In ancient times women portray the inferior sex with no power, brains, or respect. While men, the superior gender had all the power, intellect, and trust. In Julius Caesar, Shakespeare bends the supposed rule by giving a woman, named Portia, a man’s mind. The other woman, named Calphernia, depicts a ‘standard’ woman. Shakespeare provides conflict in itself with the gender roles of these two women to prove that not all women have weak morals and no strength. To start off, Calphernia exhibits much
Shakespeare’s Worst Play “Titus Andronicus”, by William Shakespeare, is the first tragedy Shakespeare has ever written. This play has proven to be very controversial and usually banned in many schools because of its’ gory scenes and “over the top” deaths. It is the ultimate revenge tragedy with no decent humor, forgiveness, or redemption. This play, however, does lay a fundamental basis of the characters for the characters Shakespeare writes later on. Tamora could be seen as the early Lady Macbeth
female. Women were banded from having political rights. Instead, they were expected to devote their time and energy to their households, and the main obligation was to have and take care of their children. The Agrippina women, however, defied the gender expectations in order to gain power. “Today, almost exactly two millennia after her birth, she stands out as the sole Roman woman to attempt to break the ultimate glass ceiling: to wield the power of a princeps, not just behind the scenes but before
leaders. The first theory within the Universalist theory category is the Great Man/ Woman Theory which states that “great leaders are born, not made” (Riggio, 2009). The main idea of the theory was rooted from the early “historical leaders such as Julius Caesar” (Riggio, 2009) simply because of their ability to be naturally good at leadership. However there is very little evidence in support of this theory although a new study published by the APA in 2013 supports this notion since there is evidence that
because of the social, economic, cultural and governmental set-ups of the area. Many American Muslim women are discriminated against because they cover their heads; Pakistani women have political rights but are often exploited; Saudi Women have no public role, yet they are the most secure and protected. The negative stereotypes of Muslim women probably arise from this varying treatment of women. This comes handy for the Western media, whose favorite pastime is to latch on to a few examples of illogical