Essay On Tilly

One marking that was prevalent in the show was Tilly’s strength and courage. It was shown through her character in the game, Dungeons and Dragons, as she killed monsters and was honest about her sexuality in the game. In real life, Tilly was hiding her sexuality and fierceness from her sister and decided to show her this truth through playing the game. I believe the actor portraying Tilly had to consider the difficulty of revealing her sexuality to her sister. This must have been especially hard for the character as she had kept so much of herself a secret for a long time. I believe this situation affected the actress’ portrayal because now the game is evoking true emotions for her, she had to show the hurt, sadness, and regret regarding her …show more content…
Women are often labeled as either feminine figures who are delicate and quiet or overbearing, masculine figures who are assertive and strong. Tilly showed everyone that all people have many layers to their personality regardless of their gender. This play communicated to me that feminine qualities such as empathy, vulnerability, and beauty relate to all humans and that femininity is simply a made up ideology of our culture. This applies to masculine qualities as well such as competitiveness, aggressiveness, and assertiveness which all exist to assist men in proving their dominance over women and other men in the home, at work, and in all aspects of life. These labels will in fact be harmful for both men and women. The words ‘feminine’ and ‘masculine’ are meant to be used as archetypes not stereotypes. Even so, these archetypes are constructed in a way that appeals to the dominance of men and inferiority of women. These words have allowed people to be put in a masculine or feminine box that causes them to suppress some of their true qualities in order to fit the expectations associated with their gender. These expectations are so deeply rooted in our history of men degrading women makes this play even more powerful and