Creation Myths of the Ancient Greeks‚ Mesopotamians‚ and Chinese Zach Lenart Ancient Mythology East and West Professor Shawn Youngblood October 2‚ 2012 Lenart-1 Creation myths of are often examined‚ but more often than not they are looked at individually. Much more can be learned if different myths are analyzed at the same time‚ recognizing similarities and differences as well as overlapping themes in these myths. We can learn about many aspects of a culture from their creation myths. The
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Question 1 “In a world ordered by sexual imbalance‚ pleasure in looking has been split between active/male and passive/female. The determining male gaze projects its phantasy on to the female figure which is styled accordingly.” (Mulvey 750) Mulvey refers here to classic Hollywood cinema. Is her analysis still relevant? Discuss in relation to films from the classic era and contemporary cinema. Refer to films screened in this unit and films of your choice with attention to mise en scene and narrative
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Dictionary is “Prejudice‚ stereotyping‚ or discrimination‚ typically against women‚ on the basis of sex”. When the term sexism is needed to be used for the discrimination against men‚ it is almost required to specify by referring to it as reverse-sexism or male-ism. This is because the definition is in itself stereotyping and being sexist‚ even though it could easily be used for both genders it states that it is typically against women. There is a problem with the way society conceives masculinity along
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Mid-way through his life and faced with an ignominious end‚ Dante Alighieri wrote his greatest work‚ The Divine Comedy. We can understand Dante’s motive in writing this epic by reading Cantos I through III of Dante’s Inferno. The Divine Comedy was a self-analysis by a man who found himself spiritually lost. Immediately in Canto I we see that Dante "the character" is lost on a spiritual level. He awakens mid-way through his life in a dark woods severed from both light and human connections. Dante
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Male Dominance We live in a man ’s world. Male dominated and controlled societies. It could be that it has been a cultural tradition‚ the man was given a more powerful and influential role in the community than women and it takes a long time for traditions to wear down. Or it could be the question of gender bias‚ the belief that man is stronger and wiser‚ thus the obvious choice for a leader. In “Girls at War” by Chinua Achebe and “The Collector of Treasures” by Bessie Head‚ the destructive nature
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Male Dominated Society Abstract This essay is about two short stories which are “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Gilman and “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway. Both are so different but very alike at the same time‚ the stories use symbolism and imagery to express their true feelings. They both struggle with feminism and individualism‚ while living in an era where it was a male dominated society. “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman uses symbolism and imagery
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How have women been portrayed through photography? The gaze deals with how the audience views the people presented in visual culture‚ in this case‚ adverts‚ magazines and Cinema. The ‘male gaze’ is the male ability to exercise control over women by representing them in visual means as passive‚ sexual objects of male desire. The power of men over women has always existed. They are seen as the more powerful and clever species. This control over women has been seen predominately in linguistics senses
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The Cinderella Myth The tale of Cinderella is encoded as a text of patriarchal moral instruction in which a sense of female agency will always by definition be absent. In this folk tale‚ which is also a fairytale‚ female character is positioned in terms of what it is not: not dominant‚ not powerful‚ not male. Cinderella herself‚ non-hero of a dubious tale‚ evinces more depth than most archetypes. She is capable of developing relationships‚ meting forgiveness‚ manipulating her own destiny‚ even of
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have given them those rights and abilities – without men to give them what they want‚ women and virtually powerless. In regards to prostitution‚ it is safe to say that men would have the upper hand in satisfying their client much better than their female counterpart. According to research done by anthropologists Kathleen Catanese and Kathleen Vohs‚ “Men think about sex more often than women‚ experience sexual arousal twice as often‚ have more frequent and varied sexual fantasies about more different
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Lester encapsulates the stereotypical gaze of Male > Female gaze. Lester suffers from what appears to be a mid-life crisis and fantasizing about Angela . On the other hand‚ Ricky adopts a voyeuristic gaze when he films those around him (i.e. Jane‚ Lester). However‚ the gaze is not held predominantly by the male viewer. For example‚ Jane turns the camera around back on Ricky. He doesn’t mind because he already feels free‚ though
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