Speaking generally, Chopin's life and family heritage consisted of women who broke the mold, so to speak, most being working, something practically unheard of in that time period. Reactions to her first published works were mixed at best, cauing somewhat of a public outcry at the questioning of the societal morals of the community. At the age of 20, she married Oscar Chopin, then son of a wealthy cotton growing family. According to all accounts, he adored her wife, admiring her independence and intelligence, "allowing" her unheard of freedom. This is one of the examples of the misogynistic mindset in the age she was raised, that certainly fueled her writing.
By living with the DeRosier’s April was taught to hate her people, her family, but she also learned to stay strong. Living with the DeRosier’s made April fully realize that people view Métis as “second class citizens”. Living with them was what sparked her desire to be white. She even plotted that “When [she got] free of [that] place, when [she got] free from being a foster child, then [she]would live just like a real white person"(34). The DeRosier’s were also the ones who shattered her dreams of a perfect family by saying “We take you in because your parents don’t want you"(35).
ANCIENT ROMAN WOMEN Roman aristocratic women influenced politics, but they could not serve as magistrates, senators, or military commanders. During the empire, the wives of emperors began to wield more power than women had ever held before. Livia, the wife of Augustus, advised her husband for 51 years of marriage before living her last 15 years under the rule of her son, Tiberius. She was deeply devoted to her husband and family and only appeared in public to display the virtues of a Roman matron, which included chastity, modesty, frugality, loyalty, and dignity. Behind the scenes, Livia and Augustus were extremely close, and she played a part in his important decisions, although some sources unfairly portray her as the
Mabel is more attached to death than life. Lawrence presents a very strong image when he writes: “For the life she followed here in the world was for less real than the world of death she inherited from her mother.” (Lawrence, p. 66) Mabel’s life is defined by the periods before and after her mother’s death. Before, her family was wealthy, having both money and servants; she was secure in her mother’s love and was confident and proud. Now, after her mother’s death, when Mabel was 14, her world tumbles around her. Her father dies, leaving the family estate bankrupt and having to be sold.
The story of Mulan was set in the Han dynasty, which is man-centered society, and female were having a very low social status that they would only focus on marriages and backing up the domestic chores, while male in every family was conscripted, and that’s why mulan was going to the army for her dad. ….. One point to note is that the appearance of woman soldiers could be resulted in death penalty. In general, the whole setting was depicting a society in which female are very powerless. Mulan, was obviously the protagonist of the film. She, unlike those previous female roles in Disney; is quite outspoken, clumsy and independent.
Shotgun marriages lead to divorce or unhappiness in the relationship. For example my aunt was force to marry due to pregnancy at a very young and lived with an abuse, unloving husband. It is no longer crucial to marry because of pregnancy and have society debase you. The Division of labor between men and women has developed equality and helped better society in many aspects especially for women. Traditional expectation of a women being home, taking care of the children and depending on her husband financial income, but now women
All of them carried documents of recommendation provided by reputable persons, when they sailed to Virginia to become prospective wives for the unhappy settlers (Ransome, 1991). These young women had nothing in common with the abandoned vagrant children and skills which made them desirable as wives; many were good with thread and needle, some, fine needlework, weaving, lace making, knitting, button-making, brewing, baking, spinning, cheese and butter
Females were controlled by the males in their lives; first, by their fathers, brothers and male relatives and finally by their husbands. Women were expected to find a husband, marry and reproduce and serve her family until they died. Education for women at the turn of the century was a luxury not afforded to many, and if one chose to be single and seek education over domesticity, she was often pitied or ridiculed by both her peers and community. Emily Dickinson is one example of a woman who was able to choose a significantly different path for herself. Because Dickinson was born into a wealthy and affluent family she received the opportunity to be formally educated.
The Cousin Obed Ramotswe’s cousin had a good influence on Precious Ramatswe. Throughout the novel we learn how strong their relationship was and how the cousin helped her to develop. The cousin was married, but when her husband found out she could not have children they divorced. She went to live with her mother in a very small three-walled room. Her mother was very disappointed in her and treated her without respect or caring.
Though Charlotte Bronte’s novel Jane Eyre is meant to be a feminist novel which challenges the status of women during the Victorian Age, Bronte puts women in a degraded position, through the portrayal of Jane and her relationships with John Reed, Mr. Brocklehurst, Mr. Rochester and St. John Rivers. At a young age, Jane’s parents died and left her in the care of her Uncle Reed, the brother of Jane’s mother. Jane’s mother was hated by almost everyone of her family, other than her dear brother, because of her marriage to a poor man by the name of Eyre. As the only one who cared for her mother, Uncle Reed adopted Jane Eyre and gave her the best care possible until he died. Afterwards, Jane received only the worst, most pernicious treatment possible from Mrs. Reed, her daughters Georgiana and Eliza, and her son, John.