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How Is Women Portrayed In The Great War

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The Great War was a time when the world was fighting with traditional values and the new modern way of living and thinking. Many, view the women as the lower human and as the silent angel of the house. They were like a prize for men in Great War era. In the film La Vie et rein d’autre, Irene is an example of how women are treated when she went on the hunt for her dead husband. The film takes place in the era of the Great War, which was the primary time of change for many countries during and after the war. For women, after getting the experience of real work they realized that they have something going for them and are worth more than staying at home. In the film, it shows how gender plays a role in French society and how prominent it was.

In the film, General Delaplane is a man who decided to dedicate his time in identifying soldiers who are pronounced as missing. He meets a woman named Irene who is looking for her missing husband and they get to know each other …show more content…

In the film, it is about a woman named Irene de Courtil, and she is trying to find her lost husband who was fighting in the war. The fact that his body is lost is made her go and search for him, but she realizes this is a common circumstance where the body is not identified. In the film, it is evident that women are seen as lower gender and it is shown when no one took Irene seriously in the beginning. In France and the Great War, the questions of why women were treated the way they were is raised on page 49,“Did the women and young girls as particularly useless mouths to feed?”(49), because women did not contribute much to society besides being seen as trophies, during the time of scarce food, they felt that they were least important. The level of respect that is given to the males is not on an equal balance with women. Irene de Courtil's character in the beginning of the film, she is brushed off a lot and none of the men really take her seriously of what she says and why she is

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