The practice of polygamy distorts the meaning of marriage. Goodman says that "defenders argue that polygamous marriages are freely entered, freely left, well protected by law or custom" (pg 90). I believe this type of marriage is wrong for the women involved and it breaks down the institution of marriage. The women are denied the intended bond they are to have with a husband. Not being able to have this bond disables her trust and intimacy with her husband, these are meant to strengthen a relationship and marriage.
Do you agree that Shakespeare presents Beatrice and Katherina as “offending against society’s expectations about women”? The idea that both Beatrice and Katherina offend against society’s expectations of women in the plays Much Ado About Nothing and The Taming of the Shrew is open to personal interpretation. We must take into account which society it is we are suggesting they are offending against, if we are judging it on Shakespearean society’s expectations we could, in theory, agree with the statement, due to the fact that at that time, women were largely expected to be submissive, quiet and respectful to the superior sex, males. However, it would not be correct to say that Beatrice and Katherina offend against modern day expectations of women. Further to this, it would also depend on at which point in the play we are making our judgement.
Where Marie de France comes from, many people disagree with women having power through literature. They disagree with women having much power at all. Because of this, Marie de France feels the urge to protect herself from those people. She argues that credit and respect should be bestowed upon anyone who earns it, regardless of their gender. Before her story even begins, Marie de France contests the idea of female inferiority.
Women, were so unhappy without having rights and it made them feel less loved and wanted. With this theory being applied to this issue of Women’s Rights, they come out on top of the situation. It took 130 years or so for women to evolve in society. “Utilitarianism is a normative ethical theory that places the locus of right and wrong solely on the outcomes (consequences) of choosing one action/policy over other actions/policies. As such, it moves beyond the scope of one's own interests and takes into account the interests of others.” (Cavalier, 2002) With the Women’s Rights Movement, there were a lot of pros and cons that can about, mostly positives.
It makes no sense to try to do too much” (77-85). In this excerpt, Ismene is portraying her beliefs that women are weak and that it would be useless if they (women) “try to do too much”. It disheartened me when I read this passage, because Ismene is basically telling her strong-willed sister that it would be pointless to fight against Creon; instead, they should yield to Creon’s orders. It is evident by this excerpt that not every woman reacts the same way toward sexism. Some, like Ismene, may internalize those demeaning values and live by them.
Banner's book provided large amounts of information pertaining directly to women in America. Her book was helpful, informative, and the main resource for my portion of the report. Meredith Goldstein-LeVande. Women's Suffrage. http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/sufferage/home.htm Meredith Goldstein-LeVande provided useful information on the anti-sufferage movement.
Arthur Miller does not sympathize with his female characters and shows this through the personality and actions given to Abigail Williams. Nathaniel Hawthorne, on the other hand, sympathizes with women, which he shows through his character of Hester Prynne. Literature is a chance for authors to make their opinions on certain topics evident to their reader through their use of language. This concept is also present in everyday life, where individuals must rationalize and debate in order to make their opinions
This shows the contrast in opinions of witchcraft as not everybody believed it was wrong and should be punished. Both books are set in a patriarchal society where women were perceived to be the weaker and fairer sex. However, both authors flaunt this view and contradict the saying that “women are the fairer sex” in their presentation of these two characters. In Great Expectations. Miss.
‘Women must creep’ (Elaine R. Hedges) illustrates the thought that women shouldn’t be heard, but do only what they’re required to do, reinforcing how women were demeaned. The lack of power women had was not only present within their marriage, but also in society as males were perceived as the more significant gender, so women were patronised and dismissed by patriarchal control. Patriarchal control is represented clearly by John, the protagonist’s husband, which increases complexity within the novel as the isolation and ‘The resting cure’ he enforces upon her, causes her mental state to degenerate further, despite John believing it is helping his wife. There are a number of methods used to increase the characters complexity in The Yellow Wallpaper. For example, the use of epistolary displays a 1st person narrative and is in the present tense, “I never used to be so sensitive.” This is present when the protagonist writes to herself, Gilman uses this technique in order to show the
Women were deemed incapable to work and function in public because these traits were thought to make women less capable to do work that the men did. Women were thought of as weaker and unable to do things that men did, but still thought to be morally superior to men. Mid-nineteenth century religious views had reinforced this thought to be true. It was because of this that people had thought that women were best suited for the domestic sphere because of their moral superiority. Women were also expected to teach the next generation the necessary moral virtues to ensure the survival of the