Abstract
This paper examines two texts, "Medea" and "A Doll's House" and looks at how they support and/or challenge the western notion where the feminine is associated with the female and the masculine is associated with the male. It looks at how in both the stories the main characters Medea and Nora, start of as the 'typical' females but through out the story challenge many assumptions of how women should be.

From the Paper
"This essay examines how two stories, Medea and A Doll's House support and more importantly challenge our Western concept of what is `male' and `female', masculine and feminine. This essay will argue that through themes of sexuality, love, birth and empowerment both these stories challenge the notions that masculine equals male and feminine equals female. Euripides' Medea is an ancient Greek tragedy. It is a story of a jealous woman who sets out to revenge the betrayal of her husband, Jason. He has forsaken her, has decided to leave her for another woman and has ordered her banished. "

Tags:medea, adollhouse, genderroles