Literature On Theme Gender and Sexuality? For my English Literature class, I have to write an essay on the theme Gender and Sexuality analyzing these works of literature that I've read into my essay in the body paragraphs:
"Saplings from the Storm" - Mary Pipher
"Inside the World of Boys: Behind the Mask of Masculinity" - William Pollack
"No Name Woman" - Maxine Hong Kinston
"Woman as Other" - Simone de Beauvoir
"Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?" - William Shakespeare
"Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds" - William Shakespeare
"To His Coy Mistress" - Andrew Marvell
"Tonight I Can Write" - Pablo Neruda
"Barbie Doll" - Marge Piercy
"Hills Like White Elephants" - Ernest Hemingway
and since Gender and Sexuality relates to Psychology and Sociology rather than English Literature, I'm really struggling trying to write my Introduction and Conclusion paragraphs since I don't have any other ideas to add on for either of them to make them longer so they are no long enough yet. Here is what I have written down so far for my Introduction and Conclusion paragraphs:
Introduction: Gender and sexuality is one of the many themes in literature that have been created. Gender and sexuality has also influenced literature throughout the ages. Throughout the past, reading and writing has been considered a male domain due to women unable to get a good education. During the Shakespearean times, women appearing on stage have been considered to be dishonorable. As a result of that, the portrayals of women have been played by men predominantly. This reinforces the position of women in that society in which they have ‘no voice.’ Many works of literature written have gender and sexuality included in them, including: “Saplings from the Storm” by Mary Pipher, “Inside the World of Boys: Behind the Mask of Masculinity” by William Pollack, “No Name Woman” by Maxine Hong Kingston, “Woman as Other” by Simone de Beauvoir, “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?” by William Shakespeare, “Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds” by William Shakespeare, “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell, “Tonight I Can Write” by Pablo Neruda, “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy, and “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway.
Conclusion: Literature reinforces the position of women as objects of male desire, mother, and nurturer. Many modern texts address the inequalities inherent in literature’s history.
Since I don't have any other ideas to add on to either of these two paragraphs to make them longer, if anyone does and can help me out by giving me some, I would really appreciate it. Thank you very much. Since I'm analyzing works of literature, everything I write have to be in the present tense by the way.
"Saplings from the Storm" - Mary Pipher
"Inside the World of Boys: Behind the Mask of Masculinity" - William Pollack
"No Name Woman" - Maxine Hong Kinston
"Woman as Other" - Simone de Beauvoir
"Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?" - William Shakespeare
"Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds" - William Shakespeare
"To His Coy Mistress" - Andrew Marvell
"Tonight I Can Write" - Pablo Neruda
"Barbie Doll" - Marge Piercy
"Hills Like White Elephants" - Ernest Hemingway
and since Gender and Sexuality relates to Psychology and Sociology rather than English Literature, I'm really struggling trying to write my Introduction and Conclusion paragraphs since I don't have any other ideas to add on for either of them to make them longer so they are no long enough yet. Here is what I have written down so far for my Introduction and Conclusion paragraphs:
Introduction: Gender and sexuality is one of the many themes in literature that have been created. Gender and sexuality has also influenced literature throughout the ages. Throughout the past, reading and writing has been considered a male domain due to women unable to get a good education. During the Shakespearean times, women appearing on stage have been considered to be dishonorable. As a result of that, the portrayals of women have been played by men predominantly. This reinforces the position of women in that society in which they have ‘no voice.’ Many works of literature written have gender and sexuality included in them, including: “Saplings from the Storm” by Mary Pipher, “Inside the World of Boys: Behind the Mask of Masculinity” by William Pollack, “No Name Woman” by Maxine Hong Kingston, “Woman as Other” by Simone de Beauvoir, “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?” by William Shakespeare, “Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds” by William Shakespeare, “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell, “Tonight I Can Write” by Pablo Neruda, “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy, and “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway.
Conclusion: Literature reinforces the position of women as objects of male desire, mother, and nurturer. Many modern texts address the inequalities inherent in literature’s history.
Since I don't have any other ideas to add on to either of these two paragraphs to make them longer, if anyone does and can help me out by giving me some, I would really appreciate it. Thank you very much. Since I'm analyzing works of literature, everything I write have to be in the present tense by the way.