Dominance

Written during the Dirty War in Argentina, a time of political and societal unrest, Kiss of the Spider Woman is a novel placed in a category of its own. Developing a connection between the hearts and minds of a revolutionary and a romantic, this text challenges the machismo culture and accentuates the volatile nature of morality. Incorporating an array of art forms, this work by Argentinian author Manuel Puig, has managed to obscure the lines of genre, gender, and wrongdoing. Through the use of…

have more dominance over women and in relationships and in society. Women being seen as a man’s possession is exemplified in The Awakening by Kate Chopin. Edna’s relationship with her father and Leonce demonstrates how the time period effects each of their actions. It shows how the father is meant to be dominant over his wife and children and the husband should be as well. Colonel, Edna’s father, is a very strict and dominant parent. Edna has known and been accustom her father’s dominance…

opposition to the governments act showed Britain that the colonists did not take the threat on their American tea lightly. That being said, this violent resistance made Britain exert even more dominance over the colonies, which resulted in a cycle of resistance by the colonists and dominance by the British. This dominance led to the Boston Tea Party taking place and ultimately led America on the path to…

Roman as brutal, virile, and all-powerful. This serves to fulfil his purpose of criticising the misogynistic nature of patriarchal Colombian society. Santiago Nasar is characterised by Marquez as privileged and well-off in order to exemplify his dominance. The phrase “a privileged existence, afforded by money and maleness” (Marquez 17) (in reference to Santiago’s…

want. The conclusion here shows what McPherson truly thinks about the Chinese and possibly how British leaders felt as well. The Opium Wars were not just a case of demanding compensation for the earlier incident, but to assert dominance over China, especially naval dominance, and ensure that China will no longer dare retaliate against the “superior”…

The medium is acrylic on canvas. I was automatically attracted to this piece due to its size, chaotic features, and elements of line, direction, dominance, and contrast. This piece is 82 feet long and is split up and hung onto two walls. The artwork encapsulates a psychedelic experience with wave shapes and patterns, historical figures, and people and animals of all shapes and sizes with exaggerated…

sexual reproductive success. This raises a big question, what is the overall trajectory of violence and sociality in human evolution (Knauft, 1991). To answer this, we must do a broad comparison of the apes and human societies with regards to the dominance structure, resource sharing, male competition for sexual access to females, biological traits, and intergroup…

Gilead also changes. The Commander is the “head”, in charge, but supported by a body, the members of the house. Atwood takes a seemingly neutral word like household and breaks it down turning it into a word with a negative connotation that means male dominance. Offred relates this new view of hold to the universally known wedding vows “to have and to hold,” questioning the romance of the words and if it still fits in with the new society. What was once held as a symbol of love is now…

In Taming of the Shrew, William Shakespeare explores the themes of dominance and power through Petruchio and Katherine’s relationship. Katherine’s fiery personality and lack of patience causes many conflicts to occur between her and other characters; when Petruchio and Kate first meet, Katherine’s insults don’t faze him and he actually accepts the verbal duel. The wordplay of this passage contains a hidden sense of power and control which establishes Petruchio with the upper hand by his…

(Belton, 221). One of the main characteristics of these film noir films was the development of the woman as a femme fatale, to reaffirm the traditional gender roles. WWII provided an opportunity for the woman to enter the workforce and threaten male dominance. This gender revolution…