Homoeroticism

Villette is an incredibly character driven and focused novel, centered on comedic coincidences that deal with bumping into the same people in completely different places. This focus on the characters, and their many quirks, is a true testament to Bronte’s writing abilities. She possess the ability to make one absolutely loathe certain parts of a character, while sympathizing with others. Each character has been pushed to their limit, each representing a different aspect of society and the place…

mostly remained gender ambiguous and defied stereotypes about what it meant to be a man, a woman, straight, and gay. While Hughes never admitted nor denied being gay, his work, which included poetry, essays, and short stories, often referenced homoeroticism in subtle ways simply because “black identity was viewed as incompatible with homosexuality” (Summers…

fathers' deaths, use lightning bolts as weapon of choice, and most importantly, fell in love with the same Ganymede. Shakespeare's choice of Ganymede as Rosalind's cross-gender change of identity illuminated his intentions of bringing importance to homoeroticism in his…

“A Womans face with natures owne hand painted, / Haste thou, the Master Mistris of my passion” (lines 1-2) is the start to Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 20,” which has most critics riddled about Shakespeare’s sexuality. Within the first quatrain, the sonnet leads the reader to believe the speaker is talking about a woman; however, in the last three lines the gender of the subject is revealed to be a man. Critics debate whether or not Shakespeare himself is a homosexual because of the way his sonnets are…

One theme commonly seen throughout the works of William Faulkner is tragedy. Faulkner’s novels and short stories are riddled with misfortune and sadness. Nice moments are few and far between, and usually last for a very short time. The morbid events that affect Faulkner’s characters are often inevitable, as in the characters have no way of escaping their certain demise. William Faulkner has a way of lining up these tragic events in a way that they appear circumstantial, yet none of his…

values. The Sybil Vane encounter reflects how deeply the immoral teachings are planted in the mind of Dorian. After being enthralled by the latter’s beauty and social status, Sybil Vane, a poor but a talented stage actress falls in love with him. She also calls him “Prince Charming” due to his unstained beauty and goes against her family members who do approve her love for Dorian. However, Dorian wants to explore his sensuality and to know about all aspects of life and can’t fathom her love…

insupportability Presented with the task of understanding socially constructed self in The Picture of Dorian Gray, it is virtually impossible to evade the questions of gender and sexuality. In the years since its publication, Dorian Gray’s depictions of homoeroticism have garnered much speculation, controversy, and reinterpretation. The aim of this paper is to address commentary on constructions of normative gender behavior, and how entangled they are with sexuality throughout differing…

Within this essay Derrick discusses the contest between two versions of the body in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter." These versions inform and introduce the representation of homosexuality within the novel. Derrick analyses the production of homosexual personality and uses the novel as an important basis for a clearer understanding of the materialization of sexual identity that arose within the nineteenth and twentieth century. The Scarlet Letter drew a lot of attention to the subject…

There is no better man to describe Hannibal Lecter than the author himself, Thomas Harris'," …. What is he now? There is not a word for it yet. For lack of a better word we’ll call him a monster” (Harris 331). Since the 20th century, we have been presented with countless adaptations of Harris monster. In 1986, we were shown Manhunter with critics describing Bryan Cox's Hannibal as "laid back and happy to engage in banter"(Sims). Five years later, The Silence of the Lambs came out and Anthony…

Kietzman, Mary Jo. "Will Personified: Viola as Actor-Author in Twelfth Night." Criticism 54.2 (2012): 257-89. Web. Identity and status weigh on the players and plays themselves. Actors were being portrayed as professionals and characterizing them in a radiant light aside from their characters. For Viola, at the time, women were not permitted on the stage. Viola’s player would in turn be a male playing a female, playing a male as Cesario. Caldecott, Henry Stratford (1896). Our English Homer, or…