They also believed that they were superior to women and that women should remain obedient and oppressed, and not question their husbands or fathers. The conversations that the females in the play have when they are not in the presence of men seem to prove that they have accepted society’s expectations of them, and that when they are in the company of men, they behave the way men believe to be natural. It is for this reason that when Desdemona married Othello without her father, Brabantio’s consent, he states that her actions were “against all rules of nature” (I, iii, 101). Many feminist critics view Desdemona as submissive and oppressed. Desdemona, herself, gives evidence to this claim when she states that she is “obedient” (III, iii, 89) to Othello no matter what.
Morrison feels that women should work together with kindness and be generous towards each other. According to Morrison’s view female power differs from male power. It is because besides the obvious physiological differences, there are also different ways in which men and women speak, behave, and think. In order for us to understand men and women’s nature, society must do away with human subjectivity and look closer to what’s ahead. After years of male power and dominance, women have now risen against it.
Her love of Othello is constant throughout the play and her goodness is never doubted. However the irony being that the goodness she possesses leads to her own downfall, as she relentlessly attempts to fix the rift between Cassio and Othello, she provides the weapons to allow doubt fester in her husband’s mind, which is masterfully exploited by Iago. When she answered “Nobody, I myself. Farewell. / Commend me to my kind lord.
Her husband's or father's social standing determined the degree of respect she commanded. Chivalry and Courtly Love: Ideal but Unreal Chivalry: a system of ideals and social codes governing the behavior of knights and gentlewomen Adoring a particular lady was seen as a means of self-improvement. Courtly love: in its ideal form, nonsexual The lady always remained pure and out of reach. The Rise of Romance Chivalry brought about an idealized attitude toward women, but it did little to improve their actual position. Chivalry did give rise to a new form of literature, the romance.
Carol’s long, powerful rant responding to John’s principles and values in the extract is mirrored by a very simple response at the very end of the play P.80, ‘Yes. That’s right’. These three simple words conclude the whole of Carol’s argument and John’s actions prove her to be correct. John knows he will no longer be able to use his views, principles, race, gender and status to his advantage to get out of the situation, thus he resorts to the only superiority he has over her, physical strength. The structure of Carol’s argumentative response to John’s principles and values is considerably eloquent and flows well.
It is difficult for Elisa to break through her masculinity and clearly just play the woman role. Even though Elisa wants to feel superior and strong she still wants to be loved and desires more passion from her husband. Elisa’s relationship with her husband is one of her biggest struggles. Stanley Renner describes Henry as “decent but dull” and believes Henry is content with the way things are in their marriage and therefore he ignores her lack of fulfillment in
At the beginning of the play, Juliet is childish and sensitive, not really interested in marrying and really, just wanting to be a kid. A significant quote about Juliet from the first section of the play is: “I’ll look to like if looking liking move/ But no more deep will I endart mine eye/ that your consent gives strength to make it fly.” this quote suggests that Juliet has thought little about love and marriage, but will happily do her mothers bidding. This emphasises how she still thinks as a child. A major turning point for Juliet is when she falls in love with Romeo Montague. It is here where Juliet begins to make her own choices; she realises Romeo is the son of her fathers enemy, yet continues to meet him in secret, eventually actually marrying him.
Upon his release, he is a shell of a man, yet also an ideal, loyal, and devoted Party member. A 26-year-old Party member who works in the Fiction Department of the Ministry of Truth. Julia also secretly despises the Party, but accepts its rule over her and therefore appears to be devoted to the Party's causes. Julia declares her love for Winston, thus beginning their affair and setting them down the path towards their eventual imprisonment. Unlike Winston, Julia sees life simply, and is interested only in her survival and personal rebellion against the Party - not in long-term plans for the comeback of democracy.
Juliet seems like a seamless responsible girl tangled in an interesting relationship, but her own feelings combined with others, result in a deadly concoction. Juliet is a brave young girl, defying social standards, while keeping her relationship together. Juliet has many expectations put to prevent her from blossoming. On page 48, Juliet says, “Not stepping o’er the bounds of modesty.” Juliet is playing a dual personality. On one side she is attempting to be this perfect child figure for her parents.
In my true heart/ I find she names my very deed of love,/ Only she comes too short, that I profess/ Myself an enemy to all other joys/ Which the most precious square of senses possesses,/ And find I am alone felicitate/ In your dear Highness' love." (I, I, 72-80) Both Goneril and Regan tell Lear they love him the most and Lear is too blind to see that they are