In one of her more revealing moments, she threatens to have the black stable-hand lynched if he complains about her to the boss. Her insistence on flirting with Lennie seals her unfortunate fate. Although Steinbeck does, finally, offer a sympathetic view of Curley’s wife by allowing her to voice her unhappiness and her own dream for a better life, women have no place in the author’s idealized vision of a world structured around the brotherly bonds of men. In Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men women are portrayed as discriminated. In the times John Steinbeck lived in women were not held in high regard but they were just present to serve men.
Robin Flores Professor Anderson English 103 25 October 2012 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest One is to say, woman are portrayed inferior to men because they were never given a position of power, men see themselves superior than women, and are consider as sexual objects. The movie, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” shows the audience that women should stay in a patriarchy system. The female character Miss Ratchet, abused her power as a leader by being over dramatic on her job. The main character, McMurphy never agreed with Miss Ratchet on anything because he feels superior. Two other females that had nicknames are known as a sexual need in the film because McMurphy invited them over to seduce the guard and Billy.
Similarly, in ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, the male character Giovanni asserts his power over Annabella, but Ford does this in the opposite way that Chaucer did. Giovanni is fresh out of university, and during the 1600s logical and manipulative arguments were taught, so he uses his intelligence to lie to Annabella that he ‘asked counsel of the holy Church’, as he knows she is only worried about their love due to her religious beliefs. This shows Ford presenting males, usually the more educated gender of the time, as having the ability to have power over females by arguing using
There is plenty of evidence in the poem to support that the narrator in ‘Cousin Kate’ was a victim of the double standards between men and women which were rife in the middle of the 19th century. This view in shown in the quote: “Chose you and cast me by.” The use of language in ‘chose’ and ‘cast’ are important as these are the verbs in the sentence, therefore the actions being taken out by the Lord, showing his power as he is the one ultimately making the decisions on which girl he chooses and the women have no say in the matter. This shows the contrast between the power of the narrator, the woman, and the power of the Lord, the man, as the narrator must accept the fact she has been ‘cast by’ and that her future is effectively in the Lord’s hands on whether he wants her or not and there is nothing she can do about it. This shows her helplessness and the fact she has zero power or choice in what happens to her or her future and everything is up to the man, therefore displaying the double standards in how men had all power. The view that ‘Cousin Kate’ shows the double standards between men and women during the 19th century in the quote “The neighbours… call me an outcast thing.” The fact the neighbours call the narrator an ‘outcast thing’ yet there is no mention of what they call the Lord shows how even though the Lord has done exactly the same thing as the narrator, he is not seen as an outcast because there were different expectations for women than men and in the Victorian age, women were definitely not expected to have sex before marriage and this was greatly frowned upon in society, yet for men this was different entirely and they were not completely judged for having sex before marriage as women were, further displaying the double standards shown in this time.
Furthermore, in Act 5 Scene 6 she says ‘O my greatest sin lay in my blood./Now my blood pays for't.' The word ‘blood’ has a double meaning, for passion as well as red blood cells, showing that her body desires a better sexual partner than what she has with Camillo, emphasising the controlling nature of passion within her. For a church-going Jacobean audience at the time the play was written, Vittoria is allowing her sexual appetites to override her sense of morality,
Literature in Translation Written Assignment | IB English A1 HL | Was Medea’s man-like personality due to Jason’s betrayal? | Word Count: 1,434 | Was Medea’s man-like personality due to Jason’s betrayal? Throughout the play, Medea has demonstrated to the audience that she can be the very opposite of a typical woman as she is part god, hence giving her more power than an average person. However, other characters have contrasted that due to Medea recently being betrayed by her former lover, Jason, leaving her with his two sons and remarrying a wealthy woman – the daughter of Creon, the King of Corinth. They believe that Jason's betrayal has caused Medea into a mental state, by attempting to change herself into being
How can an ugly little boy, who constantly doubts his worthiness to receive honor be a great knight? How can an honorable knight impregnate a young lady and at the same time hook up with his best friend’s wife, not to mention that it is also his king’s wife, and continually proclaim that he loves and reveres his king? It is the opinion of some that Lancelot was a flawed character because his good intensions were spoiled by lustful actions. Lancelot’s good intention of being the best knight ever was, in his opinion, ruined by the loss of his virginity. Lancelot had saved King Pelle’s daughter, Elaine from a wretched curse she was under and was then invited to their
Cher’s deviation from Emma’s character highlights the changing representation of feminism and femininity in the last few decades. Cher is a representation of post-feminism, in that she rejects the 1970’s notion of feminism as opposed to femininity . Rather, Cher embraces femininity while also being a figure of authority amongst her fellow peers i.e. the debate scene highlights Cher’s confidence and in the scene of her attempted courtship of Christian, close ups of Cher’s full, red lips attest to her sexual appeal. Jacinda Read describes this as a form of “popular feminism.” This demonstrates a drastic shift from Austen’s time as women can now seek educational pursuits and financial independence.
“I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man,” said Thomas Jefferson, the third President of USA. In “the Yellow Wallpaper,” the short story written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, there is a kind of tyrannical relationship between the narrator and her husband, John. At first, “I” seems to comply what John wants although she hides her writing and fancying from him. After some incidents, though, “I” begins to oppose what he says and becomes totally insane. While her getting worse than before, it dramatically shows the procedure of being enlightened in case of rising of female powers.
Euripides has been accused of being a misogynist as well as the world's first feminist. In your view, do the portrayals of Medea and Jason allow such contradictory interpretations? Euripides' Greek tragic play, 'Medea', depicts a wife's desire to right the wrongs done to her by her husband and in the pursuit of satisfaction, she commits the heinous of crimes, infanticide. The play is set in a patriarchal society, where women are treated as mere tools to satisfy their male partners. Euripides' portrays Medea as both a weak and strong woman, being able to stand up to some of the male characters and simultaneously succumb to their presence.