John is very much aware of his wife, the narrator’s mental insecurity. Simultaneously, he embraces a conscious ignorance of his wife, telling her that it would not benefit the situation “if I [she] had ... less opposition and more society and stimulus” (Gilman 1). The reader can assume that John is initially embarrassed and disillusioned by his wife’s illness. This is reiterated as he (“a physician of high standing”) “assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression” (Gilman 1). In this instance, John’s social standing as a husband and a doctor conspire against the narrator’s enunciation of her illness.
Curley’s wife is portrayed as being a whore – but this is only due to the way she dresses, her provocative ways and the way she acts around men, as if she is aware of her femininity. This could suggest that she is only like this because she is bored, like it is something to do – something interesting for a change. She is constantly trying to get people to notice her. But, because of Lennie’s purity and innocence, he doesn’t see her in the way other men do – a sexual object. When Steinbeck quotes “And because she had confided in him, she moved closer to Lennie and sat beside him”, it is clear to the audience that Curley’s Wife is using her sexuality as an object to create some sort of excitement for herself.
The Discrimination against Women Identities Throughout history, female were considered lesser beings and nothing more than the property of their husband. In the short story, Blank Spaces by Joanna Cockerline, the acknowledgment of female being inferior creatures in comparison to men is highlighted. Struggle against misfortunes, Elizabeth is oppressed by the social inequality due to the fact that she is a girl. In Blank Spaces, the social inequality implied by the narrative severely impacts Elizabeth’s career hierarchy, character traits, and life experiences. Like many feminist writer, Cockerline focuses her emphasis on how social norm discriminate women by inhibit their job opportunities.
This change in Lewis is apparent when he describes the opera as being about “important things, like love and fidelity” and when he reacts genuinely hurt to when he discovers that his girlfriend Lucy has been having sex with Nick. Ultimately Lewis ends his relationship with Lucy because of their conflicting principles. In addition, Lewis also benefits from the production through his partnership with the mentally ill as he is able to understand what the “insane” people are really like. Before Lewis held very stereotypical views of the ill and feared that one of them might “forget to take their medication and go berserk.” Lewis’ stage directions were spoken with “hesitation” , showing a lack in confidence, but through the progression of “Cosi Fan Tutte” Lewis forms
When we are primarily introduced to her we can sense she may cause trouble among the men. She is described as having “full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made up” it is clear that she craves attention and the only way she sees she is able to receive it is by acting shamelessly around the men. She is unhappy in her marriage and although she flirts with the other men what she wants is not an affair or a relationship but companionship. Loneliness is a theme often associated with the migrant workers in America during the 1930s, but Curely’s wife is in fact the person who experiences it most. She is the only woman on the ranch, which makes her different from the rest.
The wallpaper symbolizes and reflects the sanity of the main character. As the reader learns more and more about the wallpaper, the more the reader learns about the mental stability of Jane. Although there were many times those she subconsciously questions John’s methods using the wallpaper “unheard of contradictions” and “lame uncertain curves” alluding to the questionable methods that her husband uses to treat her. “John is a physician, and perhaps - (I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to my mind) - perhaps that is one reason I do not get well faster.” (Gilman.1892). And It is through the dead paper, her writing and self expression that the readers can sympathize with her plight as she says “I don't know why I should write this.
By Curley’s wife talking to a mentally unstable person Lennie she seemed to take advantage of him by flirting a little bit with him. Lennie seems a little questionable by all that she was doing but he was going along with it until she says, “ I get lonely, you can talk to people but I can’t talk to nobody but curly” (Steinbeck, 87). This quote shows loneliness because even Lennie is having a hard time to communicate with Curley’s wife because she doesn’t seem confortable with him. As they keep talking Curley’s wife lets out all that she had hurting her inside to Lennie, she tells him everything because her husband never wanted to listen to her which made her loos her companionship. As Lennie keeps talking to her in his mind he feels that she is very confused into her self by this entire happening she gets herself into trouble.
Angelia Lopez Mrs. Spiegel Period: 1 August 22, 2012 The Unhinged Influences That End In Tragedy “You think you have mastered it but it just as you get well underway in following, it turns a back somersault and there you are It slaps you in the face, knocks, you down, and tramples upon you. It is like a bad dream.” (Gilman. 6) Men as husbands and other male influences have had a dominate effect on the women population. In the nineteen century women were appraised as if nothing more but a chambermaid. The really didn’t have any assumptions or says the men were subjugate.
One can get that idea, being that in both pieces the woman are having an affair with another man, although Sir Gawain and the Green knight was just a joke, it was mostly trying to “teach a lesson” or make a point to men, why one should not trust a women, because of the trickery and games they hold up their sleeves. And in contrast with that, Beowulf author shows the idea of women are less in control, by the two main women who had to serve their king, but also every other person at the
Frustrated, she name-drops a few well-known feminists and the "womyn" in her feminist criticism class from graduate school, and addresses the issues they once mentioned involving motherhood and careers. She finally comes to the realization that she is most frustrated with her husband, because it was not through discussion that her position as strictly housewife came about. The result of the piece is resignation, and an occasional babysitter--not uplifting or hopeful, but a way to cope and another woman's story to think about. - N.T. Hope Edelman looks at the realities of marriage and imbalanced parenting roles in her article "The Myth of Co-Parenting."