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Essay Galaxy - Representations of Masculinity and Femininity in Miguel Street
Representations of Masculinity and Femininity in Miguel Street
It has been said about V.S. Naipaul's novel Miguel Street that "One of
the recurrent themes... is the ideal of manliness" (Kelly 19). To help put into
focus what manliness is, it is important to establish a definition for
masculinity as well as its opposite, femininity. Masculinity is defined as
"Having qualities regarded as characteristic of men and boys, as strength, vigor,
boldness, etc" while femininity is defined as "Having qualities regarded as
characteristic of women and girls, as gentleness, weakness, delicacy, modesty,
etc" (Webster). The charcters in Miguel Street have been ingrained with the
pre- conceived notions of the roles that Trinidadian society dictates for men
and women. Naipaul not only uses these notions to show the differences of the
sexes, but takes ano....
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