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COMMUNAL EXPECTANCY AND THE AUTHENTIC SELF OF MEN AND TRANSGENDERS - ARMS AND THE MAN BY GEORGE BERNARD SHAW AND BIRTHDAY BY MEREDITH RUSSO

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Dr. M. John Suganya , S. Jeevitha, L. Grashya
» doi: 10.31838/ecb/2023.12.s1.094

Abstract

The very word ‘male’ accentuates aplomb and emotionless traits. It is commensurate to transgenders as well. Authenticity is the genuine representation of oneself. This article distinctly delineates that emotions are not only meant for women but also for men and transgenders. The aim of the paper is to deconstruct the stereotypical emotions of male and to analyze how transgenders struggle to establish their authentic self. The inception enumerates about the characters from Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and Birthday by Meredith Russo. The characters analyzed for the study of male emotions show a complete exorbitant deviation from each other. One is authoritative and tenacious while the other is dreadful and unheroic. The character, Okonkwo manifests the general ideology about the feelings of men. Bluntschli’s character is used to break the cliché and prove the aim of this study. The theory of deconstruction emphasizes the dominance of one particular way of thinking over the others. Morgan, the central character of Meredith Russo’s Birthday, overcomes the fear of ostracism. The German- American psychologist, Erik Erikson’s concept of identity and self is used as a tool to investigate the characters of the novel. Morgan’s Gender Identity and Gender Dysphoria are also spelled out in this paper. The intention of this study is fulfilled by proving that masculine and trans traits does entail the emotions contrast to valiant and governing nature.

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