Romm concluded that even though Agrippina may have been manipulative and ambitious she was still able to achieve what women of the era could not. The write Cat Pierro’s argues that Agrippina the Younger’s life is one that is full of mistakes, the largest of which was giving birth Nero. Pierro interpretation of Agrippina is that she was an Austere , arrogant woman that would use her sexuality to gain power. She was jealous of any woman that tried to become close to her husband and then her son, even going as so far to order the execution of a women that her husband Claudius complimented. Eventually she vilified herself enough to turn herself not only to turn her son against her but most of the court as well.
We are introduced to a majorly significant and complex character, named Curley’s wife. Steinbeck shows us that Curley’s wife is flirtatious, mischievous (despite the patriarchal society of the 1930’s) but most of all she is an isolated character. Her hasty marriage to Curley proves to be failed attempt to escape her own spiral of disappointment of not fulfilling her ambition of becoming an actor. This ironically is a main theme in both texts. This essay will analyse and compare the presentation of Lady Macbeth and Curley's wife through the structure, themes, what is said about them, their actions and what they themselves say.
Motherhood and marriage is seen to be a key factor in the society of which The Bell Jar is set ,and is portrayed as one of the things that supresses female identity when Esther is asked to be “Mrs Buddy Willard” as if she is owned by Buddy and not her own person. Even though Top Girls is set in 1980’s England while Margret Thatcher is Prime Minister, it shows direct correlations to the ideas shown in The Bell Jar. Just as the bell jar itself portrays motherhood and marriage to be a hindrance to Careers In the form of Dodo Conway, Top Girls protagonist Marlene symbolises the other option women have in the choice between a career and a family. Marlene, unlike her sister Joyce, is shown to have given up her child for the chance to pursue a career as if having both is impossible; a lot like Jaycee is in The Bell Jar. This essay will argue that In both texts motherhood and marriage is shown to be a hindrance to both women’s careers and their female identity.
When the Knight finally does find out what it is that women want, he is told that it’s power over the husbands, that’s a pretty feminist statement for a time when women were still considered property. But as feminist as that may seem, is the Wife of Bath really a depiction of early feminism, or a crazy lady? While some might see the Wife as a feminist, she really is just an over-controlling woman, in her 6 times being married, reprimanding her husband
The essay's audience is made apparent early on, as she begins her essay by comparing the elaborate power-structure of young girls to that of corrupt American politics; “Our best politicians […] could not do better and a Teen-Age girl in understand the[...]political landscape that leads to power.” (315). The Implied audience of out-of touch adults plays a central role in the organization of the text; Wiseman characterizes each girl portrayed in the essay as 'your daughter', further emphasizing her model of social organization as an omnipresent phenomenon. Wiseman unapologetically circumvents any attempt at discussion as the essay's tone is unequivocally definitive, conclusive and formal. In addition to the repetitive cataloging, Wiseman also offers out-of-context testimony from real-life teenagers; “ 'we are like an Army' -amanda 13” (317), as well as a each category’s own list of criteria; “You daughter is The Banker if...”(320). The definitions range from the
AN AFFAIR TO FORGET Corporate America was flabbergasted when Boeing dismissed its executive president for carrying out an affair with a female executive. It has been a favorite topic of debate when Harry Stonecipher was asked to clear out his desk subsequent to the deliberation of the company’s ethics and legal board when they got hold of the knowledge of the affair. I strongly believe that the decision to have Stonecipher resign at command was rather tough but logical. As Boeing and the defense industries understood the repercussions of a sex scandal at the crest of one of America's largest corporations, it turned out to be apparent that it was not just the relationship but the incidences of it which potted Stonecipher's providence. The
Emma Baird Dr. Meredith McCarroll English 232 25 September 2010 The Death of Edna Pontellier: A Rebellious Defeat Even from its first publication, Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening has caused controversy. While today The Awakening is praised for its feminist undertones, the piece was first criticized for its lack of representation of American values. Instead of depicting a main character that embodied the Victorian ideal of a woman fulfilling the role as an “Angel in the House” which was the norm for American women during this particular historical period, Edna was a rebellious wife and an adulteress, whose desires and yearning for independence lead her to make many radical decisions throughout the course of the novel¾ from inwardly
An idea from Gilman’s incorporated the central character of the story being oppressed and signifies the effect of the domination of women in the society, as an example from the narrative point of view, “John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage.” (768, line 7). In Chopin’s piece of work, it included the idea of the protagonist devastated after first hearing about her husband’s passing away but shortly thereafter turns to joy by the character pronouncing continuously under her breath, “free, free, free…” (762, line 38). Both pieces support how women were being treated during that time by their dictator and what position they were
Merely Teasing Charlotte Gilman’s story “The Yellow Wallpaper” and Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” both demonstrate how society, at the turn of the century, seemed to make women feel enclosed or trapped. The narrator in “Yellow Wallpaper” and the main character in Chopin’s story, Louise Mallard share many of the same desires and characteristics. Their desire to get out and be independent eventually gets them punished. In both stories, it is clear that the narrator or character is a female. From the way the narrator talks in “The Yellow Wallpaper,” describing her husband and house and the decorations, it is obvious she is a female.
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.