“You’re not an officer for nothing…” said General Woundwort to Bigwig. Gender roles can be found in nearly every aspect of our society. However, it is not a modern problem. We find prominent gender roles in many of our classical myth stories. Also, the same theme can be found in modern literature, perhaps none more obviously then Richard Adams famed novel Watership Down. In comparing mythology and Adam’s novel many similarities can be found in the depiction of the male and female’s primary functions. The female characters are often objects of lust and f...
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