Sexuality and the struggle for identity
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- SEXUALITY
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- THE HISTORY BOYS
- Hector and Irwin take two completely different approaches in suppressing their sexuality
- Hector marries although is unable to suppress all inclinations for he fondles the boys on his motorcycle
- Irwin refrains from discussing it with anyone; being quite tight lipped
- However this results a sense of isolation for both Irwin and Hector
- Hector marries although is unable to suppress all inclinations for he fondles the boys on his motorcycle
- However this results a sense of isolation for both Irwin and Hector
- Fiona is treated with a complete lack of respect by Dakin who is desperate to make advances
- The Hun
- An offensive term directed at the Germans during WWI
- The Hun
- Hector and Irwin take two completely different approaches in suppressing their sexuality
- BENT
- Max is ashamed of his identity and consistently denies his association to Rudy
- He opts to be a Jew rather than a gay in Dachau
- Lowest of the low
- He opts to be a Jew rather than a gay in Dachau
- Horst is proud of it
- Even under difficult circumstances, sexuality can still be expressed
- We ******* did it!
- Expletive exaggerates their accomplishment of having an ******
- We ******* did it!
- Max is ashamed of his identity and consistently denies his association to Rudy
- ANGELS IN AMERICA
- Due to his role in society, Cohn feels he needs to live about his illness and so he wouldn't be associated with homosexuals
- Liver cancer
- Internal struggle for he has difficulty in defining himself
- I'm a heterosexual man who ***** with men
- Due to his role in society, Cohn feels he needs to live about his illness and so he wouldn't be associated with homosexuals
- THE HISTORY BOYS
- Poem
- QUEEN HEROD
- The fiery connection between the narrator and the Black Queen
- Insolent lust
- It is unable to be developed- suppression
- Carnal desire for a female relationship
- Felt her urgent warnings scald my ear
- No connection between her and her husband; reveals her true inclination s
- Fusty bulk
- The fiery connection between the narrator and the Black Queen
- QUEEN HEROD
- Prose
- THE NAKED CIVIL SERVANT
- Embraces his sexuality
- Could not ignore my predicament
- Does acknowledge although that it is a 'predicament' which highlights the societal pressures
- Restricting circumstance
- Does acknowledge although that it is a 'predicament' which highlights the societal pressures
- Could not ignore my predicament
- Embraces his sexuality
- THE HANDMAID'S TALE
- Denied to express any passion; she has a cold and clincial perception during 'the ceremony'
- *****
- Denied to express any passion; she has a cold and clincial perception during 'the ceremony'
- ORANGES ARE NOT THE ONLY FRUIT
- She embraces her lesbianism although this makes her an outcast from her religious society
- Pillars hold things up, and salt keeps things clean but it's a poor exchange for losing yourself
- She acknowledges the benefits of 'pillars and salt' yet her identity she conveys is more worthy than that
- Pillars hold things up, and salt keeps things clean but it's a poor exchange for losing yourself
- She embraces her lesbianism although this makes her an outcast from her religious society
- THE COLOR PURPLE
- Celie explores a relationship with Shrug for she is unhappy in her marriage
- This is an expression of isolation that she feels within her marriage
- Celie and Shrug are sisterlike as well as sexual; sexual orientation is difficult to define
- Us sleep like sisters, me and Shrug
- Celie explores a relationship with Shrug for she is unhappy in her marriage
- THE NAKED CIVIL SERVANT
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