Women during this time were only allowed to go so far and do so much without being restrained it seemed like. She doubts herself in letters she sends to her female friends who sympathize with her problems in choosing her partner for marriage. As a result to her resent of her thoughts about female powerlessness, and her outspoken thoughts of marriage. Virtue also resulted in achievement of morality, which was identified with marriage. Also Eliza resisted the sexual double-standard which I found really amazing.
The Department stores were a perfect place to be at during the 19th century. It supplies all the facilities women would want to enjoy themselves without their husbands or children; shopping, leisure, social life and entertainments. Main Body: ' On the one hand, woman's role was to be beautiful, dressed in clothes which expressed the social status of her husband or father and her own desirability.' ( ballaster etal.1991:89-90) Woman's role in the nineteenth-century was to represent their family's wealth in the beast way possible which was fashion. They were constantly looking at the new trends and made sure they looked outstanding. '
She seems to be only happy when she has control over her husbands. They have to hand over this power because without their consent she has a battle on her hands, both challenging the other for dominance in the relationship. The Wife of Bath's Tale resembles what she described of it in her prologue. Although The Wife of Bath contradicts herself, essentially she comprehends the link amongst her. The wife of Bath’s tale is the struggle of who has the bigger pants in the relationship.
They were also anticipated to marry into a good family with money, most likely arranged ahead of time by the parents. Upper class women were forbidden from work and were strictly protected by their spouse. Middle class women in the same region during the same period were frequently housewives with no probable education. They were often the wives of mill operators and merchants. Depending on the lower or upper level of the middle class, women were able to be work as school mistresses, or not work at all and only take care of the house.
Part of the reason behind Agrippina’s power was her close proximity to some of the most powerful men in the ancient world, she was the great-granddaughter of the great Augustus: who also had achieved a deified status, daughter of Germanicus: said to be the reincarnation of Apollo himself, sister of an emperor (Caligula), wife of an emperor (Claudius), and mother of an emperor (Nero). She used this impeccable family bloodline to secure power in both the Senate and in Roman society, but was she the evil temptress and nymphomaniac the ancient sources made her out to be? Agrippina held immeasurable and unprecedented power for a woman of the time period, even outstripping the great Livia, wife of Augustus. Her power, according to the written evidence provided by men such as Tacitus, Suetonius and Cassius Dio, was a mix of several different components: • Proximity to powerful male members of Roman politics/society • Her lineage/bloodline, and • Her charm, beauty and sexual allure These factors supposedly enabled Agrippina to climb both the social and political ladders in Roman society with relative ease, influence high ranking men throughout the Roman Empire, and acquire information and support for her son Nero in his political career. Her relentless ambition to secure her son's emperorship and to gain as much power as emperor gives her a legendary status.
According to the book “Women, Art, and Society”, men can achieve nobility because they are good in art, but women can only be allowed to practice act when she was of noble birth. It showed that people in the past believed women’s success in art was base on the nobility in her family; it means women’s success in art was just part of the property of her family, but not because of her. It was hard for women to prove her ability when everyone believed both males’ and females’ success were credited to male. On the other hand, the economic valuing of Western art was also one of the obstacles which females’ artists had to face. In the text book “Women, Art, and Society”, author mention that “Our language and expectations about art have tended to rank that produced by women as below that
Daisy had been raised to marry for money and keep her family’s name involved in old money and lavish events. Doing otherwise was socially unacceptable. When Daisy met Tom she may have once loved or still was in love with Gatsby, however Tom’s old money and social status was all that mattered to her. I don’t think social status and money are as important to Daisy as maintaining her reputation
The daily life of a Medieval Noblewoman can be described as follows: ▪ The daily life of a Noblewoman started at dawn when Mass would be heard and prayers would be made ▪ A noblewoman would be served by her ladies in waiting. She would be assisted with her dress for the day ▪ The first meal of the day for the Noblewoman was breakfast ▪ The daily life of the Noblewoman would include discussions on tournaments, betrothals, marriages, poetry and courtly love ▪ A Noblewoman would be expected to oversee the education of the upper class girls who had sent to their households ▪ A Noblewoman had to be able to take their husbands places at all times. The daily life of noblewoman would change if her husband was absent. She would be expected to look after the finances of the manor or estates including the collection of rents. Supervise the farming and settle all disputes ▪ Mid morning prayers and a meal ▪ In the afternoon the daily life of Noblewomen turned to housewifely duties including the supervision of meals and ensuring stores were sufficient ▪ Leisure time was spent on embroidery and dance practise ▪ Evening prayer and then supper in the Hall of the Castle or Manor House ▪ After supper there might be some entertainment - music, dancing, jugglers, acrobats, jesters, etc ▪ Bedtime prayers |1000 - 1100 |The typical Middle Ages Ladies Dresses during the period of 1000 - 1100 featured: | | |The female
Before World War I, women had few rights. But their experience in the Great War changed that forever. Their views towards life changed or improved, and by the middle of the 19th century, women were demanding equality with men. They wanted the right to vote in elections and an equal chance to work and get educated. They also wanted the right to have their own possessions, to divorce their husbands, and to keep their children after divorce.
Marriage is just an outdated institution that no longer regulates relationships. The reasons many marry now are only good reasons to say that two people joined together are now marriage. Most people marry to show off and are not really in love and dedicated in a relationship. In a marriage couples can share a life time of pleasure and fun with one another. Couples can share a life of dreams, excitement and happiness.