Compare the ways the poet presents ideas about relationships in Sister Maude and Farmers Bride. In Sister Maude Rossetti presents a quarrel between the two sisters. This is shown when she says ‘but sister Maude shall get no sleep’; this suggests that she thinks her sister will go to hell because of what she has done. The fact that she doesn’t use a personal pronoun for her sister suggests that she has disowned her and believes that she is no longer part of the family. The phrase ‘no sleep’ is a euphemism for death and suggests that she will pay for what she has done.
She prefers to spend more time with herself than with her family because of this she has a weak relationship with her parents. The story discusses how she has two sides: one for home and one for not being home. Her abduction was solely due to her fault for her appearance that she presented in public, to the relationship that she had with her family and lastly her naiveness. The antagonist Arnold Friend somehow knew about Connie. He saw a great opportunity the moment he set his eyes on her.
The workers speak of her, basically, as Curley’s problem that needs to stay at home away from the other workers. She opens herself up to Crooks and Lennie because they possess equal amounts of powerlessness as she does. Curley’s wife feeds off of character’s insecurities, so she can strengthen herself against harm. At the end Curley’s wife’s powerlessness shows greatly when she is strangled at the hands of Lennie who she tries to seduce. This just shows how women then were little to any powerful.
Ismene’s inaction to react to the situation she is put through by her sister contributed to Antigone’s death. For example as Ismene and Antigone argue over whether or not to break the law to bury her brother Ismene admits, “Antigone, I am so afraid for you”. This shows how her fear of the
Unlike the western culture, a woman who has participated in premarital sex is highly frowned upon. A family may lose out on having their daughter married if she is not “closed.” A girl’s virginity is very important for her ability to get married It becomes a thing of prestige, economics and family honor when it comes to female circumcision. Female mutilation is an essential part of a woman’s life to the societies that practice it, where the control of female sexuality and fertility are givens. Female circumcision reduces the uncertainty of premarital sexual activity because of its harsh procedure it prevents and discourages it all together. Even though the societies that practice circumcision can be very different, in each one the majority of females get little to no education and are simply looked upon as child bearers.
Henrik Ibsen depicts how the conscious and subconscious motives and desires are obtained. Kristine Linde is a woman who has had to give up her dreams due to circumstances beyond her control. She was once in love but because her mother “was bedridden and helpless”and she “had to provide for two younger brothers”(Ibsen, 2011, p. 556) she was forced to marry for convenience of the situation. We can tell this has made her look at life in a more realistic and wise view than that of her friend Mrs Nora Helmer the main character. Mrs Linde has had to work hard and was not afforded love and children which she longed to have.
(p.18). Here we see that she refrains from discussing her own thoughts and emotions from her children. This line indicates her struggle, and further in the story, hopes she would open up her mind to her mother to reveal her current feelings and emotions. When she arrives at her mother's, she is appalled during the few hours of her lunch visit with her. Her mom lives in a very closed in and elegant home where she was also self-contained.
Do the characters get what they deserve in the End? During the novella of mice and men Curley’s wife is alienated, spoken behind her back, called vile names and singled out from the rest of the ranch, since she is the only woman there. Throughout the novella she is constantly giving hints on how lonely she is even in her own marriage, by the end of the book she is accidentally killed and freed from the life she so dearly hated. However, another view on her death could be negative since when she dies she does not get the life she deserves for being kept in a place she doesn’t want to stay or even she does deserve her death since she is vile for not committing to her marriage vows by being a coquette. Curley’s wife is clearly a very unhappy
Maggie’s mother was also older and better suited to be a mother because she was older and more experienced however, Maggie’s father also left the family. Maggie turned out to be shy and refrained from social life since she did not leave the house after being burned. “She stoops down quickly and lines up picture after picture of me sitting in front of the house with Maggie cowering behind me” (Walker 746). Too much attention leads to Maggie clinging to her mother and not enough attention drives Emily to not seek out a close relationship with her mother. Both mothers are concerned with the status of their daughters.
The author portrays the tendency of people getting used to others desires and the norms made by society instead of focusing on their own. Lorca presents opposing points of view in Blood Wedding. For example, the Bride feels restrained due to the fact that she is forced into marrying a man she does not love and let alone be isolated away from society perpetually. In Blood Wedding, gender roles are reinforced in a certain way in order to establish distinct feelings among the characters forcing them to make wrong decisions which will later result in a tragedy. For instance, the Bride and Leonardo run away due to the love they feel toward each other; Later on, the reader learns that Leonardo and the Groom have killed each other.