Both women are contrasting representations of Hedda. From the opening of the play her [Hedda’s] relationship with Aunt Julie is a strained one. Hedda views Aunt Julie as a symbol of what she herself loathes and could at the same time could quite easily become. Aunt Julie epitomises the idea of the domestic, dutiful woman with no true purpose of her own. She instead finds her purpose through the lives of the male characters and the arguably mediocre success that Tessman has had.
Your place in society was extremely important and made a huge impact on who you married. Upper and lower classes were not to be mixed and if done so, you were looked down upon. This concept is shown when Lady Bracknell interviews John before allowing her daughter, Gwendolen, to be with him. She has no interest in approving of John until she finds out that he is in fact from a very wealthy background. Wilde also does a good job of mocking the way men and women think of each other.
Here Lysistrata explains her reasons for the sex revolt, pointing out that it would resolve the war. Through this, Lysistrata shows her cleverness and intelligence, as she is able to come up with an effective way to stop the war; an idea which is eventually successful at the end of the play. This further emphasized by the meaning of her name Lysistrata, as it means ‘giver of freedom” Secondly the uniqueness of Lysistrata is another reason in my opinion why the success of the play depends on her characterization. Lysistrata is presented as a contradiction from the stereotypical way in which the women are perceived in the time this play was written. This is because she comes across as more than just the regular child bearing machine and also because she does not possess the regular feminine and domestic characteristic women are expected to have.
Lady Catherine de Bourgh is one of Austen’s background characters in ‘Pride and Prejudice’ but her role and presence in the novel shouldn’t be underestimated; her interactions provide us with entertainment, frustration, exposes aspects to main characters we would otherwise not see, and importantly, is the unknowing catalyst that finally brings closure to the love story between Elizabeth Bennett and Mr Darcy. We are first introduced to “her Ladyship” through the comical and ridiculous Mr Collins, who has the utmost reverence and respect, and slightly deluded admiration for his patroness. During his visit to Longbourn he conjures up an image of Lady Catherine de Bourgh by his continual reference to her greatness and comparisons to her décor. Although the readers instinct is that this is not a character who we will come to love let alone like, leeway is initially given to judgment due to Mr Collins’ character alone. Lady Catherine de Bourgh is a wealthy and domineering woman who is conveniently Mr Darcy’s aunt.
Bradstreet desired for Puritans to admire her writings as they do Guillaume du Bartas. Bradstreet says that with her “wond’ring eyes and envious heart/ Great Bartas’ sugared lines do but read o’er” (128). Anne wants to be like Bartas, but Bradstreet knows that because she is a woman, her works will never be praised like Guillaume’s. Bradstreet is also envious of the Greeks and their literary accomplishments. Bradstreet also shows her insecurity when she says, “Nor can I, like that fluent sweet tongued Greek” (129).
The first line in Pride and Prejudice sets the theme for the entire novel, “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” This line explains the motivation of majority of the women in the nineteenth century England. A wealthy single man is very attractive to women who want to improve their social standing amongst the society in which they live in. Thus enter Darcy and Bingley, two wealthy bachelors who could easily improve the social status of any family that they were to marry into. Mrs. Bennet’s obsession with improving her family’s social status has caused her to aggressively encourage her daughters to gain the attention of these two gentlemen. In the past, her aggressive nature towards suitors for her daughters has been a negative attribute, which is why her daughters are single up until this point.
Angustias, the eldest of Bernarda’s daughters is the richest and seeks to obtain freedom from Bernarda’s grip. Magdalena and Amelia which are the two middle sisters have a minor voice in the play but remain submissive to Bernarda and her rule by mostly gossiping amongst themselves. A character which forms a number of the reactions throughout the play is Martirio, who may have been married off but was not due to her mother’s destructive nature. She also cares and loves Pepe el Romano, of whom Angustias is engaged and Adela having an affair. Adela is the youngest daughter and the rebel of the family.
The inspector shows another side to Sheila Birlings' character, her gentle side. Perhaps Sheila can be separated from the rest of the family as she is the only one, apart from Eric who is able to accept responsibility for her action, unlike her father who a coward at heart made excuses for his actions. Throughout the play, she becomes the most sympathetic family member, showing remorse and guilt on hearing the news of her part in the girl's downfall, and encouraging the family (mostly unsuccessfully) to accept responsibility for their part in Eva/Daisy’s death. She is revealed to not be as naïve as originally thought, revealing her suspicions about her fiancee’s infidelity. Despite continual criticism from her father, she becomes more rebellious toward her parents, supporting her brother against them and assisting Goole in his interrogations.
William Shakespeare – Macbeth “The Role of Female Characters in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth” William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is unarguably one of his most famous plays. This tragedy of character and morals offers numbers of focuses yet the role, importance and strength of female characters of the play can hardly be omitted in most of them. Female characters are crucial for the play’s premise and development. This short analysis focuses on the strength of suggestion and control of female characters of the play. Albeit Macbeth may seem as a strong and independent character his actions are substantially influenced by the female characters of the play.
An old lady has just told me that I speak exactly like Queen Victoria. (Shaw67)” This is a key moment in the play, because the reader can see Eliza’s true desire to ultimately fit in with the elegant women of the higher social class . Before this moment, Eliza wanted to be compared to the queen, but now she realizes she sticks out for, in her mind, the wrong reasons. Prior to her metamorphosis Eliza was alienated by society for her barbaric nature, but after she learns the importance of phonetics she is once again alienated for being exceedingly eloquent. This is ironic because the once poor uneducated flower girl has surpassed the social status of the women she once envied.