Earlier in the life of Aunt Tam, “some man jumped” (186) on her and nearly took away her purity. Women are taken advantage of in a “place [that is] deserted” (186) and cannot defend themselves. Society looks down upon them and gives not respect if the women are sexually attacked unwillingly. The story of Aunt Tam displays the gender stereotype that women are victimized and powerless. After Aunt Tam fought and “resisted with every bone” (186) in her body, she runs away, symbolizing the rise of women.
In Jacobean times women were seen as inferior and even in the Victoria era, thus she required external forces to crush her conscience to allow her to fulfil her ambition. Yet she is afraid her feminine qualities will prevent her from achieving the murder of King Duncan. Which would gradually lead to her mental breakdown. Regicide was considered a mortal sin in Jacobean times, one God couldn't forgive. Whereas Browning’s protagonist in The Laboratory sustains her feminine qualities this is reflected in the line “The colours too grim” in which she is referring to her dislike of the colour of poison and that it needs to be 'brightened' up in order to convince her victim to drink it.
So he plots his revenge on Othello by manipulating Roderigo's love for Desdemona (Othello's wife) and attempts to destroy Othello's life and everything he has worked for. In The Crucible envy is represented by a girl named Abigail Williams, who is envious of Elizabeth Proctor also known as the wife of John Proctor (the love of her life). She envies the love that John has for Elizabeth and attempts to destroy her and their marriage. She accuses Elizabeth Proctor of witchcraft in attempt of getting rid of her. Then tries to win over John, but he is faithful now and then turns her plan against her in attempt to save his wife.
In order to express her feminist ideas, Atwood uses criticisms of Offred and Janine’s complacency juxtaposed with positive feminist role models like Moira. When Offred has the affair with the commander, she is helping to sate the loneliness and desires of a man who is part of her oppression. She is therefore partly responsible for her oppression because she is helping her oppressor. As Barbara Ehrenriech¹ said, Offred’s character ‘has sunk too far into the...household she serves’. Although this can be seen as a failure of Atwood to create a strong feminist character, it seems to be more intended as an anti-role model, making Offred’s complicity obviously undesirable.
Once, Shahrazad (King's vizier's elder daughter) makes a plan to save herself and other virgins and asks the father to give her in marriage to the king. The plan is that she tells a story every night, but she stops when the story reaches its interesting point and promises to finish it the next night. Shahrazad's stories are so interesting that the king wants to hear the end. During his concernment, the king puts off punishment from day to day and finally he abandons it (Norton, The Thousand and One Nights, 1566-1567). Some people believe that Shahrazad's stories are the beginning of feminism while others not.
I will take an in depth look at the contradictions and myths that men have created of women as outlined by Beauvoir. I will examine the social constructs of women, the influence of male writers, and lastly the influence of literature. Beauvoir begins by stating the men have always been in control, they have always had the “power”. This power was used to keep women in a state of dependency, hence reinforcing dominance over her. Men seek to enslave, to control and to provide for his own existence.
Both women are contrasting representations of Hedda. From the opening of the play her [Hedda’s] relationship with Aunt Julie is a strained one. Hedda views Aunt Julie as a symbol of what she herself loathes and could at the same time could quite easily become. Aunt Julie epitomises the idea of the domestic, dutiful woman with no true purpose of her own. She instead finds her purpose through the lives of the male characters and the arguably mediocre success that Tessman has had.
Through quotes from the book, the observation of womanhood is negatively seen by men in the play. It is true in history, women in royal families are somewhat sold to other nobles of state to aid their relationships diplomatically. Marriages by politics are common during thetime. It is used as a bond secondary to sending fortunes to increase the bond between nations and furthermore alliance. As Cordelia is sent to Duke of Burgundy as being banished from England, it is likely to say that she is banned from her father and her nation.
The final line “Who could not say, ‘Tis pity she’s a whore?” can be seen as directed towards her and so she is blamed for everything that has occurred. Throughout the play she is seen as quite powerful and headstrong by refusing many marriage proposals and being quite stubborn in doing so. However, she is reduced to a weak being however upon dying which is a culmination of her passions. It is perceived that women are a danger to men and to society as a whole and so Giovanni’s actions are to be blamed not on himself, but on Annabella because of the beauty she possesses. Giovanni states that Annabella’s “lips would tempt a saint” thus showing the corruption her presence inflicts upon even the supposed innocent of men.
The simple fact that they are women puts them in a position where they are at the will, and mercy of their authoritative male figures. The Rover introduces us to one of the most gender bias, gender oppressive, sexually objectifying, patriarchal, and stereotypical group of men ever. Yet with all these forces against them, the female characters in The Rover managed to get their way, overcoming the great odds against them. Florinda, Hellena, and have been the victims of the very masculine and primitive patriarchy that surrounds them. Don Pedro is the prime example of this masculine and primitive patriarchy.