World+Lit+-+Thesis+Statements+(Introductions)

Ahmad Thesis: In //‘Chronicle of a Death Foretold’// and ‘//Ghosts’ ,// although the difference in societal expectations between men and women has an effect on the lives’ of Angela Vicario and Mrs. Alving (respectivel y), it has a greater effect on their communities. This is because the unfair societal expectations of women expose the naivety of the community and the failings of religion and affect the lives’ of Santiago Nasar, Bayardo San Roman, Oswald and Johanna.

Emine Intro Paragraph : In the novel “Chronicle of a Death Foretold” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the play “Ghosts” by Ibsen, female characters are portrayed with conventional roles. Furthermore they are restricted by society and honor. In contrast to female characters, male characters in both novels have a more hedonistic approach to life and reveal it through their approach to women, promiscuous love affairs and indulgence in drinking. Both works demonstrate the underlying hypocrisy in gender roles in different settings and periods, questioning the universality of hypocrisy in gender roles.

Nabil

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While Angela Vicario and Mrs. Alving’s characters lead different lives, their mentality on equality stays very similar. Through Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s __Chronicle of a Death Foretold__ the author narrates the events leading up to and following the death of an innocent man, Santiago Nasar. In contrast, Henrik Ibsen’s __Ghosts__ is a play depicting the playwright’s view of Norwegian society in the late 1800s. However, the reader identifies similarities through both their central characters, especially their views on independence. Through these characters, the author and playwright have the ability to convey a message of social inequality and women’s rights through their use of more-than-frank writing of topics. ======

Andrea Thesis: Even though they were written in two different time periods, religion can be seen as negative in both __Chronicle of a Death Foretold__ and __Oedipus Rex__. This is because not only does it not help either of the two protagonists, it is the ultimate cause of both Oedipus' and Santiago Nasar's downfall.