Instead of calling Curley’s wife by her name they say “Curley’s woman”, “a tart”, “the new kid and a jail bait”. If men talked to her more and started calling her by her name Curley’s wife wouldn’t flirt as much and would feel way more valuable than she did. She is first introduced by candy the swamper, who describes her from her perspective to George and Lennie. The fact that Curley’s wife is introduced through rumours means that the reader already has a negative impression of Curleys wife before she even enter the section. Candy mentions that “she got the eye” suggesting that she is flirtatious and immoral, she flirts with other
It was said that the greatest night of their lifes is when they marry and lose their virginity to their beloved husband. “ Without sexual purity, a women was no women but rather a lower form of being “fallen women” unworthy of love of her sex and unfit for their company” ( Lavender 2). It was unlikely at this time for the unfit “fallen women” to get married. However in “A Respectable Women”, Mrs. Baroda defies the role of purity when she desires her husband’s friend. In the short story “A Respectable Women” by Kate Chopin, Mrs. Baroda the leading women goes against her purity and faithfulness to her husband because she was his friend Gouvernail.
In both poems gender conflict is demonstrated between through the emotion of betrayal in a relationship. For example in Les Grands Seignurs she talks about “little woman” which could show the great depth of thought about how she feels towards men. The word “a toy, a plaything” suggests that’s once she got married she has became powerless and feels like she is a toy, this shows her betrayal as when you get married you expect the marriage to be fantastic and not to feel like a toy. In contrast, Medusa also demonstrates this when she says “wasn’t I beautiful?” this Is effective as I can infer that she feels insecure about her looks. It also suggests that she misses her past through the use of a rhetorical question which makes the reader feel sympathy for her.
She tells these lies to protect herself from social ostracism. By nature she doesn’t fit the social stereotype of a woman. Being the perfect wife during this time was to be proper, unintelligent, compliant, in need of male protection and only of value as decoration, and as a homemaker and child-barer. On the other hand, her sister Stella is characterised as Blanche’s polar opposite fits the social stereotype of the perfect housewife. She lies about her husband’s vulgar behaviour and justifies it through clichés.
This point perhaps can be taken as referring to Nora’s weak decision power as she always expects Helmer to help finding the solutions of her problems as for the Fancy Dress Ball she could not decide what to wear so she asks Helmer that what she should wear and that how must she dance. It shows that women have no self-identity or decision making power. A woman has always been man’s dependent. The character of Mrs. Linde manifestly depicts this idea and so does the character of Nora. Mrs. Linde is shown as a lady who sacrifices her love and marries a rich man
We also find out in chapter one that she wants her daughter to be a “beautiful little fool” cause according to her that’s the only thing a female can actually be, just look beautiful and be a ‘little fool’ not be smart on an intellectual level. Her face was described as sad yet “full of bright little things” which leads me to my next point which is her relationship with her husband, the only reason why she married Tom was because he’s a bourgeoisie and he is well known and as she said “rich girls can’t marry poor boys” this quote emphasises her materialistic
This shows that she is only with him for his money and power. When Daisy gave birth to Pammy she said “I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool-that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”(Fitzgerald 21).She implies here that the world is no place for a woman and all she can do is hope to survive through beauty rather than brains. However during the reunion Gatsby is still blinded by his dream. Even though Daisy isn’t the same as he remembers.
Lady Windermere changed for the worst, almost leading to her downfall. Meg had her wayward inhibitions all along. The first impression of newlywed Meg Windermere is she seems an irresponsible and immature character. She seductively and teasingly offers her hand to playboy Lord Darlington, in an attempt to seek his attention. Simultaneously she acts loyal to her husband by stating 'its my wedding ring, I never take it off.'
Because Eliza is jealous of Georgiana, she prevents Georgiana from eloping with the man she loves. And that’s why they hate each other. Both of Misses Reed are selfish, they don't care about their mother's illness or death. While Mrs. Reed is suffering from her deteriorating health, Georgiana feels bored and wishes if her aunt who lives in London invites her to their home, and Eliza is busy in planning for her life after her mother's death. When Mrs. Reed dies Jane says, "Neither of us had dropped a tear."
Ibsen’s main theme in “A Doll House” is the sacrifice that women of all economic classes make. The play’s female characters illustrate Nora’s claim that even though men refuse to sacrifice their integrity, women have. Mrs. Linde found it necessary to abandon Krogstad, her one true but broke love and marry a rich man in order to support her mother and her brothers. The nanny gave up her own child to support herself by working as Nora’s caretaker and then as Nora’s children’s. The nanny tells Nora that she is lucky to have found the job since she was “a poor girl who was led astray.” [ (Isben) ] Nora is relatively well off financially in comparison to the play’s other female characters, she still leads a rough life because society dictates the Helmer be the governing partner in their marriage.