The extract begins by Desdemona mentioning the 'song of the willow' and that she will 'sing it like poor Barbary(her mother's maid)'. This reflects her inner emotions of hurt and betrayal, similar to Barbary's, who had been forsaken by her lover. To sing the song somehow indicates her realisation that their relationship is at the brink of a terrible split, and there is a sense of hopelessness about the situation. As traditional women do, Desdemona weeps at her misfortune but does nothing to change it, reflecting the typical passivity of grief and despair so often portrayed by jilted women in the past. Marriage has apparently softened Desdemona, diminishing what spirit she had earlier in the play, the spirit that made her a rebel, she agreed to a secret marriage and went against the patriarchy, which is hardly the image of a 'proper' woman.
Female Characteristic In Oates’ Stories: As Victims of Their Own Desires. Joyce Carol Oates short stories in “The Collector Hearts” obtains different stories of women that show their most insecure features. The short stories “The Dream Catcher, “Rectangle Black Box” and “The Collector Hearts” can be seem as an example of women put in a victimizing situations that can make them seem vulnerable. In “The Dream Catcher” Eunice is a women that is a victim of maternity, in “The Rectangle Black Box” the aunt is a victim of her abusive husband and in “The Collector of Hearts” girl is in need of love. Female characters in Oates short stories are victims of their sexually because of their maternity cycle, of victimization and need for a men and/or love.
A murder has occurred in the Wright household. Mrs. Wright is a farmer’s wife who loses her happiness because of the man she has married. During this time of struggle for women, a caged bird links the marriage between Mr. and Mrs. Wright. While peeking into Mrs. Wright’s box, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters find a dead bird. Mrs. Hale knew Mrs. Wright before the murder of Mr. Wright occurred.
Mariana Nicolau Medea is a very strong female character that exhibits many passionate characteristics throughout Euripides’s play. She is first introduced in the play by her nurse in a state of melancholy, suffering from the pain her husband has brought upon her. As the play begins, the reader pities Medea and she is seen as helpless Greek woman in pain and suffering from her husband’s betrayal. Medea begins to speak of the misfortune she would like to bring upon her husband and his new bride to be, which indicates that she is, in fact, a vengeful character. “… How I wish I might see him and his bride in utter ruin, house and all, for the wrongs they dare inflict on me who never did them harm!” (55) Medea resolves to avenge her self and make her husband Jason suffer more then she has in order to punish him.
Portrayal of Women in Hamlet and Oedipus Tyrannus Introduction Traditionally, the society has been heavily tilted against women. Throughout history, the female gender has suffered bias and oppression from their male counterparts. Society generally considers women as the weaker sex and incapable of holding their own (Das 1). Shakespeare and Sophocles have captured the plight of women in their texts Hamlet and Oedipus Tyrannus respectively. The two texts present a woman from a disadvantaged point of view and how she struggles to establish a foothold in a male-dominated society.
The nurse wasn’t clear of who died this made Juliet very sad and angry. Juliet thought she was talking about Romeo. Then the nurse talks of Tybalt and she ask if both of them are dead. Then the nurse tells her what happened. Juliet curses Romeo but still loves him at the same time.
A love story that only makes sense in the confines of fable, is the sudden romance between Mabel and Dr.Fergusson in the story of “Horse Dealer’s Daughter.” To the common reader, the story plays out as a woman who lost everything and decides to escape the grim reality by suicide, but by luck, is spotted by a vigilant eye of Dr.Fergusson. Who heroically goes to the pond fetches her out and then proceeds to bring her back to life. This Amazing act proved his unmentioned love for her, leading them to fall in love. As cozy of an idea as spontaneous love is, it is a flimsy premise. There are some red flags in the plot that illegitimatizes this as genuine love.
Because women are sometimes stereotyped as the weaker sex, they become disadvantaged and don’t share many of the privileges men are given. This is why feminism is such an important matter today. Feminism is a broad social movement that strives for equality for women and seeks to end of sexism in all forms (Topics in Feminism). However, negative attitudes toward feminism have continued to exist. Feminists are often stereotyped as angry, man-hating, unattractive women who scream absurdly about their political views.
My chosen monologue is spoken by Juliet to her nurse and can be found at Act 3, Scene 2 lines 97 – 127. In this scene, on hearing the news that Romeo killed her cousin, Tybalt, Juliet is initially angry, but her love for him resurfaces and Romeo’s banishment overshadows Tybalt’s death. There are a lot of conflicting stresses in the first few lines; opposites with contrasting arguments to show Juliet's opposed states of mind. Juliet feels conflicted because her love for Romeo clashes with her love and sense of duty to her family. She asks why Romeo killed her cousin, calling him a villain, but realises Tybalt’s death is less significant and she grants Romeo the license to kill her cousin when she realises that her cousin would have killed Romeo had he not been killed instead.
I have discovered that, after reading the material, that even present day women, like past women from the 1800’s and the 1950’s, including myself, have silently suffered while still loving our partners. It was important for me choose the topic of emotional abuse since so many women of the past, as well present, choose to live this life of entrapment. Fortunately, I broke free by choice, as I was encouraged by my friends and my family to stand up for myself. Just like the women of the 1800s and 1950s, modern women from this decade are have silently suffered in their romantic relationships. Although many women from decades or even centuries ago lived in a submissive nature, it is not that uncommon for many women of today’s society to still live and serve their partner in silence.