Thus, it may be said that the novel tackles important issues of social vs.
She can be described as a ‘normal’, ‘average’ girl before she finds herself in a socially and culturally determined situation that makes her deeply transform her identity. Calliope is raised as a girl who doesn’t know that she is intersexed and even her family doesn’t know about it for many years. Calliope hermaphroditism is nothing before it is mentally and socially internalized through self-recognition. Some of the most important are individual liberty of lifestyles versus paternalism of power and tradition which made Greek families leave for the United States in search of conditions for realizing ‘this passion inside them’ deeply opposed to dominant societal and moral patterns prevailing in the early 20 century Greece.Īnother problem tackles through the utilization of expressive means is the issue of gender in general and its social construction in particular. Cultural, gender, and societal problems are in-depth addressed by the author. It can be described as a symbolical reflection of societal relations (In Levis-Strauss sense).
Learn More The cultural, societal, moral, and gender layers of Eugenides’ novelĬulture as a vast domain of human activities within society that produces various patterns, modes of conduct, mindsets, and stereotypes are everywhere starting from family relations to national customs and traditions.
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