... death aimlessly and woefully, saying that his "stars shine darkly." The most blatant comment on gender is made by Orsino in the final act. He talks of Viola's "soft and tender breeding" just after he learns that she is a woman, and has a twin brother, Sebastian. Viola's breeding is therefore exactly the same as Sebastian's, and Orsino associates her with softness and tenderness ... Cesario, a servant and a eunuch, expressing her feelings by saying 'even so quickly may one catch the plague?" The persistence of her attentions towards Cesario could be explained by her attraction to "his" se...

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... lifetime companion Clerval, he remains so entirely fixated on himself that he cannot even comprehend the possibility that the monster would not target him when given the threat: "I shall be with you on your wedding-night." (p163). Just as Rousseau remained unmoved by the impact his selfish ambitions had on his mistress and their children, Frankenstein proved knowledgeable only ... of his family and friends. Subsequently, this separation of masculine work from familial affections is what leads directly to his downfall. In the absence of the familial, feminine characteristics in Frankenste...

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... we can derive that she spent the majority of her time warding off admirers (including Trefry) and retaining the purity of her body. Trefry recounts of his attempts that "she disarms me with that modesty and weeping, so tender and so moving that I retire, and thank my stars she overcame me " (33). Finally, Imoinda's heartrending death is enacted by her husband as part of ... his plan to take revenge on the white men who betrayed him. He fears that if he dies in his attempts, Imoinda ... people pay a deity " (54). In this act, therefore, Imoinda embodies the ideal wife and the pinnacle o...

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