intend to to identify personas‚ which include gender of the character. In his paper he mentions that the gender of personas has changed over time‚ but he does not investigate that further: “latent character types might cast new light on the history of gender in fiction. This is especially true since the distribution of personas across the time axis similarly reveals coherent trends” (Bamman et al.). We can use some of his techniques to identify the gender of the characters and build off of this idea
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This title encapsulates the image that the two sexes are completely different and opposite to each other. Gender-role development is one of the most important areas of human development. In fact‚ the sex of a newborn sets the agenda for a whole array of developmental experiences that will influence the person throughout his or her life. Gender roles‚ norms and stereotypes play a pivotal role in the way men and women are raised and perceived‚ not only by parental and family figures‚ but also by society
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The Odyssey is the product of a society in which the dominant role was played by men. In ancient Greece‚ just as in the whole of the ancient world‚ and in America and Western Europe until the last century‚ women occupied a subservient position. Society was organized and directed by men‚ and all of the most important enterprises were those which men arranged and implemented. Women were valued‚ but they participated in the affairs of the world only when they had the tacit or open approval and permission
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The Seven Virtues of Bushido The Way of the Samurai Bushido was developed between the tenth to fourteenth centuries in Japan and spread through the warrior class. It was a code of conduct that during the time was unwritten passed down from generation to the next. The Bushido code has seven main virtues whose roots come from “Confucius” and “Zen Buddhism.” These seven virtues are known as Gi‚ Yu‚ Jin‚ Rei‚ Makoto‚ Meiyo‚ and Chugi. In Inazo Nitobe’s book “Bushido: The Soul of Japan he describes
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History Speech (1st slide) What were the Samurai? (2nd slide) These are my sources. The excerpt from Yamaga Sokō is a primary source written as an original document in his work ‘Way of the Samurai’. Yamaga Sokō wrote this work in the mid-seventeenth century as a Japanese Philosopher during Medieval Japan times. He was an expert in military techniques and was highly respected. This source is very reliable as it is from the time and although it is an opinion‚ it is not biased or unwitting as well
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and thought provoking reading or listening experience‚ and insight into the twisted storyline. One of the most interesting of Shakespeare’s techniques is the characterization of each gender as a separate entity. He seems to give the main characters traits that will lead them to follow certain trends for their gender. In Hamlet‚ Shakespeare characterizes the main male characters as men with power who tend to exercise
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Gender had different expectations in Umuofia because masculinity was strongly believed. For example‚ men were taught at a young age that he has to be tough and to work hard in order to raise a family in contrast‚ women were taught to cook and to take care of the children. Nwoye and Ezinma were treated differently by their father Okonkwo. Okonkwo wanted Nwoye to be more masculine since Nwoye would rather play with the other kids or listen to his mother’s stories. When Nwoye listened to his father’s
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Pedro. However‚ the innocent also becomes guilty when they believe the lie and decide to take action. Almost unnoticed‚ gender is a small part within both plays. Coincidently‚ the remaining characters that remain with Everyman are women including Good Deeds. As for Shakespeare’s play‚ Beatrice is absolutely fiery after Claudio publicly shamed her cousin‚ and curses her own gender: “Is he not approved in the height a villain‚ that hath slandered‚ scorned‚ dishonoured my kinswoman? O that I were a man
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I think that the Samurai would win in a battle against a knight. While knights ad samurai have many similarities‚ in a one on one battle‚ the advantage would be to the Samurai and this can be seen in weapons‚ training‚ and their honor code The first way that Samurai’s have an advantage is because of their weapons. In a video made by Terry Schappert‚ t says that the sword called the Katana has a very good grip and it is mainly used to cut and slice. This is a good thing because the handle is made
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The armor of the Samurais and Knights had some differences‚ but‚ had similar concepts of armor. For example‚ their armor sets had Heavy protection. Samurais armors were conducted out of iron scales interlaced leather cords‚ and silk. They had four parts to their armor‚ but no protection on the right on right arm. Knights had tiny metal links interlaced and Full plates of metal. Another example‚ is that the Samurais and Knights had similar weapons they use swords and Bows. Samurais and Knights have
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