Breaking Gender Roles
This character navigates between two contrasting roles as a submissive daughter and a powerful queen of the Underworld.
Who is Persephone?
This character was punished for being a victim of assault, reflecting the harsh judgments of a patriarchal society.
Who is Medusa?
This character finds a balance between her dual roles, becoming a guide for the dead and a symbol of rebirth.
Who is Persephone?
This goddess mourns her daughter's abduction but also negotiates her return, symbolizing maternal power.
Who is Demeter?
This knight learns a lesson about women’s desires and power through a punishment imposed by a queen.
Who is the knight in The Wife of Bath’s Tale?
his 14th-century tale critiques the male-dominated structure of marriage by granting the wife ultimate authority.
What is The Wife of Bath’s Tale?
In Snow White, this character’s obsession with beauty reflects societal pressures placed on women.
Who is the Queen?
In Snow White, the poisoned apple symbolizes the destructive force of envy but also leads to a rebirth through love.
What is the apple?
In The Story of an Hour, the protagonist dreams of a life lived for herself, free of obligations to others
Who is Mrs. Mallard?
Despite her victimization, this character’s eventual role as a queen challenges traditional portrayals of women.
Who is Persephone?
This character becomes a caretaker for seven dwarfs, fulfilling traditional gender roles while showcasing resilience in exile.
This character becomes a caretaker for seven dwarfs, fulfilling traditional gender roles while showcasing resilience in exile.
This god plays a dual role as both an enforcer of patriarchal norms and a supportive husband in Persephone's story.
Who is Hades?
This character, once celebrated for her beauty, is transformed into a figure of fear and strength.
Who is Medusa?
This fairy-tale character’s labor for the dwarfs represents a traditional yet voluntary form of caregiving.
Who is Snow White?
This character’s defiance of societal norms transforms her suffering into a moment of empowerment.
Kate Chopin’s protagonist sees widowhood not as tragedy but as liberation from societal expectations.
Who is Mrs. Mallard in The Story of an Hour?
This feminist tale critiques the use of marriage as a tool of control, evident in the knight's forced quest.
What is The Wife of Bath’s Tale?
Kate Chopin uses this symbol to represent the protagonist’s liberation from societal constraints.
What is the open window?
This character's role as a mediator between life and death highlights her growth into independence.
Who is Persephone?
Though she appears helpless, this fairy-tale character’s innocence and purity become sources of her salvation.
Who is Snow White?
Once a victim of the gods’ cruelty, this character's transformation into a monster symbolizes reclamation of power.
Who is Medusa?
This character struggles to reconcile her feelings of love with her newfound freedom in Chopin's short story.
Who is Mrs. Mallard?
This story’s ending subverts expectations of justice, leaving readers to question if the protagonist's punishment fit his crime.
What is The Wife of Bath’s Tale?
This myth critiques the role of patriarchal gods in defining the autonomy of women through punishment and control.
What is Medusa?
This figure's transformation from victim to monster questions the concept of justice in a patriarchal system.
Who is Medusa?