The Role Of Women In Ancient Epics

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In ancient epics women played a critical role in developing the plot, shaping the actions, and understanding the male characters. However the only purpose of women in epics is to serve the roles of being devotees to men and not having a say in society. Epics allows us to get an understanding of how times were in Mesopotamia around 2000 BC, the roles women play in society, the purported traits they should possess, and their characters overall. For many, many years, even before mediums such as ancient epics, or any types of media even existed, the perspective on women has long been seen as putting the female a step below man. In years to come, instead of overturning this view, society has succeeded in cementing in. Domesticity, a dedication to housework and children, and a sort of meek character were expected of women during the ancient times.
Storytelling and other visual aids were not the only strong mediums in the day. Ancient epic were also extremely persuasive when it came to dictating the life of women. We have pieces like the “Seduction of Zeus” (4) that stresses the traits that the ideal woman …show more content…

Such reading materials were widely distributed and reinforced everywhere you can think of during the Ancient times. Women were looked at as sex symbols, and only there for the pleasure of men. It is no longer a wonder to think of how or why society was able to function with these gender roles stressed so emphatically-in fact, it is even more curious to think that in today’s western world, we were able to escape the worst of such. Ancient epic stories show various examples that disparages women, such as the way the women looked rather than their speeches, or the sexual nature of women rather then how she made a huge impact in

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