Medea is alienated by society because she is an intelligent, foreign, powerful woman. The first reason Medea is shunned is her gender. In the patriarchal society of Ancient Greece, femininity is a faux pas on its own. On top of being a woman, though, she is clever and intelligent; these qualities were not admirable in a woman of her time. King Creon states that “a sharp tempered woman, or for that matter a man, is easier to deal with than the clever type who hold her tongue.” Medea is, in fact, clever enough to hold her tongue and stay quiet.
I would rather be a Spartan than an Athenian. The lifestyle of a Spartan and an Athenian are vastly different and a women’s role is closer to ours than the Athenian‘s. The Spartans respected their women and they were held up with high regard; something that is vastly different than any other Greek city-state. Women have rights in Sparta similar to rights for women in our nation. At a young age, women are raised much differently than their Ancient Greek counterparts.
It represents the bound feet that Chinese women of high class had when arriving in America, to “ensure that women did not ‘wander’ too far outside the household gate” (Yung, 19). Though this ideal was proposed and enacted by Chinese men and upheld for so long because of ideal women’s submissiveness, as independence rose in America, the women became “unbound”, free to wander without agony of oppression. Yung proves the popular stereotypes of Asian women as voiceless, passive and
After reading select parts of The Odyssey, I found that there is really no way to generalize the women in Homer’s Odyssey because they all have their own distinct traits that make each of them great, strong, and powerful women. A very powerful woman is Arete. She is as powerful as the king, Alcinous. Her daughter Nausicaa displays great intelligence in handling Odysseus despite being so young. These women I speak of above are great women in a good sort of way but there are also some very bad women that still have some amazing qualities.
This idea, of women having to be subordinate to men, passed down from teacher to student is what caused it to spread worldwide (Document Q). In Han if women lack certain traits she will have no name to preserve and will not be able to avoid shame. For this not to happen women have to have three traits; humility, industriousness, and continuing the sacrifices. Humility means acting respectful, not talking about the good deed you have done, dealing with insults and mistreatment, and not denying you have done something wrong. Industriousness means doing your work well and without complaining, you go to bed late and wake up early.
* Thesis * Maggie Lena Walker a black woman, a teacher, an editor, an entrepreneur and a community activist would become of the most successful black woman of her time. II. BODY PARAGRAPH I Maggie Lenna Walker was born in Richmond, Virginia where a good life and education was hard to obtain. A. Early Life 1.
Although Helen was the most beautiful woman in the world, she was manipulated and deemed secondary to her male counterparts. Helen can be looked at as a woman who had no say so in how she wanted to run her life and was manipulated throughout the years. In the Iliad the Greek Goddess Aphrodite played the key role in controlling Helen. Helen was taken from her husband Meneleus and could not return. Aphrodite being the goddess of love was the one who took Helen from him, and forced her to stay with Paris of Troy, which sparked the Trojan War.
For twenty years now Penelope has maintained the city of Ithaca as well as raised her son Telemachus all by herself. This shows her power and strength because it proves that women can also keep a kingdom such as Ithaca from dwindling. In the story we read about the suitors begging for her hand in marriage when we truly know all they want is to be King of Ithaca. Penelope is a strong willed women; not wanting to believe that her husband is dead and therefor refuses all of the suitors. Even though Penelope has no powers or immortality she still holds true to what she believes and is patiently awaiting for her husbands return.
I was a looker, I brought in the customers, and that was fine as long as it lasted… but now… now I’m fucked. p. 128 With the reputation of a whore no job, husband, or family Pierette has nowhere to go and has made it impossible for her to lead a “normal” life because of the fact that she chose to live life like a whore instead of the saint like life the other woman try to achieve. It is not surprising because, Pierrette was raised in the environment and with the understanding that all woman should act like saints, and the men should be the ones working to provide for their families, when Pierrette made the conscious decision to completely go against the morals she was taught to live by, everyone lost respect for
He depicts women as completely sexual creatures and also devalues women in the eyes of men. The way we have viewed women from the 1600’s to now has changed dramatically. In the 1600’s, the approximate time period Shakespeare had written Hamlet, women where viewed as helpless, dependent and had no place in society. Women today are looked upon with respect and dignity because they have earned self respect, value and a place in society as hard working, knowledgeable and yet compassionate. I believe Gertrude from Hamlet, is a depthless individual who only thinks about her body and external pleasures.