evidently signifies her matured and controlled move toward expressing her own sexuality. Therefore subverting the archetype of a virginal “damsel in distress” to an actively sexual heroine‚ making the act of sex no longer a
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Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors The Comedy of Errors was Shakespeare’s first comedy. It is a light yet dramatic play about a family of twins‚ their parents‚ and their twin servants‚ who have been separated for over twenty years due to a tragic accident at sea. The story‚ following the usual format of Shakespeare’s work occurs and is concluded all in one day. The twins run into each other the whole day through and are mistaken for each other more than once. This confusion makes the tragedy
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