A Serious Man

expectations or even gaining the respect of his father. Okonkwo’s fear was that he would indeed grow into a man that resembled his father. This fear began in his childhood when Okonkwo was hungry, hungry because his father was lazy and did not work to provide food for him or his mother or siblings. Okonkwo grew up seeing his father drink away the small amount of income that came his way, and saw him die as a man who had nothing to his name, nothing to pass leave to his children,…

“Flowers in (my) hair” Conceptualization: Like in Muholi’s La Rochelle series (figs.2, 3, 4), my artwork Flowers in (my) hair (fig.1) tackles gender norms- mainly toxic masculinity . The camel in the image is my representation of man and focuses on changing the idea that to be a man you must be tough. In this artwork I tackle society’s idea of “normal” and try to change their perspectives. This artwork is mainly linked to Zanele Muholi’s La Rochelle series as she explains and depicts how we all…

rivalry between Borromoni and Bernini resulted into their separation and the two began working separately. Bernini remained as the outgoing sculptor and architect that he was. Borromini on the other hand, remained as a withdrawn, prided and lonely man who felt that he needed to be recognized for his artistic works…

should be reliable when in need and his reliability comes from the fact that he is insentient instead of being able to respond. The last rule is “Give ‘em Hell.” This means that real men should be daring and aggressive, taking risks shows how much of a man you are. Another characteristic of this rule is not to pay attention to other’s opinions. This is the reason why men are the worst…

The play focuses on familial relationships and the conflict between father and son. “It examines the father-son relationship in which the father wants his son to follow his footprints and the son refusing to toe the line” (Das 50). In the words of Dattani, HASMUKH. Should God permit me, I intent to stay right here. But everyone has to go sooner or later. I will retire one day, either from the company or from this world. What will become of you then? I have to season you now. You need…

The larger issue of the essay is the social issues surrounding masculinity. The focused issue is how masculinity creates a homophobia in men. Not the fear of gay people but the fear of other men. Kimmel shows this through his thesis which states, “Homophobia is the fear that other men will unmask us, emasculate us, revealed to us and the world that we do not measure up, that we are not real men… Our fear is the fear of humiliation. We are ashamed to be afraid” (Kimmel 150). The author begins to…

He’s Just Not That Into You He’s Just Not That Into You is based on the popular show called “Sex and the City”. The book contains 188 pages in total to give guidelines for women who may wasting their valuable time and youth on some men that just not like them that much. And, listing specific examples and concerns from women who had questions about their relationships and provide different views to reply readers. Because women deserve to understand these guidelines for their own relationships so…

to present day, there has always been a division between men and women. Back then it seems the wives were expected to take care of the house, and the husbands were always the dominant one of the relationship. The man appears to always be right while the woman needs to appreciate the man because he provides for the household. Both Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” and Henry Isben’s play “A Doll’s House” portray how women struggle in marriages. Nora Helmer, the…

Gender Discrimination and the True Love Between the Old Man and The Young Girl in Film by Wu Tianming -- Analysis of The King of Masks (1996) The film The King of Masks (1996), describes an elderly artist who has extraordinary skill that is able to change masks frequently on-stage named as the king of masks, living alone, wants to find a boy (the skill can only be passed to male inheritor) to pass his skills to him. The story begins when once in a human trafficking market, the king of masks…

Eroticism is slowly becoming the strongest commodity in the music business, probably because most eroticism in music videos, for example, portrays female bodies aimed to please the man and as we know we live in a male dominated world. Today, women are learning from their past counterparts how to use eroticism as a form of agency. This agency creates a form of empowerment in which they get to control their own ability to be desired and the rate at which they can be approached. Yet in today's…