In the story " A sorrowful women" Gail Godwin describes a woman, her husband and the son. She loves her family but she cannot perform it well, because on the one hand, she wants to be independent like a male in general. On the other hand, the rejection that she made, not doing household works and taking good care of her son makes her uncomfortable by being stayed like a queen in the house. Also, the servant girl takes all responsibilities of thier house and child which is kind of like stolen her powers: important rules of her to be a mother of thier family, because women is set for the kitchen and children that is long term norm for every community, which is the main reason for her to get a depression and finally happens of her death.…
Women played a huge role in both the Gawain and Arthur stories by making the stories have an interesting plot twist. In most of the stories, women were very sneaky, and tricked many men into doing many things or betrayed them. Women can be related to characters from the Bible. Sometimes women in the stories could be helpful, but many just wanted to seek revenge. Some women may have seemed nice towards the beginning of the stories, but all of them betray or seek revenge on men in many of the stories.…
The old man’s heartbeat expresses the symbolism of the guilt that was intended for him in the future; however, the sound of the heartbeat coming from the narrator is expressed by the symbolism of the guilt of what he has done and his feelings about it afterwards. The heartbeat of both the old man and the narrator contributes to the theme of guilt throughout the story by conveying a deeper reasoning of the guilt and self - conscious thoughts during and after the…
When I compared two stories, “The Wife’s of Bath’s Tale” and Arthurian legend, I found the similarity of both stories that a man’s life is at the risk and a man has to answer one question. Both stories have the same question that what women really want. Crimes that made by the knights brought the similar punishment. The main characters in the stories search out the answer of the question and both find out a person (old hag) who knows the answer. Furthermore, the answer of this question is that women desire sovereignty over their husbands.…
Chaucer is no stranger to writing parodies of his own stories in The Canterbury Tales, as seen in the Reeve’s Tale working off of and following immediately after The Miller’s Tale. Similarly, The Friar’s Tale closely parallels and also follows right after The Wife of Bath’s Tale. Chaucer aligns these two tales to enforce the point that they should not be interpreted separately, but rather they should be accepted as an entire unit. And by implementing textual similarities, Chaucer blurs the lines between the two tales while concurrently creating two unique stories. This essay will briefly outline three of the most relevant excerpts that bridge the gap between the Knight from The Wife of Bath’s Tale and the Summoner from The Friar’s Tale.…
In his book The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History, American cultural historian Robert Darton argues that readers can access the “social dimension of thought” via folktales because stories are often influenced by the “surrounding world of significance” (6). He claims that folktales often evolve to reflect the social attitude at the time at which they are told. Thus, as Darton suggests, it is “…unwise to build an interpretation on a single version of a single tale (18)”. Focusing especially on the evolutionary aspect of folktales, Darton provides a comprehensive tool to interpret what different versions of the same fairy tale suggest about changes in society.…
Both stories vividly illustrate the enigma that is humanity and how the familial and societal influences affect the individual development to a large extent. The fictional stories track the struggle of the protagonists when the…
Hamlet neither gives us more a brutal and unrealistic turnout but embraces the idea that revenge isn't the answer nor is wishing harm upon others. In turn most things have a way of making its way back to us and either the rewards are good or bad. Cinderella was similar because she took the peaceful approach and in return she did live happily ever after. Through tragic or mystical events the reader can visualize the authors point of view in understand what is being portrayed. The supernatural ghost or fairy figures help fill in some unnatural explanations that help guide the main character towards happiness.…
“The Demon Lover,” the title of two similar short stories about evil men. I have certain claims about what I think each character is like, both men and women in the ballad and story. I will describe what each plot is like in both stories. I will explain each story's theme. I will also point out what each mood is like.…
In several Grimm’s Brothers fairy tales, it presents the theme that jealousy can lead to acts of cruelty. This theme is often displayed in a stepparent or stepsibling which are often female characters this can build a negative stereotype between family members and gender roles.…
Fairytales have long had a role in the socialization of children into society. Several of these tales focus on the theme of curiosity, but curiosity and its evaluation can take on different roles depending on the story. In order to fully analyze curiosity’s role in fairytales, it’s helpful to look at some examples, in particular, “Fitcher’s Bird” and “The Story of Cupid and Psyche”. In discussing these tales, I hope to examine what curiosity represents, the link between curiosity and disobedience, and the influence of gender on the consequences of curiosity. First of all, what does curiosity represent?…
Even though Cinderella two wicked step-sisters were heartless and arrogant, “she still embraced them and forgave them with all her heart and married them to two great lords of the Court”. In the Grimm’s brother’s version, the folktale ended violently and fiercely because “the two step-sister’s eyes were pecked out by pigeons for their wickedness and falsehood” and they were blind as long as they lived. According to Maria Tatar the author of numerous articles on fairy tales and also ten scholarly books, “fairy tales have modeled behavioral codes and development paths, even as they provide us with terms for thinking about what happens in our world”…
He reminds us of how cruel this society can towards each other, especially in a time of emotional hurt and need. He points out that we all can be mislead and blinded by the cruel activities that society…
A common fairytale motif is that of the evil stepmother, in such tales as Aschenputtel, Hansel and Gretel, Snow White, and The Almond Tree. A character whose main purpose is to oppose the hero/ heroine at all costs, the polar opposite of our main character. This polarization is essential for us to understand the goodness of the hero, to want them to succeed, and to see how good triumphs over evil. The most thought of evil-stepmother is that of the Queen in Snow White. This character is introduced to readers as “proud and haughty” and only emphasizes these traits the more the story goes on.…
Throughout fairy tales, the expectations of beauty and romance that are woven into the story are absorbed by the children viewing them. Children pick up on these ideals and quite often try to translate them into reality. Fairy tales, such as the one’s produced by Disney, often contain a magical romance with characters as magically beautiful as their love. However, these high expectations of love, beauty and happiness are unobtainable in our everyday world and leave children disheartened that their expectations of their body-image and love have not attained these unreasonable standards as they grow older. These expectations of body image, love, and happiness stem from infeasible beauty standards, magical romance, and living happily ever after…