Women In Novels &Quot;A Rose For Emily&Quot; And &Quot;The Story Of An Hour&Quot;.

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Essay Social attitude toward women are characterized by writers of fiction through the depiction of characters and the way those characters act in the environment. I would love to review the status of women in American society basing on the stories "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, and "I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olsen. Hghghghghhg ghghghgh ghg jjjjjjThe women in these stories are separated from men, and the fact that they are separated creates a tension between themselves and their neighbors. The people of the town look at Emily in the Faulkner story as a person who is not a complete human being. At the same time, her social position requires a certain sort of match to satisfy the town, and Homer Barron does not fit the bill: "Of course Grierson would not think seriously of a Northerner, a day laborer". Ultimately, though, a marriage with any man is better than no marriage at all: "Then we were sure that they were to be married. . . We were really glad". In the atmosphere in which she lives, there is little for her to do once it appears she has been abandoned except to withdraw from all social discourse. Her father had chased away all her suitors, and now another male seemed to have abandoned her as well. Her father's death is also something of an abandonment, one she does not care to admit because she has been made so dependent on this male figure. The women who lived in the era of Mrs. Mallard in Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour were women who quite often had to lead a secret internal existence. This was particularly true with respect to emotional expression and self-fulfillment. Such an internal life was necessary because women were typically dominated by men, most often regarded with the roles of wife and mother. Any freedom of action or expression outside these rigidly defined social norms was viewed as
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