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1GENDER ROLES AS DEFINED BY HOMER’S THE ILIAD2Comment by K.docxherminaprocter
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GENDER ROLES AS DEFINED BY HOMER’S THE ILIAD 2
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Khalid Alanazi
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Text Analysis I
Gender Roles as defined by Homer’s The Iliad
Gender Roles as defined by Homer’s The Iliad
A Woman’s Place in The Iliad
The Iliad is a classic example of a patriarchal society where women lack agency. The story depicts how women and men were expected to conduct themselves in ancient Greece. The story showcases the last years of the alleged Trojan War, shedding light on gender roles in this society. In the poem, men were depicted to be higher up in the social ladder and in charge as compared to women. Women were viewed to be manipulative, purposed to ruining a man’s purpose, or as objects. Through the conflicts between men and the stories of the supporting female characters, this paper purposes to give a glimpse of the gender roles that men and women were expected to fill in the Greek society. Comment by Kristin: Italicize titles of works Comment by Kristin: Be specific. What are their roles?
The Iliad upholds men’s patriarchal structure as leaders in their families who fight for their country and strive to protect their families. Women, however, are not as involved as men but equally play a role in protecting their families. In the story, Hector’s wife begged him to stay home but he insisted that he wanted to gain honor fighting for his family and country. He also talks to his son, asking that when he grew older, he may be stronger. “Do not mourn too much for me, my beloved Andromache, no man shall send me to the house of Hades, before my allotted hour, and nobody lives who can live longer than that date which heaven assigned him, be he base or brave. Go then, and occupy yourself with the housework, the woman's sphere; practice the distaff, spin and weave, and order your servants their work” (Homer, 478-497). From this brief description, it is clear that Hector made sacrifices for his fellow Trojans as well. The story also depicts how mortal women had no agency. In the story, women have no power over the decisions made involving their being, and were perceived rather as possessions and awards of men. Chryseis, Briseis, and Helen are some of the women who greatly impacted the Trojan War through the roles they played but were only seen as awards who boosted the pride and ego of their male counterparts. Women in this context have been objectified as persons who lack the strength and power to impact or influence their lives or the lives of others in a manner that does not embrace sex or contribute to the ego and pride of the men. Comment by Kristin: Focus on one thing at a time. This paragraph is about men fighting for their country
Comment by Kristin: Expand. What is the significance of this? Comment by Kristin: Again, keep organized. Each paragraph should deal with one thing. Men-Women-Children (for example)
Helen is believed to be the woman who initiated the Trojan War yet she had no power or control over the choices .
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1. The Knight’s
Tale
Canterbury Tales
British Literature
2. I. Elements to observe in “The
Knight’s Tale”
“joy follows sorrow” – the idea that life is truly a balance
of good and bad, positive and negative
Fate – the idea that some higher power is in control of
human characters
Courtly love – love as physical pain
“Chivalry” – The Code of Knights
“Competition and Rivalry” – among men
3. II. Symbols
Symbols are objects, characters, figures,
and colors used to represent abstract ideas
or concepts
– Springtime
– Clothing
– Red and White; Green
– Animals – Wrathful Lion, Tiger, Wild Boars
– Blood
4. III. Courtly love
Conception of nobly and chivalrously
expressing love and admiration
Secret and between members of the
nobility
Not between husband and wife
Balance between desire and spirituality
“lady on a pedestal”
5. Courtly love
Illicit and morally elevating, passionate
and disciplined, humiliating and exalting,
human and transcendent.
Idolization
The lover accepts the independence of his
mistress and tries to make himself worthy
of her by acting bravely and honorably and
by doing whatever deeds she may desire.
6. The object of attraction may be a married
woman; and the goal was not always
physical pleasure.
Marriage and love not a sin, but elevating.
The woman had POWER – she enabled
spiritual and moral growth.
7. IV. Stages of Courtly Love:
Attraction to the lady, usually via
eyes/glance
Worship of the lady from afar
Declaration of passionate devotion
Virtuous rejection by the lady
Renewed wooing with oaths of virtue and
eternal fealty
8. Stages of Courtly Love
Moans of approaching death from
unsatisfied desire (and other physical
manifestations of lovesickness)
Heroic deeds of valor which win the lady's
heart
Consummation of the secret love
Endless adventures and subterfuges
avoiding detection
9. V. Image of Women
Emily
* the gazed object
* a prize to men
The Theban women & the court
women
* pleaders
10. Trial By Battle
trial by battle was when two nobles fought,
usually until one of them died.
the winner was assumed innocent because God
would only protect an innocent person
only noblemen had the right to trial by battle
noblewomen could choose any champion to
fight on her behalf
trial by ordeal and trial by battle were
common ways of deciding if a person was
innocent or guilty but were outlawed later in
the Middle Ages
11. Plot Summary
Theseus’s returning from Amazon
Discovery of Arcite and Palamon
Courtly love to Emily
Escape of the two imprisoned
knights
The encounter of Arcite and Palamon
A just duel between the two
knights
The final destiny of the knights
12. Courtly Love
Having quarrels
* Arcite: “yours is no more than a religious
felling: mine is real love, love of human
being.” (p.89)
* Arcite: :”Love is a mighter law, upon my
soul, than any made by any mortal rule.”
(p.89)
Arcite’s modified name -- Philostrato
Palamon’s escape
Fighting in the wood
Competing in the arena
Arcite’s contribution to love
13. God’s Power v.s. Human Will
Human being’s will
* praying to gods for fulfilling their
wishes
Palamon Venus, praying for winning
Emily
Emily Diana, praying for keeping her
virginity
Arcite Mars, praying for achieving
victory in the duel
14. * succeeding in pleading to save lives
Theban women husbands
Pirithous Arcite
Court women Arcite and Palamon
God’s Power
* holding power over human being’s
destiny
* quarreling over the winner
The dispute between Venus and Mars
15. Questions
Who is in the worse situation,
Arcite
or Palamon?
* Arcite, who is free, but will never
see his beloved.
* Palamon, will see his lover
everyday, but is
imprisoned
16. * Death with good-name is the most
honorable
Theseus: “And, certainly, a man gains most honor in
dying in his excellence and flower, when he is sure of his
good name; then he has done no shame to his friend, or to
himself. And his friend ought to be happier for his death
when his breath is given up with honor, then when his name
is faded with age; for then his prowess is all forgotten.”
(p.191)
Do Now: What is Theseus’ message to Palamon and Emily
in this excerpt of his final speech?
17. Each of the final events in the story is
punctuated by great pageantry.
What was a simple duel between Arcite
and Palamon becomes a gala event with
the construction of a massive coliseum for
two armies to wage war on one another.
Intervention of the gods for the two nobles.
18. Part IVAnalysis
The Knight's Tale adheres to traditional
values of chivalric, knightly honor in
which there are strict codes of behavior
which one must follow.
As the Knight sees it, by dying in honor,
we should be glad for those who so die.
19. Theme
The main theme of the tale is the instability
of human life—joy and suffering are never
far apart from one another, and nobody is
safe from disaster.
When one person’s fortunes are up,
another person’s are down.
20. Characters are always subject to dramatic
reversals of fortune.
Theseus argues that excessive mourning
over disaster is inappropriate.
Suggests that some kind of moral order
underlies the apparently random mishaps
and disasters of the narrative.
21. The moral questions the tale poses seem
more important than the qualities of the
individual characters.
“What is this world? What does man ask
to have?”
(p. 175, line 1919) – Arcite’s speech before
he dies.
22. Characters exist only to be moved by the
events of the story: to be imprisoned and
set free whenever the plot demands, or to
fall in love at first sight when it is
dramatically convenient.
Even the characters acknowledge their lack
of free will within the story – by praying to
each god in Part III.
23. Theseus’ final speech…
eloquently relates the events we have
witnessed to a predestined view of the
universe and of man’s place within its
order.
The statements he makes are sober and
realistic.
– “Look at the oak … all these things have an
end” (p.189).
– “In the case of man and woman … all go that
same way” (189).
– “It is wisdom to accept willingly what we may
not avoid” (190).
24. Paganism
All this represents a Pagan philosophy,
rather than a Christian outlook.
This is a tale of Pagan times that we have
been following.
The ways of life resume their course after
we die (Nature).
25. Emily’s marriage to Palamon
Theseus prepares to make one joy out of
two sorrows in the process of marrying
Emily to Palamon.
The tale ends on a note of fulfilled
happiness as the Knight invokes the
blessing of the pilgrims in the form of a
solemn and appropriate final ‘Amen’.
26. Closing Question:
Does the concept of destiny change in
the end of the Knight’s tale? How
does it change?
27. Questions
Who is in the worse situation, Arcite
or Palamon?
* Arcite, who is free, but will never see his beloved.
* Palamon, will see his lover everyday, but is
imprisoned
Does the concept of destiny change in the
end of the Knight’s tale? How does it
change?