Textual Analysis – Gender Roles & Polygamy in the Novel “Sister Wife” Over the course of history women have not always been depicted as strong and powerful figures in literary text. This unfortunately happens to be a reflection of history itself. Women have struggled for arguably all of humanity to be considered as equals to their male counterparts. Although polygamy is painted to be a degrading and offensive practice for women, it still holds the same aspects in a monogamous marriage such as love, respect and a good support structure that traditional monogamous families have. As some Mormon women feel indifferent to being in a plural marriage, most feel as if it is obligatory and a part of their duty to follow their religious and spiritual beliefs as a way to successfully reach salvation.
Surely, gender is not the main factor to decide that who can do good job in military because women can be a good sodier in some duties. Besides, women should be allowed into combat because of the following reasons: women can do good at leadership position, increasing more jobs for women today and women can do some specific jobs that male can not complete. First of all, women can do good at leadership position. In the past decades, women did not allowed to join in high positions such as: CEO, boss, manager or they could not allowed to run for president because women are emotional. In addition, people thought that women are too sensitive when they face to problems so they often solve the problems by their heart than their mind.
The first obstacle was about the tradition in Western family. In those families of past Western, females had been considered as the property of the males in their family for example fathers and husbands. Men, who were living in that century, believed that women were created to serve men; therefore, women were kept always from school. As a result, women were rarely to have a chance to learn anything about art, so they were hard to become artists. According to the book “Women, Art, and Society”, men can achieve nobility because they are good in art, but women can only be allowed to practice act when she was of noble birth.
That this woman could offer so much reform and understanding for individuals without having a degree in this field is remarkable beyond words. She was an individual who did not want expressions of praise or gratitude for her work. She refused to have hospitals named after her; she desired that her achievements “rest in silence”. This remarkable woman has touched the lives of so many and it is because of her that we can not only thank for the humanity that she brought to the mentally ill but also gives us the knowledge that living conditions can determine the state of one’s
Artemis may not be one of the most widely known goddesses but her role in how we view powerful women today. Artemis is not inherently Greek, as research indicates a female hunting figure dating back to the Paleolithic Period (Powell 224). She is greatly revered and sought after by many men within her myths (such as Orion, the river god Alpheus, and many unnamed men and gods) but none could win her heart. This shows us that Artemis was truly independent and did not need to follow the normalcy of having a companion/husband, much like Athena. Unlike Athena, however, Artemis is still viewed as having her femininity.
It was the fact that Curley’s wife didn’t even have any attraction to him and only married him because she realized her loss of her American dream as an actress not because of a love or real attraction to him. If she hadn’t married him she would have never been on the ranch and never would have been murdered by Lennie. The relationship between Lennie and Curley’s wife could have been avoided if she had listened to her husband and stayed inside the house. If she would of listened then she wouldn’t of even really met Lennie. She died in the book because she chose what she didn’t really desire and didn’t listen to nobody which was her own
None of the colleges or universities admitted women students. She was barred from nearly all profitable employments. If she did get one of those jobs, she received only one-fourth the man's salary for the same work. She could not become a doctor or lawyer, or a minister. If she was married, any wages she might earn were not hers, but must be handed by the employer to her husband, who was in every way her master.
There were many Americans in support of Prohibition during the early 1900’s. One chief influential group were the woman and children who were dealing with abusive, alcoholic husbands and fathers on a daily basis. Women did not have as much freedom back then as they do now and therefor were unable to do anything about the alcohol related abuse that their children and they received. During that time period, divorce was not much of an option for women. Prohibition was their only hope for a better life.
Jesse Smith Close Reading Anna Barbauld’s poem, “The Rights of Woman,” has a controversial debate, describing how women should take over and rule the world. Baurbauld was a poet, a freethinker but she wasn’t considered a feminist. In the poem, Barbauld acknowledges, “But hope not, courted idol of mankind, on this proud eminence secure to stay”(25). Meaning she’s advising women to stand up and play a higher role than men. But in reality she is scared to voice her true goal of the passage.
However for both Bronte and Austen, relationships were unconventional for their time, as neither of the women married. Austen’s novel was much more widely accepted, as the heroine does not condone the inappropriate relationship that begins to form between Isabella and Captain Tilney. “His behaviour was so incompatible with a knowledge of Isabella’s engagement” Austen is satirical and ironic Cathy and Heathcliff’s relationship becomes strained and unobtainable because of the pressures society imposes on Cathy to marry for status and weath. Their family and society forbid Cathy and Heathcliff’s love throughout the novel. Critic Suzanne Birkett suggest ‘She later marries Edgar and comes to feel that she is imprisoned by society’s rules.’ As although Cathy has made a wise choice in marrying Edgar because ‘He will be rich’, her forbidden love for Heathcliff still hinders her when Heathcliff once again returns in chapter ten.