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Gender in Victorian Literature
A brief look at the ways two Victorian novels, Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre, challenge the dominant views of gender.
On Rebecca’s Side
Ever since its 1938 publication, people have been misreading and misinterpreting Daphne du Maurier’s classic novel Rebecca. Here’s how.
Society Does Not Dictate: The Quest for a Happy Balance
Analysis of the concept of happiness throughout the auto-biography, “Orlando” by Virginia Woolf.
The Madness of Macbeth
Macbeth’s downfall is complimented by his changing views on masculinity and how it is presented through ambition, morals, patriotism, gender, and ultimately violence.
Are Men Necessary?: Review
In “Are Men Necessary? When Sexes Collide,” Maureen Down analyzes four decades of backlash against the feminism of the sixties that might as well not have happened looking around today or while it did, it only lasted a short while in its promise that “things” might be different. “Things” being the battle of the genders for public recognition and the battles engaged in by men and women in the private sphere.
Effects of Gender Stereotypes in Children’s Picture Books
Children’s picture books may seem to be the last place where gender stereotypes are present. However, stereotypical messages are evident in picture books and as a result, our children may be limited and restricted to mold into these stereotypes.
