She is only addressed as “Curley’s Wife” – her real name is never said. This has strong suggestions that women at this time were men’s possessions, as if they were used merely as objects, part of their property and didn’t have the same rights as they did – women are inferior. The phrase “I don’t know why I can’t talk to you. I ain’t doin’ no harm to you” could me shadowing how women are simply seen as either virgins or whores. Curley’s wife is portrayed as being a whore – but this is only due to the way she dresses, her provocative ways and the way she acts around men, as if she is aware of her femininity.
She does have money, but she doesn’t have to have affairs, marry rich, or have rich friends she can just do what she wants. Daisy, Tom, Jordan, Gatsby, and even Myrtle show that the want for money and fame is far more important than love and other people. Money in the end overtook the power of love in The Great Gatsby. These characters showed that they would do whatever it took to maintain their money and social
Greed has taken the best of her.Daisy was capable of affection, but never really was loyal nor caring towards others. Daisy represents the immortality that values in the East Egg set. Greed overpowered the body of a wealthy mistress. Having no human features, Daisy lived her life dumping the unfaithful guilt in the trash.
As Holden got closer to sex he tried to be more societal with her, to forbear sexual relations , and to talk to her instead: “I said I’d pay you for coming and all” (Salinger pg. 96). Sunny’s stressing intention to be amorous to seduce Holden, to get money, and to do her job becomes effortless with Holden’s compassion and ability to put himself in other’s
This is manifest when she attempts to manipulate situations and the male characters with her sexual presence. This is evidenced when Steinbeck uses the character of Whit after George has told him he hasn't seen Curley's new wife to state “Well stick around an' keep your eyes open. You'll see plenty. She ain't concealing nothing..” Steinbeck is effective in showing women in the 1930's had very little power and the only power we are sure they had was a seductive one. Steinbeck’s treatment of women was not a positive one as some of the ranch workers described her as a ‘bitch’, ‘tramp’ and ‘tart’.
Marriage, during this time period, was arranged by the authorities of the household and chosen to push someone higher up on the social ladder. Oscar Wilde, like many upper class society, did not marry for love but instead married a girl with a small fortune that aided him in his own financial issues despite his homosexual tendencies. Jack wishes to marry for love; however, Lady Blacknell refuses him on behalf of Gwendolen and explains that he is “not down on my list for eligible men” (Wilde 308) showing the high expectation people held and how your feelings were disregarded if you were not considered up to standard to maintain or improve the others social status. Not only did someone not have a choice in who they were to be married to, but it was not even thought of as enjoyable in most occasions. Marriage being thought of as a professional interaction is shown when Jack visits Algernon in hopes of proposing to
He buys women drinks, dances with them, is very rude and judgmental, and he really only judges them on their looks. He sees them as disposable objects that he can throw away without a second glance. In the novel, he calls himself a sex maniac and you can see that side of him when he is around women. He tries to be polite to women, act older than his age, and even tries to seduce them. He does, however try to give these women a chance to almost prove to him that they aren’t phonies, but almost every single time he is disappointed.
Yulia Vassilyevna knows that her employer is mistreating her but she does not complain. In the end the employer gets upset with her because she did not stand up for herself and pays her the eighty rubles that he had owed her. The conflict in the story is character vs. character in which the employer is tricking the governess, Yulia. There is also an
Men are socialised into exploitative relationships in relation to work and they carry this socialisation over into the home and their relationship to women. b. Patriarchy is an ideology (a set of related beliefs about the world - in this instance, male - female relationships) that stems from male attempts to justify the economic exploitation of women. c. The "family system" characteristic of modern societies benefits capitalism (and, by extension, the men who tend to dominate positions of power and influence) because women: - can be forced / socialised into unpaid domestic labour. - can be forced / socialised into responsibility for child-rearing. This benefits the Capitalist because they do not have to pay women to perform this role (the "reproduction of labour power" in society).
Her actions ultimately lead to the murder of her first husband Camillo, her sexual presence and beauty creating jealousy and envy in the men that meet her. Vittoria is not an innocent character, but she is a product of women’s social limitations in the patriarchal society Webster has chosen to set the play in. Vittoria is undoubtedly the central character of the novel, the events throughout are as a result of her liaison with Brachiano, sparking a journey of murder and treachery. The title of the book ‘The White Devil’ describes Vittoria well, and helps display that she is not an innocent character. Being compared to the devil in a novel set in a heavily catholic country shows that she is evil, and the subtitle ‘The Tragedy of Paulo Giordano Ursini, Duke of Brachiano, With the Life and Death of Vittoria Corombona the famous Venetian Curtizan’ supports this.