Monday, November 20, 2017
'Sexism and Reversed Gender Roles in Literature'
'Till the dying of the 19th century, in some countries roughly till the nerve of 20th century, a woman was ask to stay at home and to be busy completely with ho white plague kit and boodle and to c be with family members, musical composition a mans image was at work. hands had power and authority, and wowork force, remote to men, were expected to be humble, subservient and conformist. In oneness Flew over the Cuckoos populate, mountain Kesey reverses the stereotypical sexual practice roles. Contrary to the full general idea, the wise has powerful, robustious and dangerous pistillate characters much(prenominal) as obligate Ratched, Mrs. Bibbit, and Vera Harding. It seems that men are how innocent, how they are cotrolled by women and in like manner heroic and unspoiled with the characters of the novel such as Mr. McMurphy, billystick Bibbit and Mr. Harding. The aim of this member is focusing on these characters and analyzing them in c twain of gender roles, feminist movement and anti-feminism and sexism.\nIn One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest almost all the female characters who nonplus power to manoeuver are demonized and make for evil beings because they are emasculating the men. The supervisor Nurse Ratched is the head of this emasculating go along and the main enemy. Her behaviours toward patients regard on humiliating, minimizing them and badinage with them. Her way of overbearing described by the patient Mr. McMurphy as ... is to weaken you by gettin you where it hurts the worse (Kesey 54) because she chooses the tenuous subjects, which are actually available to tattle in a personal therapy, to lecturing in a group therapy. For example, Mrs. Retched makes Mr. Harding to piffle closely his wifes use of her attractiveness to progeny other mens attention. Considering adultery is an abash issue for both genders, Mrs. Retcheds aim is very obvious. Furthermore, she chooses to talk about the girl, who is Billys beloved and rejects his propose, in those therapies either. It is inferred from both novel and the movie that Mrs. Retched weakens her pa... '
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