'Whylah Falls' & 'Araby'

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This paper reviews the short stories 'Whylah Falls' by George Elliot Clarke and 'Araby' by James Joyce, providing a gender reversal objective, which often places women in positions of power over patriarchal institutions. The paper discusses how in many cases, Joyce defies the Roman Catholic patriarchy that denies women power to dominate men through sensuality or their sexual design. Clarke, in a similar manner, provides Selah as a powerful woman that can pick and choose her male victims.

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"In this literature study, the power of women is provided in "Whylah Falls" by George Elliot Clarke and "Araby" by James Joyce through the scope of gender roles. In the short story by Joyce, the objectivity of a woman defies the often Catholic morality that denies sexual relations before marriage. For Clarke, the sensuality of women also defies the social gender norms that define woman as subjective and without any real power to manipulate the men they desire. In this manner, both authors challenge conventional gender norms by allocating more initiative for women in their stories, marking them as aggressive and intelligent in their acquisition for power over men."

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