Gender roles play a huge part in society’s life because they help regulate behaviors and attitude that are socially acceptable. Aaron Devor, a dean at the University of Victoria and author of the article “Gender Roles Behaviors and Attitudes,” argues that men and women have clear rules and guideline in society on the way they should act. Traditionally, masculinity defined as being aggressive and domineering, while feminity defined as nurturing and passive. Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula was set in the late 19th century, when Victorian gender roles were very restricted. However, society behavior and attitudes about woman began to change. The television miniseries Penny Dreadful created by John Logan is a show about other literature characters from
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Stoker and Logan both present a worldview that communicates gender roles regarding masculinity as being assertive and feminity as being passive. The authors clearly communicate that traditional gender roles are both interchangeable and reversible within their works, which contradiction typically definitions and expectations of general roles. Both Arthur Holmood and Sir Malcom Murray are depicting as tough but use the appropriate moment of feminity when it comes to loves ones. Both characters have a title to their name, which in essence means they are entitled to the world in a way indicates this demeanor of toughness. In Dracula, this is seen as a virtue, unlike in Penny Dreadful this is a sin. These demeanors seem to fade away when the love of death one comes into question. Stoker’s states “[Seward] took Arthur by the arm, and led him away to the drawing-room, where he sat down, and covered his face with his hand, sobbing in a way that nearly broken down to see” (147). In the scene, Dr. Seward comforts Arthur after his beloved fiancé has passed away. Stoker uses descriptive words like “sobbing” and “broken down” to express emotional pain of …show more content…
In the scene between Dorian Gray and Vanessa Ives, there is a reversal of general roles. The director uses a close up framed to highlights this intimacy and sexual chemistry between the two characters because the characters face are so close together. The viewer may think that Vanessa is going to submit to Dorian Gray but the roles are reversal because instead she says “You never known this feeling before,” then kiss him and reject him by saying “Goodbye Mr. Gray.” Vanessa sexuality breaks this gender role because she willing to take control of her desires and turns it around by subduing Dorian Gray. Usually in this type of scene deal with rejection, the men are in control of the breakup but Vanessa is the one who initiates the kiss and rejects Dorian. Vanessa Ives is essence is portray as the New Woman because she not afraid to take power or control of the physical dynamic in the
Stoker and Logan both present a worldview that communicates gender roles regarding masculinity as being assertive and feminity as being passive. The authors clearly communicate that traditional gender roles are both interchangeable and reversible within their works, which contradiction typically definitions and expectations of general roles. Both Arthur Holmood and Sir Malcom Murray are depicting as tough but use the appropriate moment of feminity when it comes to loves ones. Both characters have a title to their name, which in essence means they are entitled to the world in a way indicates this demeanor of toughness. In Dracula, this is seen as a virtue, unlike in Penny Dreadful this is a sin. These demeanors seem to fade away when the love of death one comes into question. Stoker’s states “[Seward] took Arthur by the arm, and led him away to the drawing-room, where he sat down, and covered his face with his hand, sobbing in a way that nearly broken down to see” (147). In the scene, Dr. Seward comforts Arthur after his beloved fiancé has passed away. Stoker uses descriptive words like “sobbing” and “broken down” to express emotional pain of …show more content…
In the scene between Dorian Gray and Vanessa Ives, there is a reversal of general roles. The director uses a close up framed to highlights this intimacy and sexual chemistry between the two characters because the characters face are so close together. The viewer may think that Vanessa is going to submit to Dorian Gray but the roles are reversal because instead she says “You never known this feeling before,” then kiss him and reject him by saying “Goodbye Mr. Gray.” Vanessa sexuality breaks this gender role because she willing to take control of her desires and turns it around by subduing Dorian Gray. Usually in this type of scene deal with rejection, the men are in control of the breakup but Vanessa is the one who initiates the kiss and rejects Dorian. Vanessa Ives is essence is portray as the New Woman because she not afraid to take power or control of the physical dynamic in the