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    In Sophocles Antigone, Sophocles utilizes the characters of Antigone and Creon to create complex conflicts that reflect upon balance between familial duty, piety, and duty to the Polis. It is through these conflicts that the struggle between Antigone and Creon is manifested. King Creon’s harsh edict forces Antigone to reconcile her allegiance to her family and her familial duty with her alliance to the city-state and her place within society. Through this intrapersonal struggle Antigone decides…

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    Collins, in “Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender and The New Racism”, gives an in-depth analysis to the constructions of Black masculinity and femininity across socioeconomic levels and within particular notable roles (eg. the athlete, the parent). While she does pay close attention to the commodification of the sexualized Black female body by Black men, and what is referred to as “black-on-black violence” especially in her chapters “Booty Call” and “Get Your Freak On”, what she…

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    White Supremacy’s Effects on Masculinity & the Implications for Black Coupling In Joy Bennet Kinnon’s assessment of black marriage, she consults sociologist Dr. Frank Harold Wilson on black relationships, yielding a thought-provoking phenomenon about the behavior of today’s couples. Dr. Wilson blames society’s “consumption culture” for the deteriorating quality of relationships – relationships have developed into situations that are like games and “being on stage” (194). Instead of investing…

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    no help for it: we must haul into court and mercilessly interrogate our feelings of devotion, of sacrifice for our neighbour, the whole morality of self-renunciation, as well as the aesthetic of ‘disinterested contemplation’, which the current emasculation of…

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    emphasis is placed on her body, specifically her ‘large breasts’ which are mentioned multiple times. She feels her femininity is frivolous which is why she does “her best to conceal [her chest] but never could”. The juxtaposition between Ratched’s emasculation of the patients and her adoption of a male roles emphasises that she values power and control more than her own gender and sexuality because it allows her to repress the patients further. The patients become so repressed that it doesn’t…

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    Discrimination of African Americans is still strong which is clearly visible in the denial of job opportunities for African American inhabitants of Medallion. The Bottom men’s fears of emasculation and their attempts to win the respect of the dominant society result in the men’s frustrations which they consequently project in their personal relationships with African American women and with their children. The major problem of the novel’s…

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    In early Islamic culture, a transgender woman called a mukhannathun, a woman who had been born a male but with natural femininity, was accepted and allowed to have relations with men or women. The mukhannathum held an important position in society, associated with music and entertainment, and are stated in the Qur’an as companions of women. They were companions of Prophet Muhammad and his wives, and close enough to accompany them in their homes. However, this is significant as a woman’s chamber…

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    1. By showing the witches in the beginning, Shakespeare was able to foreshadow all the conflict and uneasiness of the play. The witches bring a new kind of suspense by indirectly introducing Macbeth to the audience. Instead of having a normal introduction, Shakespeare uses the witches and their discussion to set up the uncertain mood of the play. In the quote, “Fair is foul and foul is fair,/Hover through the fog and filthy air” (Shakespeare, 7) all the witches are hinting at their schemes for…

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    Determining a clear diagnosis for any mental illness poses an issue as there are no physical indicators of an individual's perceived mental health or lack thereof. Receiving a diagnosis only occurs because of an individual’s decision to do so, and even then, it is a diagnosis solely based on judgment. Due to this, society has an alarming amount of power in its hands. Society can shape an individual’s views and perceptions about mental health simply by imposing norms and twisting opinions, often…

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    women are considered “weak” if they give themselves physically to a man. Women in society are shamed for showing sexuality, while men are congradulated for it. When Nurse Ratched denies the men any sense of her femininity, they are crippled with emasculation. But after Billy Bibbit has relations with Candy, he is praised by the men on the ward and restores his manhood. Billy exited the room with a stride in his step after an eventful night, Chief states,“He looked pleased with his success, as if…

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