Complete 3 pages APA formatted article: The Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig. In the novel Kiss of the Spider Woman reader has an opportunity to observe and analyze this issue. Despite the fact that in the novel the main characters are very different, they have to communicate with each other and develop their relations. The author of this book tries to depict and explain one of the up-to-date issues, namely what a man is and what characteristics he should have. Puig claims that masculinity is a general notion that consists of several aspects. Everybody knows that masculinity is not only physical peculiarities, it is something more. By homosexual relationships the author portrays the initial meaning of masculinity, demonstrates it from different sides by means of two quite different men and their unique backgrounds. The ideal atmosphere has been created. it was a cell, where the heroes set in the closed space. The author explains to the reader how this situation occured. The roles between the characters are different, each of them knows who is who in this situation. The reader understands that Valentine thinks that he has a right to be stronger and he acts according to this belief. The description of so-called homosexual masculinity lies in aggressive behavior and demonstration of power towards another the partner who seems to be or better saying would like to be a woman.
