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Questions:
- What is the Tale of the Genji about? What are the key themes?
- What makes Genji an ideal male, according to the standards revealed in the text? Who comes closest to being an “ideal” woman in The Tale of Genji, and why?
- How much power does the Emperor have?
- Do women have power in the world as described in The Tale of Genji?
- If so, provide some examples of who does have power, how they came to have it, and how it is made visible. If you conclude that women did not have power, give some examples of who does have it, how they came to have it, and how power is made visible.
- How is the fact that this was written by a woman relevant to our understanding of the text?
- What do you see as the most significant changes in the behaviors and worldviews of the medieval aristocracy in the Tale of the Heike when compared with the world of the Heian-era courtier, as depicted in The Tale of Genji?
- What actions or behaviors are portrayed in the Tale of the Heike as most honorable, and which least honorable, and how are readers able to tell the difference? To what extent are these standards of honorable behavior widely agreed upon? In other words, do different elements of society (as portrayed in the text) have different standards of honor? How might you explain this?
- Does the Tale of the Heike make the argument that the Heike deserved their fate? What sections of the text can you cite to support your answer?
- What qualities of behavior and overall ethical values are associated with a desirable outcome in the Tale of the Heike, and which with undesirable outcomes? To what extent are these qualities of behavior and ethics tied to a particular religious tradition?