Psyche at the end of the story shows how she is a female character who takes a male hero role. She performs these difficult tasks Venus makes her do which are traditionally performed by males and overcomes the impossible obstacles. Psyche breaks the expectations that women cannot succeed in male activities by accomplishing each and every single one of them. She also shows how she fought for her marriage which was not a likely thing to happen. She did everything possible for her husband which shows commitment. She shows how women can do things typically done by males and be successful. Even though she did receive help when performing these tasks, it still demonstrates the strength of her as a female. By completing these male goals it also is an example of masculinity in the story.
Masculinity in “Cupid and Psyche” is displayed as well through one of the main characters Cupid. Cupid demonstrates his masculinity by being a little demanding over Psyche. He does not let her physically see him and when they sleep next to each other she is still not allowed to know what he looks like. When she betrays him, he leaves her. Women were not allowed to disobey their husbands or any males in reality. They were supposed to follow their orders and even though they were not married just yet, she loses his trust. Which causes her to go to his mother to ask for forgiveness. This ties in when Psyche demonstrates all these masculinity characteristics. The father shows masculinity by doing whatever he can for his daughters. He desperately asks Apollo what should be done in order for Psyche to find someone to be with. This exhibits how caring he is over Psyche and how father figures normally did everything possible for their children.
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In “Cupid and Psyche” there are many themes displayed including obtaining equals roles, having to work hard at love, and letting it grow are some of the main ones. By Cupid and Psyche obtaining equal roles in their relationship, this helped them go back to each other and have their marriage work out. Psyche fought for Cupid and displayed to him her love. Cupid on the other hand was willing to suck up his pride and go back to her even though she had betrayed him. They both worked hard at their love and let it grow. By having their love grow it shows that if you work hard at something you want, you can achieve sometimes. You need to make sacrifices and risks and overcome obstacles in order to build a relationship. Once you build it and work at it, everything else shall fall into place.
There a many definitions of masculinity and those definitions are heavily influenced by culture, environment, media, and the child’s parents. When young men start to reach their sexual maturity, they have to create their own definition of what it is to be a man. The idea of masculinity creates a lot of questions, because there is no resource that will give a young male the answer. Due to this, young males learn what it is to be a man from a grab bag of possibilities. Eventually, the young male will have accumulated traits, appearances, behavior, and so on that defines what it is to be a man. With a new sense of self, the young male transforms into his idea of masculinity. In the Maltase Flacon, masculinity is defined through the actions of Sam Spade whom demonstrates the masculine principals of making his achievement of alpha male status a top priority, aggressive behavior, avoiding being feminine, homophobic, and restriction of his emotions (Meek) through his interaction with several characters throughout the film.
The tasks Venus require Psyche to perform are to separate the grains, get the precious wool from the fleeces, and to return with the box of beauty from Proserpina. As stated in the story, Venus said, “Take and separate all these grains into their proper parcels, and see that you get it done before evening.” The first task Venus ordered Psyche to do was to separate the wheat, barley, millet, beans, and lentils used to feed her pigeons. In addition, after Psyche performed this task with the help of the ants, Venus wanted Psyche to get the fleeces from the sheep. On page 1135, it said, “Venus ordered Psyche to be called and said to her, ‘Behold yonder grove which stretches along the margin of the water. There you will find sheep feeding without a shepherd, with
The paintings Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist, by Guido Reni and Cupid Chastised, by Bartolomeo Manfredi are both 17th century visual representations of a story. The story behind Salome is the interesting biblical story of the beheading of St. John the Baptist, as it’s title suggests. The story goes that Salome performed a dance for the king and his guests. Herod Antipas saw Salome’s dance and was so impressed, and drunk, that he promised to give her whatever she asked of him. After consulting her mother, Salome asks Herod for the head of John the Baptist. Herod delivered on his promise, and had the head of John the Baptist delivered to her on a platter, as she asked. Reni’s painting depicts a contented Salome being presented with the head of the martyr by a servant boy. (Wikipedia)
In the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare relationships make up a large part of the play. Many characters interact with each other and fall in or out of love with each other. All of this occurs because of the magic woven into the play. However two characters whose relationship is most affected by the theme of magic within the play is Helena and Demetrius, because the relationship they have is one that remains changed at the end of the play.
The character of Penelope is portrayed as the archetype of the proper Homeric woman. She is faithful, passionate, and has her heart set on waiting for Odysseus’ return. Despite the constant pressures from her suitors, she puts them off by telling them that she will pick a new husband after she completes a burial shroud for Odysseus. The delaying tactics Penelope uses reveal her sly and cunning side. Although Penelope is intelligent, beautiful, and essentially has all the characteristics of the proper Homeric woman, because of her gender, she is forced to submit ...
She found out he was beautiful and that he had the sweetest face she had ever seen. Her unsteady hands shook the oil lamp and hot oil fell all over her husband. He woke up and found that Psyche was unfaithful to him. He had asked that she never see what he looked like, but she didn’t trust him and was unfaithful. Her husband, Cupid, ran away. Psyche ran after him but she couldn’t find him anywhere. She said she would never stop looking for him! She loved him too much. She went to Cupids mother, Venus, and asked if she knew where he went. Cupid was healing from his wound from the hot oil. Venus was going to ruin her and she told her to do some impossible tasks to make her ugly. Of course, Psyche agreed to do anything if she could get her husband back. She didn’t have to, though. Other people helped her do all the impossible
The notion of masculinity in Homer’s Odyssey is synonymous with heroism, intellectual aptitude, and physical strength. It could not exist without the presence of the weak females in the story. It is ironic that masculinity is depicted on the surface of the text as procuring dominance over the inferior females because it is from the women that these masculine qualities are derived. The men presented in the Odyssey are not just mentioned as male, but also rather assumed male, because of the “masculine” qualities they possess. All of the significant men in the story like Odysseus and the suitors contain many, if not all of these qualities. The women, whether divine or human, are able to control the degree of these
Sometimes the circumstances of a situation do not permit for dominant notions of masculinity to persist. In these instances, dominant form...
Videotaping the interaction between pairs would yield a more thorough analysis. Also, specifying if the pairs were romantic partners or friends would eliminate
This paper will discuss the how hypermasculinity and its psychological effects being dependent on gender roles, and the history of masculinity; taking the psychological approach to asses this topic. In the beginning of the paper masculinity is defined as being the way a male is supposed to act and live because of the gender role placed on them at birth. The idea that there is only one kind of man; handsome, muscular and driven is unfit for society as a whole. From there the psychology behind masculinity is discussed to which will tie into the fragility of the masculinity complex and how it poses a threat to young adolescent men globally; validating cultural elements are bequeathed in making gender roles. Society, politics, and religion advertise
They may not even know what is in their own hearts. Often men can share freely about work, cars, hobbies, or sports. It is important that the communication grow into other areas of marriage, their interests of their spouse, and their children.
... takes matters into her own hands and doesn’t wait for a man to handle things for her. Also, her internal conflict that is visible throughout the entire play signify that she actually thinks for herself, and is strong enough to need to make serious decisions on her own, regardless of her gender. All of this goes back on the traditional Greek society, and helps make Medea into a play that is ahead of its time. With Euripides challenging the notion of misogyny, he creates Medea to show how powerful and dangerous a woman can be in a story, even though it was never heard of in the modern eras.
In the story of Daphne and Apollo, the chief agent of transformation is love, represented by Venus and her youthful and mischievous son, Cupid. When the god Apollo brags to Cupid of his great might exemplified by his defeat of the python, Cupid humbles him by reducing the great god to a shameless lover with his gold-tipped arrow of love. A transformation of sorts takes place when the Cupid's arrow strikes Apollo. Apollo transforms from a bragging God who claims superiority over Cupid by saying, 'You be content with your torch to excite love, whatever that may be, and do not aspire to praises that are my prerogative,';(p. 41) to a man possessed by desire. Despite his powers of strength and domination, the God of War is humbled by Love. A lesson is being taught to Apollo by Cupid. A weakness is spotlighted and exposed, and the role of Apollo is almost completely reversed. He is transformed from a figurehead of power to a crazed lover with no power over his love.
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