After reading select parts of The Odyssey, I found that there is really no way to generalize the women in Homer’s Odyssey because they all have their own distinct traits that make each of them great, strong, and powerful women. A very powerful woman is Arete. She is as powerful as the king, Alcinous. Her daughter Nausicaa displays great intelligence in handling Odysseus despite being so young. These women I speak of above are great women in a good sort of way but there are also some very bad women that still have some amazing qualities.
Aldous Huxley's Brave New World: The thematic relationship between Lenina and Bernard Lenina Crowne is one of the main protagonists in Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World. She is stunningly beautiful and is routinely described as "pneumatic". Lenina can also be seen as the subject in the novel that every male desires. This may be due to her amazing looks or the way that she can be used for emotionless sex. Lenina is also described to be “uncommonly pretty”, this view of her is completely out of her sphere of influence as she is one of the characters who follows the ideology “Everyone belongs to everyone else”.
But Daisy was a very picky girl. You can tell when she ignored all of the non wealthy, non classy men that tried to woo her. But then, the rich, handsome, elegant Jay Gatsby introduced himself to her, she couldn't have found a better person. Distracted by the present figure of Gatsby, she didn't love Gatsby, it was the image. For Gatsby, it made him believe that Daisy really fell in love with him.
Cleopatra VII used her charm, wisdom and sexuality to rule and increase her kingdom through the help of men who were medley in love with her. She had a power over men which she used to her own advantage ,,It was a pleasure merely to hear the sound of her voice, with which, like an instrument of many things, she could pass from one language to another,,. (What kind of women p.5). Sources have the same opinion to the fact that Cleopatra’s charm was outstanding and her presence astonishing. (bibliography p3) She also knew how to look her best and even wrote a book about cosmetics.
The growth of England into an industrial country also brings along changes in female sexual expression and feminism, as women are allowed more freedom to express themselves inwardly. Stoker, a true Victorian, writes within his story about the change of women to sexual beings. Women of the time were expected to be pure, virgin, women devoted to their men. This ideal is portrayed through Mina and Lucy, as two stereotypical women of Victorian times. Despite Lucy’s flirtatious manner and breezy ways, both Mina and Lucy are pure and sweet women, truly in love with their men.
When he falls victim to the queen’s treachery, Lanval boasts of his lover’s unmatched beauty. In fact he drives his own coffin nails deeper when adding “So that you may know it plain / Each serving-maid in her domain / The poorest of her household crew / My lady is worth more than you” (295-298). Not only has Lanval rebuffed the Queen’s manipulations, he has publically insulted her. Was he trying to assert his control over the Queen, or was he asserting his desired control over his fairy
In the book Working Women Don’t Have Wives one daughter went on to state, “My mother wore high fashion, bright colours-often Pucci silks, those splendid garish prints of the 1960s which bespoke fun and daring. She flaunted her appearance, and then criticized men for noticing it. She flirted with men and then complained that they treated women differently from the way they behaved with male colleagues. She complained that her colleagues could never forget that she was a woman, and yet she constantly reminded them that she was. She knew that women who disguised their sexuality were likely to be promoted more readily than she, yet simultaneously she thought her sexuality was a trump card.
The narrator first realizes she’s infatuated with a woman named Charlotte Greaves in the hallway of their dormitory. (237) She becomes very observant of Charlotte, watching her from a distance. She notices that Charlotte dresses shabbily, walks lopsided, and isn’t a traditional beauty. However, she’s at once attracted to Charlotte because of her bangs. The narrator has a very romanticized idea of beauty.
The Role of Women in Lanval By: Nikole Smith 5/2/2012 Prof. Howard Canaan. In the story Lanval the author Marie de France’s describes the roles of women to be very stereotypical. These gender stereotypes are actually considered to be harmful, as well as degrading; some example of these gender stereotypes would include: “The fairy appearance in court, the old temptress queen, and Lanval’s lover. According to carlavangrove.com” Women is described as “sexy objects and beautiful maidens in distress, as well as obedient to men and their bodies are their best feature.” (http://carlavangrove.wordpress.com) Some example of this quote would be: “Their clothes were in expensive taste, close-fitting tunics, tightly laced, made up in deep-dyed purple wool.” (Norton P.143) Another example is “My lady, sir Lanval who is so free, beautiful, wise, and praise worthy ordered us to come for you. For she herself has come here too.
Gloire Mboungou Mrs. Phillips English III May 6, 2015 Comparison and Contrast of Daisy, Jordan, and Myrtle In the Great Gatsby there were three personas of women presented. The golden girl, the independent, and the gold digger. Each of these traits was represented in a different character. Daisy Buchanan was the golden girl, Jordan Baker was the independent woman, and Myrtle Wilson was the gold digger. Daisy Buchanan was extremely charming and many men fell for her because of her voice “Daisy’s murmur was only to make people lean toward her” (Fitzgerald, 9).