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forced to work harder to make a living. Often times, the work the lower classmen are forced to

“could only love a handsome man and would only let a wealthy man love her” (67). Faye constantly

Imagine yourself being in a crowded room and your hands and feet are in shackles. There are a variety of noises surrounding you from cries, weeps and screaming. How did you get here? Then, you open your eyes only to realize that it was a dream, or was it? They are enslaved in their mind. Pressured to purchase and live the same lifestyle according to everyone else’s opinions. Have you ever wanted to dress a certain way but deciding against it because of the criticism that might receive from wearing it? People’s judgements seem to be the deciding factor in how a lot of decisions are made today.

She learns that her parents are planning an arranged marriage for her. It has been centuries since the practice of arranged marriages for political or personal gain had been outlawed.

As a result of the narrator not possessing any desirable traits found in an ideal woman, she doubts that she would ever marry. She is shy, insecure, and she is not the most beautiful of women. As a result, she willingly became

This essay will analyze the themes of sexual and class exploitations in the story “The Wife’s Resentment” by Delariviere Manley. By exploring these themes we are able to get an idea of why Manley wrote this story. That is, she hoped to make young women, whether rich or poor, aware of the value of their virtue as well as their rights as married or single women to protect that virtue or honor. By revealing the themes that are presented in the story, we can see what Manley stood for and why she wrote this story in the period she lived in.

By failing to live at peace with their men, they will cause turmoil and thus be disobeying the unwritten “law” of women.

The subject of inferiority to their fathers only to be shackled to their husbands at first

when she hears of her husband’s death. Although she is not stuck as many women would have

At first, she feels guilty about this affair but she eventually surrenders herself to her lover, her romance causes suffering to the wife. Her lover’s spouse becomes the “vigour of living destroys” (42). Her obsession causes only pain to her and to the wife, the narrator is aware of that: “if I am suffering, think what she suffered – a hundred times more and without hope” (85). Yet, she cannot make herself

Ultimately, her getting married is her compensation for meeting her gender expectation, thus allowing her to have a fresh start putting an end to her “tarnished” past for a “pure’

The father, or father figure, has the ability like no other to shape the life of his young daughter. This is because of the powerful influence that fathers hold, which gives them the ability to not only impress upon a daughter’s actions, but also her self confidence, esteem, image, and even her opinions of men. Depending on the father, or person in the “conventional” father’s place, communication styles and teaching methods widely vary in the father-daughter relationship. This is perfectly displayed in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”, through Polonius’ fatherly advice given to Ophelia, and through the moral lesson found at the end of “Little Red Riding Hood”, the Grimm Brothers’ version. In both works, the daughters receive a warning regarding

From the beginning of Vella’s narrative, it’s clear that this society is a bad place for women: completely against her will, Vella has been chosen by the society to be sacrificed in the Maiden Feast, an annual activity— not unlike the Reaping in Collins’s The Hunger Games or the lottery in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”— that’s designed to bring peace and

The plight of Women becomes very apparent in the sphere of marriage. Women are expected to marry, and many call it the "aim of her existence" (Billington pg 22). There is a general belief of parents that if their daughter does not marry, she will go to hell, and any Woman in this society which does not marry is not seen as a real Woman. At this point she is forced to go into the workforce.

In a patriarchal society like Turkey, woman who are aware, and protect her own rights, is thought as insolet versus man and she is accused of losing femininity. In this type society, there are certain roles for man and women. Man are charged with taking care of his family, protecting his wife. As to women, “ their main preoccupation, fostered by parents and educators alike, is “ the pursuit of a wedding ring.” As one editor put it, college for women was the “ world’s best marriage mart.” ” (reed 4) They are raised to be perfect wifes who respect, trust, yield to their husbands. It does not matter how she is smart or successful, marriage is the only aim. If she does not have good marriage, she thinks that she is inadequate. Therefore, men see women as their properties. So, when a woman defends herself, resists again her husband, man takes this as disrespectfulness and disobedience. Not