The histrorian James Romm portrayed Agrippina as a woman who was simply trying to escape the restrictions imposed on her by society. To quote james Romm “she stands out as the sole Roman woman to attempt to break the ultimate glass ceiling: to wield the power of a princeps, not just behind the scenes but before the astonished eyes of the senate,” Romm takes into account both the ancient writers and his own interpretation of Agrippina. Romm believes that her determination not only furthered her power but ultimately caused her downfall. He observes that the majority of Claudius move show us that Agrippina was shown as a “political asset”. Romm concluded that even though Agrippina may have been manipulative and ambitious she was still able to achieve what women of the era could not.
Just depends where in the world you live. In ancient India woman played a very important role of being superior to men. One must recognize the Hindu scripture guidelines to a woman’s role in the Hindu society in order to understand their role in Hinduism cultures. This vague generalization of a woman’s role in the religious spectrum leaves open interpretation for woman. For the way they interpret the guidelines conflict arises when men criticize women.
The women are casualties of a domestic prison, a prison for the mind, created by society and their husbands, who are victims themselves in their own way, of a Gilded Age mindset. The women have no voice and no authority. Their intellect and creativity is considered a frivolous obstacle and a distraction from their jobs as homemakers. There is irony in the endings of these stories in that the victims, the women, adjust to their lot and turn the tables on their oppressors. In Trifles, the women come to a realization that they must bond together against their clueless husbands to see justice done.
Medea’s extreme emotional attachments can only be expressed through extreme measures. Circumstance causes her to fall in love with Jason, and when she does, he becomes the centre of her emotional universe — even when he spurns her and that love turns to hate, the man continues on as the zenith in her heart, the motivation behind her actions. When Jason takes another wife, Medea can no longer justify the wrongs she committed in the name of their love. The sheer force of her grief and remorse inspires her to ‘surrender to anguish’, and she gives voice to wretched lamentations that outline her vicious intent towards the royal house. Fearing that Medea will do ‘some irreparable harm to (his) daughter’, Creon banishes her from his land, setting in motion a chain of events that lead to the final tragedy of the play.
Later in the poem, Hughes accuses his wife of abandoning her family. The repetition of “you” in the lines “unravelled your marriage, left your children echoing like tunnels in labyrinth, left your mother a dead-end” emphasises the immensely accusatory tone of the poem. These accusations in The Minotaur show that Hughes puts all blame for their failed marriage onto his wife, and is not taking any of the responsibility. Hughes’s view of Plath is a conflicting perspective to society’s view of the couple’s relationship. How Hughes portrays his conflicting perspective
It just happens to be that Adams was on the side of the colonist and Sewall on the side of the mother country. Sewall and Adams were both power hungry and strived to hold higher positions in their line of work; they just had completely different styles of doing so (Hollitz 60). Sewall had more of a direct approach that lead him more so to the side of English rule, because to him it was easier to agree and accept the rules as they are (Hollitz 60). He would argue why would someone “living under the mildest government, enjoying the highest portion of civil and religious liberty” rebel (qtd in Hollitz 64). Since he obeyed and enforced British law he was rewarded by the English government with higher titles (Hollitz 57).
Know Compared to Abigail all look like saints but none due this better than her complete foil Elizabeth Proctor a pure puritan woman, who goes to the extent of damming herself to hell to save her husband John. Among the town of Salem many people foil each other but John Proctor and Paris fall next in line. Proctor a good man hard worker, farmer and all around respected man in Salem tries to find the truth in all of this hysteria. While Paris greedy money hungry, disrespectful minister only worried about his own neck and how Abigail tries to trash his reputation in Salem. With the town in a state of chaos over the talk of witchcraft the foils of the story begin to reveal their real colors.
This play suggested that familial values and love dominate political values. Antigone had a strong sense of duty to her family that made her to disobey Creon and to respectfully bury Polyneices, her brother and willing to die for dignity and a display against the authority. The play called that civil disobedience is tolerable and that justice can not be given by an unsuitable, tyrannical man.
Your fancy airs don't come to nothin' – your ma'amin' and Miss Mayellerin' don't come to nothin', Mr. Finch,"(Lee, 290). Mayella's rage and anger finally comes out when she gives her testimony but she directs her anger towards the wrong person. She desperately begs for they jury to realize what a terrible man tom is but in truth she want they jury to open there eyes and see she is actually talking about her father. But because Mayella is too much of a
However, Lady Macbeth is much stronger, and more decisive, ruthless as well as aggressive, especially when she is facing death. In behaviors, Macbeth acts so weak that he is subordinated to Lady Macbeth, which is totally conflicted to the social gender convention. Macbeth is so indecisive in decision-making that he vacillates between murdering the King Duncan or not, and eventually he still cannot make his own mind. Instead, Lady Macbeth is aggressive as well as consistent, and she helps her husband make decisions, and also comes up with a plot instantly. She only concentrates on personal benefits so that everything else can be sacrificed.