“My Last Duchess" and "To His Coy Mistress" shows the act of the men in these two poems. Both the characters in these two poems have a certain attitude towards women, which is that they both see women as objects but in different ways. Also they both can hurt anyone for their profit. Both the speakers of “My Last Duchess” and “To His Coy Mistress” use poetry to create an argument. The Duke in "My Last Duchess" is an arrogant, disrespectful man, who cares more about status and wealth than love.
In the times John Steinbeck lived in women were not held in high regard but they were just present to serve men. However, they still tried to yearn for a better future by exploiting men. The character Curley's wife in the novel is a victim of society and her dream. She is married to Curley who neglects her and so because of her loneliness she is always seeking attention. She wears too much makeup and dresses like a "whore"
Shakespeare uses language, structure and dramatic devices to convey and create the effect of strong emotions through his ambitious characters, which is similarly portrayed in laboratory with the narrator’s strong and bitter emotions towards her husband’s infidelity. These characters can also be compared to the narrator of Porphyria’s lover whose intense emotions of love become too overwhelming for him to handle. Both Shakespeare and Browning show Elizabethan society as patriarchal, where men were considered to be the leaders and women subservient. Women were regarded as the weaker sex not just in terms of physical strength, but also emotionally. Women were also depicted as kind and caring as well as being the perfect mother and housewife, on the other hand men were portrayed as brave, strong and loyal.
Style Analysis: The Theme of Gender in "Daddy" Sylvia Plath lived during a time when feminism was on the rise and women's rights movements were occurring more than ever. The sad history she shared with her father and husband had a large influence on her thought process regarding feminism, women's rights. In the poem "Daddy", Sylvia Plath uses the cruel and grotesque image of her father to reveal her serious hatred toward all men; she also addresses feminism and reveals her twisted perception of women's relationship with men, in which she believes that women are the victims of totalitarian males. Throughout the poem, Plath creates a dark image of her father and uses it to resemble the male population and to show how she feels about the men that have abused her in her life. For example, the author imagines that her father is a "ghastly statue with one gray toe / Big as a Frisco seal / [with] a head in the freakish Atlantic" (9-11).
Before he meets Juliet we can see he is infatuated with a girl called Rosaline and this obsession makes him very unhappy. We are told by his father, Lord Montague that Romeo. “private in his chamber pens himself, Shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight out, And makes himself an artificial night:” (Act 1, Scene 1, LL 132-135) This tells us how depressed Romeo is that his love “hath sworn that she will still live chaste” (Act 1, Scene 1, L 211). However, later on in the play we can see how he is in love with Juliet in a very different way. He is not as obsessed with Juliet as he was with Rosaline but is still as caring for her.
He does this to keep his hand soft for his wife who he is using as a sexual object which is rather humulating for her. This shows he isn't a good husband towards his wife. But this was normal in the 1930's as it was a rather harsh society and women were objectified and inferior. From the moment we meet Curley we are given a bad impression of him due to his harsh ways. In section 3 Steinbeck uses a simile to emphasis on Curley's bad temper and violent personality as when he physically attacks Lennie.
She is a bridge to prince’s predecessors, keys the family clocks, reads their diaries and scolds the prince with a poignant tone for not following their ancestors. There is a sense of tension between the couple as if the prince does not let himself to have sexual desires for her and whenever they intend to make love it has to be in the darkness. Her one single role in the prince’s life is to wear makeups, have supper beside him and wait for him in her bed at
George and Editha's relationship is hinged on these very things. Their relationship is very contemporary because even though this short story was published in 1905 it mimics the relationship between men and women now. Gender roles have always been a source of controversy, with men putting unfair standards of femininity upon women and vice versa. In this short story Editha is lacing unfair standards of masculinity upon George. For example, Editha has just finished speaking to George about her feelings and thoughts on the war, when she has a thought; "but now, it flashed upon her, if he could do something worthy to have won her-be a hero, her hero-it would be even better than if he had done it before asking her; it would be grander" pg.55.
The Discrimination against Women Identities Throughout history, female were considered lesser beings and nothing more than the property of their husband. In the short story, Blank Spaces by Joanna Cockerline, the acknowledgment of female being inferior creatures in comparison to men is highlighted. Struggle against misfortunes, Elizabeth is oppressed by the social inequality due to the fact that she is a girl. In Blank Spaces, the social inequality implied by the narrative severely impacts Elizabeth’s career hierarchy, character traits, and life experiences. Like many feminist writer, Cockerline focuses her emphasis on how social norm discriminate women by inhibit their job opportunities.
His mother’s quick marriage to Claudius, his father’s brother, leaves him bitter and disillusioned. In the first act of Hamlet that Hamlet’s state of mind is explored and his quest for the meaning of life begins. The soliloquy “Oh that this too too solid flesh would melt…” is a dramatic technique used by Shakespeare to reveal Hamlet’s true emotions and marks the beginning of Hamlet’s philosophical journey. The dominant imagery used in this soliloquy is one of corruption and disease. His disgust at his mother’s “incestuous” marriage is also revealed in this soliloquy.