Cooney uses MacBeth to prove her thesis; whereas, Lee uses the character Bob Ewell to prove her thesis, and Shakespeare uses Tybalt to prove his argument. In the book Enter Three Witches, Cooney uses the character Lord MacBeth to prove that people who are power hungry and dislike others eventually meet a violent end. In the book, MacBeth is a king who gets his turn on the throne after the death of Scotland’s two previous kings. Lord MacBeth was a terrible and unfair king. He killed many people including innocent children in order to inherit his power.
True masculinity is a conceptual fallacy. Macbeth’s hamartia is his indulgence in the concept of masculinity. Lady Macbeth, the main female protagonist demasculinizes Macbeth throughout the play for his lack of assertiveness. Manipulatively, she states to Macbeth, “What beast was’t then, /That made you break this enterprise to me? / When you durst do it, then you were a man” (1.7.47-49).. She defines manhood as stark aggression to achieve power in any means necessary such as killing Duncan.
A major factor that affects Mayella in her life, and especially in the trial, is her fear of her father. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Bob Ewell beats up Mayella and blames it on Tom Robinson, which is the reason for the trial. Bob Ewell’s influence on Mayella can be seen in the way she glances at her father and changes her words depending on his reaction. She harbors a fear of her father that makes her submissive to him and match her testimony with his, even if he abused her. For example, Mayella tries to hide her father’s drinking problem, and only reveals it when Atticus coaxes it out of her.
Through the fact that Minnie Foster murders her husband, and the other two women in the story exonerate her by withholding critical evidence from the men, it is evident that the true power in this play lies in the women's hands. The character of Minnie Foster epitomizes the suppressed woman in her marriage to John Wright. Through the use of symbols scattered throughout her unkempt kitchen, we can see how she was not allowed to be herself her marriage, and how she eventually felt so suffocated that she was forced into a corner- in which she saw killing her husband as the only way out. One such symbol, is the dead bird found by Mrs. Peters. Before her marriage, Minnie “was kind of like a bird herself-- real sweet and pretty”, and a lovely choir singer (Glaspell 660).
You tallow face!” In this quote the consequences of Juliet defining her father’s authority is seen through the way that Capulet’s attitude changes, from treating her with respect to treating her like scum the minute she disobeys her father’s authority. Imagery is employed to emphasise Capulet’s harshness and the manner in which his attitude changes after Juliet purports to disobey him. Disobeying authority in the context of the law mostly has very serious consequences. An example of this is Act 3 scene 1 in which Romeo kills Tybalt in order to avenge Mercutios death. Although Romeos thirst for revenge was satisfied the consequences were dire.
In a male-dominated society, this was unheard of. Through these books, she expressed her ideas, which women came to listen to. Mary Wollstonecraft is remembered chiefly for her book “A Vindication of the Rights of Women” (1792), a polemic treatise that deemed marriage “legal prostitution” (“Mary” par 2). Mary’s book, “A Vindication of the Rights of Women”, was a type of guide for women who were thought lowly of by their husbands or were abused. Mary was also a contributing editor and founder of the Analytical Review, a radical London newspaper (“Mary” par 2).
Miller takes the “woman scorned” approach to his character of Abigail. Abigail’s assertiveness is observed early when she tells her uncle “the rumour of witchcraft is all about; I think you'd best go down and deny it yourself,". This remark, within the confines of a deeply hierarchical and patriarchal society, shows her to have knowledge of social situations and also that she does not conform to the Puritan society, which has already been evidenced by her affair with John Proctor. She is spiteful which helps to build the classic “woman scorned” role which Miller moulds her into: “Oh, I marvel how such
Chloe Freeman 20th November 2011 Chloe Freeman 20th November 2011 The ideas and themes I get from the reading this the extract from The Wife of Martin Guerre are of gender identity and of the oppression of women in the patriarchal society of the 1960s. Gender roles played an important part in the structure of the society of the 1500’s, which instigated many problems concerning the male authority of the Guerre family. Males were seen to have power that was unquestionable by anyone as that was the way their society was built, without questioning of roles and hierarchy that made up the values and beliefs of the town. “The anger of Monsieur Guerre was terrible, as she had known it would be, and she was thankful that Martin’s shoulders were beyond the reach of his father’s heavy whip.” This passage is an insight of the way that men’s roles affected the function and order of a family’s name. “ Apprehensively Bertrande listened to the approach of every passer-by, started and turned cold each time the door to the house creaked.” With the disappearance of Martin the threat to the family’s name and honour is seen, by the way in which family members, in particular Bertrande deal with the criticisms.
Power in Charlotte Perkin Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" "The Yellow Wallpaper" written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman explores the idea of inequliaty between men and women. The story shows how power affects one person which is portrayed through the narrator and her dominant husband John. "The Yellow Wallpaper" suggests that a male dominant relationship leads to a downfall in marraige. John's dominant power over the narrator suggests she is incapable of expressing herself. The narrator says "There comes John, and I must put this away,- he hates to have me write a word (79).
Ehrenreich wrote this piece with a firm and heavy tone that caught whoever decided to pick up and read it, to inform and to prove that not everyone is just turning the other cheek. Domestic abuse tears homes constantly, occurs to the point in which a spouse could horrifically have the worst outcome in which could be murder. Barbara Ehrenreich uses a prime example in which the wife of OJ Simpson doomed by her own husband was looked at more as a scandal due to his celebrity status instead of raising concern for multiple women who could be dealing with the same ordeal. “Family may not be the ideal and perfect living arrangement after all-that it could be a nest of pathology and a cradle of gruesome violence”. This quote by the writer sums up what the idea of family is often perceived as one thing but could become very horrific.