She should be honored to be the maid of the mayor. ... She doesn't know if Celie is receiving them but writing them gives Nettie strength to live through the years she spends in Africa. ... Even today my parents say, "You"re a girl and they are boys, you can't do what they do." ... Ask yourself if you really know who you are? Do we know how to appreciate life or are we just letting life pass us by? ...
If a man wanted to marry another man's daughter he would have to get her father's permission and in some cases pay the father to marry his daughter. ... She wanted to learn, to be educated, and to find out who she really was. In one part of the play she said this piece to explain how she felt: "I should never get to know myself- I shall never learn to face reality- unless I stand alone. So I can't stay with you any longer." ... Women's struggle now is that if we can do the work that men can do then why not get paid the same wages as men do. ...
The author speaks of an anonymous woman who was an evil person, if someone looked at her in a way she deemed bad; she would kill him or her. ... She recounts her 5 marriages and how she used the men for their wealth. Even though she did not marry for love, one of her husband's cheated on her and she made him feel immense guilt and tortured him, not physically, but mentally until his death. ... He does return with the answer and the old woman who helped him wants something in return. The summary of this story is you cannot judge someone by what they look like, you only know the true pe...
She disputes the belief that women should be inferior to men and her story portrays the idea that women should have power over men because men are inferior and can be easily manipulated. ... The knight was loyal to the old hag and agreed to marry her because she had saved his life. ... "Therefore, my son, if you do right, you will obey your love and follow her will in all ways- (Florent 3). ... The knight dos not know what choice to make so he gives the power to his mistress who he trusts to make the best judgement for the both of them. ... It is from her viewpoint that we know what she th...
History shows us how completely our gender derives from cultural myths about what is proper for men and women to think, enjoy, and do. ... It was a women's role to marry, bear children, and be a housewife. ... One summer Hochman was ready to come out and let her family know that she was in love with a woman. ... She knew it was time to let her family know but wasn't sure if she would be excepted. ... I feel that a certain organ in my body should not play such a huge role in who I am. ...
Look to 't, I charge you. ... Ophelia demonstrates her weakness as she is convinced by her father that Hamlet does not have good intentions, leaving her devastated and unable to find the courage to fight back. ... Not being able to be with the one she loves drives Ophelia to go mad especially because she knows the advice she is receiving is taking her in the wrong direction. ... This shows as Hamlet speaks to Ophelia, "Or, if thou wilt needs marry, marry a fool, for wise men know well enough what monsters you make of them. ... This play is a prime example of how women have outgrown t...
The paper showcases the spiritual journey of Celie, the development and advancement of her from an oblivious and oppressed adolescent to a proficient lady who has figured out how to stand up for herself and adapt to her hostile surroundings. ... "7 In the beginning of the novel, fourteen year-old Celie is sexually abused by the person who she believes to be her father. Celie is treated badly and is subjected to harsh and unpleasant words from her father, to the extent that she starts to believe that she is worse than others: "I know I'm not as pretty or smart as Nettie"8. ....
She is forced into marrying Mr. ___, in the same manner as a slave is sold to its master. ... She only knows "how to stay alive" not " to fight" (18). ... [Men] have to let "em know who got the upper hand. ... The Olinka women have their place in the society and the tribe does " not believe girls should be educated" (161). ... With the new founded strength, they learn how to be independent on their own and become liberated, honored women who do not have to only survive, but can also live proud lives. ...
For Example, in I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced, Nujood Ali a 10 year old Yemen girl that is forced by her father to marry a man, who is three times her age. At first Nujood does not question her father's authority, she explains that in her village women are not taught to make choices. ... For example, Nujood's father express "you know we haven't enough money to feed the whole family. ... She states "my mother-in-law bends down to pick me up as if I were a package". ... As Nujood explain, she asked her mother-in-law if she could play with the children. ...
She likes to play the role of a matchmaker, and at one point she thinks that William and Lily should marry each other, and she thinks that this would be an "admirable idea" (Woolf, 2000, p. 42). ... She is an artist who dedicates herself to painting. She is independent and self-sufficient, and has no desire to marry. ... Ramsay, Lily does not feel she is less capable than men and she challenges the idea that women are less worthy than men: "Do you write many letters, Mr. ... Ramsay-she pitied men always as if they lacked something-women never, as if they had something. ...
Women should not be portrayed as weak individual who need a man to depend on. ... In Rich's essay a similar idea is presented, she talks about how women must keep quite about issues such as beatings and rapes. ... People always want to know what's going in order to be involved even if it has nothing to do with them.) ... Both males and females should be allowed to express how they really feel. ... If a girl is fascinated with playing sports she's labeled as a tomboy and made fun of by other children who most of the times turn out to be boys. ...
The gender category woman (that is, the so-called "feminine" gender automatically assigned to members of the female sex) carries with it certain expectations about how to act, what to do, who to love and so on: Women are generally expected to be more passive, submissive and dependent than men. ... Women are expected to love and marry a man and to become mothers. ... Men are expected to love and marry a woman and to become fathers. ... The two gender categories are, in other words, also interdependent: the idea of "feminine" behaviour says as much about how men are not supposed to act as it...
