Stereotypes Of Women Essay
Throughout history women have always been stereotyped as weak. Society has labeled them as being housewives and servants for men; they had no freedom and lived under the shadows of their husbands. Although being prejudiced by society and men, women were finally brave enough to stand up for their rights in 1848 at the first women’s rights convention in
Seneca Falls, despise their emotional issues and traditional ways of history. Kate Chopin’s Story of an Hour and Charlotte Perkins
Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper portrays clearly the kind of psychological struggles and vigorous desolation women went through with men. Both authors use rhetorical devices such as theme, symbolism and imagery to create a story that illustrates the impact men have against …show more content…
Body and soul free!” (Chopin 2).
Back in the days, women were to grieve for their deceased husbands; it was the way society stereotyped women. They saw them as emotional and a wreck right after a loved one died. Men tricked women into believing they mattered and cared for them when in reality men would just take women for granted and behold all the power in the household. Even then, men were always gone “working” and women were left home to do chores and take care of children, not being able to be free or to experience the outside world past their window. All this has to do with the traditions in the old days; the way society treated women and how they are still treated throughout the world.
Nonetheless, there’s a lot of symbolism presented throughout both stories to portray the psychological issues women went through to express their need for freedom and heartache. In Story of an Hour, the author dictates “countless sparrows twittering in the eaves” (Chopin 1) to depict the image of birds flying to represent freedom. Now that Mr. Mallard was gone, Mrs. Mallard felt incomplete but soon realized that her husband was a physical obstacle in her life; she was
Seneca Falls, despise their emotional issues and traditional ways of history. Kate Chopin’s Story of an Hour and Charlotte Perkins
Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper portrays clearly the kind of psychological struggles and vigorous desolation women went through with men. Both authors use rhetorical devices such as theme, symbolism and imagery to create a story that illustrates the impact men have against …show more content…
Body and soul free!” (Chopin 2).
Back in the days, women were to grieve for their deceased husbands; it was the way society stereotyped women. They saw them as emotional and a wreck right after a loved one died. Men tricked women into believing they mattered and cared for them when in reality men would just take women for granted and behold all the power in the household. Even then, men were always gone “working” and women were left home to do chores and take care of children, not being able to be free or to experience the outside world past their window. All this has to do with the traditions in the old days; the way society treated women and how they are still treated throughout the world.
Nonetheless, there’s a lot of symbolism presented throughout both stories to portray the psychological issues women went through to express their need for freedom and heartache. In Story of an Hour, the author dictates “countless sparrows twittering in the eaves” (Chopin 1) to depict the image of birds flying to represent freedom. Now that Mr. Mallard was gone, Mrs. Mallard felt incomplete but soon realized that her husband was a physical obstacle in her life; she was