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Crossing the Threshold: Poe & Hawthorne Challenge Nineteenth Century Gender Roles

In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat" and Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown,"  both authors question the sociocultural expectations of male and female gender roles. In this analysis, I highlight the differences and similarities between the two Romantic writers, which I believe challenges and questions the traditional values of their time. 

Analyzing Male Dominance in the Medical Field

By analyzing the digital archive entitled, “Remarks on the Employment of Females as Practitioners in Midwifery. By a Physician” by Walter Channing, I hope to highlight the prejudice surrounding women practitioners and analyze the problematic issues of male dominance in the medical field.

Objects in Mirrors Are Closer Than They Appear

In Oscar Wilde's infamous play, The Importance of Being Earnest, I will explore how Jack, the main protagonist, shies away from the societal pressures around him, and, instead, develops a double identity. You'll find that Jack's love of the town, his need to avoid his duties as a guardian, and his desire to shed his uptight reputation feeds his creation of this doppelgänger persona.

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