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Gender Roles In The Twilight Saga

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when he addresses ideology and explains that, “we all are subjected to dominant perspectives in the most mundane and ordinary activities of our lives” (Ideological Criticism 211). For instance, an activity such as reading the Twilight saga, which contains messages about gender roles, is an example of dominant perspectives that adolescent girls are subjected to. Since young girls are already easily influenced, it doesn’t help to have something that they love and are very interested in, as this causes them to become more influenced. These stories have developed quite the audience when it comes to young girls and they have also played a role in influencing said young girls about gender roles. These gender roles portrayed in the saga explain to readers that women are a weaker sex. Meaning, that women need men to take care of them constantly and should remain passive when they are disrespected.
Not only is Bella portrayed as passive and fragile, she is also portrayed as a woman who is …show more content…

Many people fall or trip without getting a concussion, so this quote is an example of just how fragile Bella is portrayed. Bella, who is thinking to herself in the quote, also believes that, that could happen and if it did it would happen to her, as she is very clumsy. That she could ruin the world just by falling down or tripping. It is quite disconcerting that other feel this way about her and even more worrisome that she believes that she is fragile and should be submissive. This is also true about young girls who are portrayed as fragile and submissive. These two books are very well known and loved by young adolescent girls and teenagers all over the world. It is worrisome that these young girls could be soaking up hidden messages about gender roles without even realizing it and then play them out in their own lives. It is also very concerning that young girls let boys and men talk to the in a disrespectful

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