Gender Critical Points (GCPs) In the first text, it shown that when the villagers came up to help the shepherd boy, men brought a club and a harrow while women choices of weapon was a rolling pin. People could assume that man was tending to the farm while woman doing household chore. Domestic roles performed by man and women and whether these roles are always associated with one gender over another. For instance, as stated by Toçi & Aliu that we can often come across beliefs that women are those who are expected to clean the house, prepare a meal, take care of children or do the laundry and man are expected to cut the grass, make household repairs, wash the car and make family based decisions (2013, p. 12) The main character,
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For the third text, as displayed in the title, talked about the story of the fisherman and his wife. The male character is described as a kind and helpful one. He released the big flounder who was actually an enchanted prince when the flounder begged him to let him free. In relation with occupational roles, this story female and male character were also portrayed in stereotypically feminine and masculine occupations where the female characters had no occupation outside the home. The differences between the two stories were seen in their family relationship roles. The husband was seen as someone who is submissive. This trait was in response to his wife’s assertiveness by yielding to her power. The fisherman kept giving to her demands and asked for more wishes to the flounder after that. His wife kept giving strong, direct assertion of ideas by asking for more wishes starting from wishing for a little cottage, wanting a palace, wanting a position as a king, an emperor till she wished the ultimate wish. She wanted to be like a god. She wanted to gain more positions of power. This is actually an interesting case. Rather than wanting to be a queen, the female character wanted to be a king instead, and so the emperor rather than empress. Using the analytical framework proposed by Sunderland (2000), The Fisherman and His Wife would be analyzed as a text which goes beyond traditional representation of gender roles. In The Wild Swans, female main character, Princess Eliza was portrayed as someone who was physically attractive; helpful, and submissive. From the written data, Princess Eliza was describes as a beautiful princess. She rescued her brothers in a traditionally feminine way, by sewing or making nettle shirts as told by the angel in order to turn the princes back to
For the third text, as displayed in the title, talked about the story of the fisherman and his wife. The male character is described as a kind and helpful one. He released the big flounder who was actually an enchanted prince when the flounder begged him to let him free. In relation with occupational roles, this story female and male character were also portrayed in stereotypically feminine and masculine occupations where the female characters had no occupation outside the home. The differences between the two stories were seen in their family relationship roles. The husband was seen as someone who is submissive. This trait was in response to his wife’s assertiveness by yielding to her power. The fisherman kept giving to her demands and asked for more wishes to the flounder after that. His wife kept giving strong, direct assertion of ideas by asking for more wishes starting from wishing for a little cottage, wanting a palace, wanting a position as a king, an emperor till she wished the ultimate wish. She wanted to be like a god. She wanted to gain more positions of power. This is actually an interesting case. Rather than wanting to be a queen, the female character wanted to be a king instead, and so the emperor rather than empress. Using the analytical framework proposed by Sunderland (2000), The Fisherman and His Wife would be analyzed as a text which goes beyond traditional representation of gender roles. In The Wild Swans, female main character, Princess Eliza was portrayed as someone who was physically attractive; helpful, and submissive. From the written data, Princess Eliza was describes as a beautiful princess. She rescued her brothers in a traditionally feminine way, by sewing or making nettle shirts as told by the angel in order to turn the princes back to