Tarzan of the Apes
In Tarzan of the Apes, written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, male vs. female characters were portrayed much like the times when this novel was written, the early twentieth century. The first main characters introduced to the reader are Lord Greystoke and his wife Lady Alice, the natural parents to Tarzan. After being abandoned on a deserted island in the middle of the African jungle, the couple is forced to try and survive on their own with a limited number of supplies. Lord Greystoke, otherwise known as John Clayton, is able to build a formidable cabin all by himself, for he is a strong and intelligent man, while his wife is pregnant with their first child. When the couple is confronted with danger for the first time, Lady Greystoke never fully recovers and for the next and last year of her life she does not leave the cabin while she takes care of her first-born son. This would be typical of the early 1900’s when the men go out and do the hunting while the women stay home and care for the children. The other two female characters in the novel are Jane Porter and Esmeralda. They, like Lady Alice, would always stay behind in the security of the cabin while the men went out in search for treasure or lost friends. Jane in partic
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