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    Cultural Influences on Rite of Passage Beliefs and Rituals Cultures throughout the world honor the passing from childhood into adulthood with special celebrations and rituals that coincide with religious or social traditions. World civilizations pay homage to this rite of passage differently‚ ranging from jovial and lighthearted galas to the barbaric rituals frequently associated with remote African tribes. There are also other sects of the population where their youth enter a transitional

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    ’ as a technique used in Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) which is one of the greatest of modern novels. Joyce arranged his novel in five chapters which trace the protagonist’s life‚ Stephen Dedalus‚ from boyhood to young manhood. In this study ‚ a careful examination of this technique is carried out through moving from the innocence of childhood to frenzied episodes of adolescent lust and then to a calm contemplation of women‚ aesthetic theory independence and art

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    In The Short Story‚ "The Man Who Was Almost a Man"‚ by Richard Wright the author narrates on the story of Dave‚ a young‚ African-American farm laborer struggling in the racist atmosphere of the rural South. The author shows that Dave’s fantasy is to own a gun to make him feel more like a man‚ and how he thinks owning a gun would allow him to stand up to his fellow workers giving him power over them as well as respect from them. Wright then takes his fantasy and shows the bad consequences that come

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    healers. At some point of time Masculinity in men started to be valued much more --- perhaps because the society needed more warriors. This may have resulted in femininity in males being devalued. This was the stage when boys had to now go through a ’manhood’ test‚ testing their physical and mental stamina for a warrior/ hunter life‚ before they were taken in as men. Men and women used to live in separate groups and boys lived in women groups till they reached adolescence after which they either joined

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    the play Macbeth. William’s Shakespeare’s Macbeth tells the story of a man who allows the questioning of his manhood along with his ambition to lead him into a spiral of committing brutal and senseless acts of violence. The characters in Macbeth associate masculinity with aggression‚ bravery‚ and vengeance‚ as well as being void of emotion. Whenever the characters converse about manhood‚ violence soon follows. Thesis -In the play‚ Macbeth‚ the male gender role is constructed to represent masculinity

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    Masculinity and manhood is a running theme Macbeth. Throughout the play‚ Shakespeare challenges the traditional gender roles during that time period by having the female counterparts act superior among the men. Generally‚ men had the power and control over the women; however Macbeth reverses the traditional power division through Lady Macbeth and the witches although it maintains distinction by solidifying the powers men possess. Women during this time were submissive‚ uneducated‚ and had no say

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    This poem dramatizes the qualities the speaker deems essential in the quest to achieve manhood. The speaker is most likely a fatherly figure to a biological son or a person whom he cares about in a paternal way. “If” especially appeals to younger generations because it provides rules that are “inspirational and motivational in their focus on personal integrity and moral behavior” (Perkins). In an instructive manner‚ the speaker urges his son to strive for greatness and success but also humility and

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    The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Robert Louis Stevenson The Victorian era is arguably one of the most important in Western history. England‚ at this point in time‚ was the most powerful nation on earth‚ setting averages weights‚ measures‚ trade and industrial development (Besserman‚ accessed 20 May 2012‚ pp. 1). The term ‘Victorian’ came to be known as mark of expansion and ingenuity but also as a time of poverty and class divide. A strict and patriarchal moral code was in place that

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    The piece of artwork that struck me the most was Thomas Cole’s the voyage of man. The art gallery only had one painting from a series of four so I looked up the other two and really took in the flow of the four paintings together. I found it very interesting to see how the artist portrayed the different stages of life. He shows childhood as bright and easy by by representing it with a gently flowing river and sunny sky‚ which I find are accurate depictions of the early stages of life. The character

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    Growing up during the naturalism and realism literary movements‚ and experiencing combat in Cuba and Greece first hand influenced Stephen Crane’s outlook in his novel The Red Badge of Courage that no matter what it takes‚ all living things will do whatever they can to save themselves‚ and that the world continues to spin regardless of human existence. The literary movements that influenced his writing the most were naturalism and realism. Naturalism uses detailed realism to suggest that social

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