‘The Tale of Genji’ opens with the conflict generated by the Emperor’s preference for an unnamed consort. From its onset, it appears as if the tale treats its female characters as literary commodities - vessels of conflict, infatuations, and...

Medea, in Medea by Euripides, might be described as a hysterical and ruthless murderer, for she kills an innocent princess and slaughters her very own children. The women in The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu could easily be described as needy...

Throughout time, storytelling has evolved and changed with society. While oral storytelling is not as prevalent as it once was, the stories that were once passed down orally have now been written and passed through generations and cultures in...