In The Ox-Bow Incident, Walter Van Tilburg Clark uses the character Gerald Tetley to show that neither masculinity nor femininity is the answer to every problem. When speaking to Croft, Gerald Tetley lays out his thoughts about men compared to women: Men are worse. They're not so sly about their murder, but they don't have to be; they're stronger; they already have the upper hand of half the race, or so they think so. They're bullies instead of sneaks, and that's worse. And they're just as careful to keep up their cheap male virtues, their strength, their courage, their good fellowship, to keep the packfrom jumping them, as the women are to keep up their modesty and their hominess.
The writings by Washington seemed as though only the head females were the ones that had the darker personalities. In Rip Van Winkle, Irving tells the readers that a great deal of the woman wanted to have Rip. The difference between these women and the woman he was already married to was that these other women were a great deal nicer, and would not abuse Rip the way she did. Moreover, after thinking for a while, I had a realization that maybe Washington had not had the greatest relationships with women. He might have always had the abusive wife who always found a way to yell at him, accordingly having seen all of these other women being extraordinarily kind to anybody around them.
The significant external conflict that Ed Handby has is with George Willard. The quotes, “George Willard, who was in Ed Handby’s mind the only obstacle to his getting Belle Carpenter,” (110) and “You stay away from that kid,’ he growled, thinking of George Willard,” (112) explains why there was conflict between Ed Handby and George Willard even though they never met in the story. Since Belle used George Willard in order to make sure what Handby’s sincerity is, in Handby’s point of view, he thought that George was his rival and his obstacle of getting to Belle. In addition, at the end of the story, “Three times the young reporter sprang at Ed Handby and each time the bartender, catching him by the shoulder, hurled him back into the bushes.
Gender Roles Gender plays a large role in the lives of the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird. Women are viewed differently than men. As Jem says in the book, “Girls always imagined things, that’s why other people hated them so” (45). This quote demonstrates how girls and their imaginations are seen as weaker than males.
Rip Van Winkle is incredibly lazy and his dislike for responsibility mirrors that of America not wanting to be a servant of England. Before Rip falls asleep on the mountain, the town is considered to be quiet and peaceful. However, when he wakes, the town has changed into a bustling, excited little area. Even the tavern is different; King George's name has been replaced by General Washington.
Misogyny or just the age of time? That is the question that is often asked of Washington Irving and his writings. Misogyny is the dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women.. I believe that Washington Irving’s works were a combination of the two. In his time of writing, women were in the background instead of being equal to men.
The Roaring Twenties Have you ever wondered what the stereotypes of women were in the 1920’s? Well, in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book, The Great Gatsby, there are three major different types of stereotypes of women. In this book, a man named Nick Carraway moves near a millionaire who goes by the name Gatsby. Gatsby hosts frequent parties which include several different types of people, such as gold diggers, golden girls, and the new women. Throughout this book, Nick gets to meet all three types of these girls, and gets to spend time with them.
The criticism, “Madness and Misogyny in Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” written by Daniel J. Vitkus, explains the cultural criticism experienced in Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. During the publication of Kesey’s novel, the world was experiencing a rapid social evolution where women were starting to strip away their feminist qualities in order to gain power and authority while society was re-defining “reason against unreason”, and intermingling the opposite meanings of criminal and psychopath (Vitkus, 64). In the sixties, society had a limited and/or vague understanding about individuality and/or being different; therefore, some were “defined as crazy because they are different” (Vitkus, 69) and as a result, were locked away in a mental institution because that
Just because he writes of the time period Washington Irving has been accused of misogyny. He may appear to show this trait in his stories, but he does not show a enthusiastic venture to misogyny. It may appear that way in the stories Rip Van Winkle and The Devil and Tom Walker, but then you get to the story of Sleepy Hollow. Washington Irving doesn't hate women, he just wrote of the time period that was expected.
Sterotypes of the 1920’s VS The Great Gatsby The 1920s were the most influential, yet stereotyped of USA years. The Great Gatsby by Scott F. Fitzgerald was written about the 1920’s. Fitzgerald’s upbringing heavily effects his beliefs, which are reflected in the books contriversal ideas and sterotypes. For example his ideas as shown in the story were women were co-dependant, men were elite, wealthy people could do whatever they want, new money is irresponsible, etc.
Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle” is a short story about a man who is content with avoiding work and responsibility. The main character, Rip Van Winkle, is a carefree and lazy man. Rip often escapes from his wife's nagging by wandering in the Catskill mountains. One day he falls asleep in the Catskill mountains and wakes up twenty years into the future, where he has to adjust to a new society and the loss of his wife. In the short story Rip Van Winkle, Irving makes use of character, setting, and conflict to showcase how Rip's foolish decision to neglect his own responsibilities and his realization of the passage of time has a lasting impact on himself and society.
Over the course of this week we read two works of writing. One is the short story “Rip Van Winkle” by Washington Irving in 1819. The other is Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography. These two stories are pinnacle pieces of literature. One being a well known fictional work through the United States, the other is the writing of and by one of America’s Founding Fathers.
American mythologies have been a part of our culture for many years and enriched our folklore; it has been transmitted through many generations. Our ancestors have enjoyed these American mythologies because they have a way of keeping legendary figures alive. Washington Irving’s in his ‘Rip Van Winkle’ introduces us to a new world of imagination using strange characters experiencing mysterious events in exciting places. Rip Van Winkle is a regular man with an extraordinary story. The biggest twist in this story is that Rip falls asleep for 20 years!
In Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Kesey promotes sexist views through the way he characterizes his female characters. He does this showing women in a dehumanizing light. The nurse for example is constantly showing her source of power over the males on the ward by simply taking away theirs. However kesey also adds in women such as Candy to simply help empower men. Kesey wrote his novel in the 1960s.
While reviewing the list of masterpieces of the spoken time, on the top of the list we can see the name of “Rip Van Winkle”. This short story combines the abovementioned Gothic features and attracts the reader to see the realities through finding the hidden ideas. Step by step we’ll review the main and key points of the short story, Rip Van Winkle, to clear up some hidden ideas. Other yields of Irving’s pen similar to “Rip Van Winkle” are full of with Gothic elements. As the best examples such as “The Devil and Tom Walker”, “The Spectre Bridegroom” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” etc. are full of mysteries and enigmas.
