Gender and Sexuality in the Victorian Age

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This paper analyzes the gender roles and sexuality of the Victorian Age as confronted in Sarah Orne Jewett's "The White Heron" and Kate Chopin's "At the Cadian Ball" and "The Storm". The author points out that the character development of the character Sylvia's sexuality in Jewett's tale can be compared with that of the character Calixta in Chopin's gender role allocations. The paper relates that both women characters challenge the societal norms of their time period, questioning the stereotypes for women within Victorian society.

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"This literary analysis seeks to understand how gender and sexuality create conflict within the story "The White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett and the two stories: "At the Cadian Ball" and "The Storm" by Kate Chopin. By analyzing the character development of Sylvia in Jewett's tale, one can compare and contrast her sexuality with those of Calixta in Chopin's gender role allocations. In this manner, Calixta seeks to venture out of traditional modes of female sexuality, as does Sylvia, but both women take different paths in their sexuality. In this analysis, both women challenge the societal norms of their time period, questioning the stereotypes for women within Victorian times."

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