Problem: Your essay should have an introduction paragraph with a thesis statement, three body paragraphs (In other words, you should have one separate body paragraph per reading that you cover), and a conclusion paragraph, so a total of Five Paragraphs.
What is the role of women that demonstrates what is respected and expected of them vs. what is devalued culturally in the female characters in at least three of the readings? Refer to specific characters like Ishtar, Ninsun, Siduri, and/or Shamhat in The Epic of Gilgamesh; Penelope, Athena, Circe, and/or Calypso in The Odyssey; Antigone and Ismene in Antigone; and/or even the female characters who must uphold a social protocol and duties of the courtly life in The Pillow Book.