The “Judges” Are Watching: Stifling the Woman For as far back as history there has women have always struggled to rise above the expectations that they can only be wives and mothers. Society conditions women from a young age; teaching that girls play with dolls and boys play with trucks, that “ladies” do not lift up their dresses in public and that Daddies go to work while Mommies take care of the children. Regardless of how progressive or feminist a family is, a woman will still encounter stereotypical gender roles and biases in society. Although laws restricting women from leading lives equal to men have been changed there are still social boundaries that many women could -but choose not to-cross. Today women can take a stand for equality, but no one has figured out the best way to take action.
How do Friel and Frayn present the role of women? In the novel 'Spies' and the play 'Making History' the authors Michael Frayn and Brian Friel portray the roles of women in different ways throughout each of the texts. They do this because they are trying to present both of these women in the stereotypical role of women but then also showing that they’re different. In the novel 'Spies' the women are presented as women who are dependent on men but they can also do a lot for themselves and they do have a bit of independence. Whereas in 'Making History' the women are a lot more dependent, although they do have to marry a man while they are quite young to fill the stereotypical purpose which was to be a housewife, so they would just cook, clean and have children.
In the Greek period, women were not aloud to have any of their own properties; such as land or houses. If a woman wanted to have something of her own during that period she was cast out and more then likely stoned to death. In todays society however, a woman who owns her own house or car is respected for being independent and being able to support herself. Today, women are looked up on as the “brats” that always get their way. Some people even go as far to try to prove that women get better treatment in some cases because of the sexual status.
She thinks that women have to have sex in order to be women. Lilith knew she was different from a young girl. She never let anyone, not even the little kids she played with say anything they pleased to. Even if it meant “She get a stiff slap”. Lilith holds herself to a high standard which Circe tries to knock out of her.
The Invisible Cage Pride and Prejudice In the nineteenth century society, the options of choosing husbands for unmarried women are limited due to the reason that the society has prescribed a set of values for them. The English society associated the entrance of a woman into the public with a reprehensible loss of femininity. Jane Austen, the author of the novel Pride and Prejudice herself suffers in this era by not allowed to be acknowledged as the author for her books. In Jane Austen's book Pride and Prejudice, she depicts how young men and women behave in the society and how they set up their life and social position for their own desires. With this background, Jane tries to deliver the message that the people were restrained and they suffered by the rules set by the society such as family reputation, women’s position, and class division.
Ashley was so confused that the only thing she could think of to say was yes, when she should have said no! Ashley became their friend but she never got why they wanted to be her friend. The mean girls were totally the antithesis of her; they were really preppy and wore expensive name brand clothing, and Ashley was not preppy and did not have much money. Everyday Ashley wished she could just ascend to a higher stage in her life but she couldn’t. Both of Ashley’s parents were normally austere.
The whole poems started during the time woman were tending to stay quite. She wrote the poem to express her opinion of a female’s voice in the society. She speaks in a worthless tone. In her view women were not different than men. Bradstreet also shows identity for the Puritan men that criticize her work because men had more talent and skill, which come in handy in the society, but she sees that it’s unfair.
View of Womanhood in King Lear The portraits of womanhood seen in King Lear are slightly negative. Since the time when King Lear is written when men and women are not equal, it is obvious to see these traits in the play. In King Lear, women are sold, demonized and insulted. Although Cordelia expresses her feminine and righteous virtues, the men’s view constraints it and demines by insulting values of women in a whole. Through quotes from the book, the observation of womanhood is negatively seen by men in the play.
Their opinions were not to be expressed publicly, at least not in the presence of men. While many women were internally conflicted about the sexist treatment, most went along and behaved innocently and dutifully. Charlotte Brontë, living in the Victorian age where women were dependent to men, wrote her first novel published in 1847, Jane Eyre, about a young woman who quietly rebelled against the woman’s standards and roles at that time. Several Brontë’s experiences in her own life that were full of obstacles in the Victorian era became the background of the story in this novel. Through her character Jane, a brave, strong, determined, intelligent and independent young woman, Brontë conveyed the message of feminism that every woman has rights to be treated as equal as men.
She was completely ignorant about sex and thought boys and girls lived in separated worlds. Because she was a Latina who came from a close family of matriarchal she cannot even speak to her brothers outside of the house ‘cause she is not used to being around patriarchal. When Esperanza became an adolescent, she experimented the power she, as a young women, had over men. Marin taught her some fundamental facts about boys, but the first major step in Esperanza’s awareness of her sexuality was when she and her friend’s explored Mango Street in high heeled shoes. Then she realized the power of the shoes gave her, the ides that physical beauty helped her escape the squalor of her surroundings.