Masculinity and Gentility in Gaskell’s North and South and Hemingway’s The Garden of Eden

Abstract

Masculinity and gentility are a direct source of influence on gender roles on both male and female characters in society. The aim behind this study is to explore the demeanor of male during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It highlights the disclose of how social norms reversed traditional behaviour of both genders. The present research is mainly analytical. For this purpose, Elizabeth Gaskell North and South and Earnest Hemingway Garden of Eden are selected to conduct the analysis of masculinity. The study implies the reflection of society on characters and their alteration within time; leading to the birth of new measurements that have been placed upon genders and cultural dimensions that they are extended to.