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A young woman would marry a man who was usually significantly older than she was. After marriage, women were stuck in a home where the male was the head of the household and made all of the decisions.11 Marital choice did not exist; at least not for women. Woman were forced to marry men that they barely knew, thus even the most intimate details of their lives were decided not by them, but by others. Love was usually not a factor in the marriage equation. Wife-beating was also allowed and men sometimes imprisoned, starved, and humiliated their wives.12

He uses poetic devices including alliteration and metaphor when he talks about her shine he is talking about the woman’s beauty. In the beginning he notices her beauty and then it forms into a relationship. Toward the end it saddens when he expresses aging as a dark process, but it lightens again as he says he accepts it as a beautiful process. This means that even though she has aged he still loves her and believes she is still beautiful. This poem starts with the author noticing the woman's beauty and the forming a relationship, getting married, and finally even through age stating her beauty. This poem is very comparable to “Love is More Thicker Than Forget” as both of their meanings can relate to love as a force that can last through anything even old age and

In such romantic representations, " the tribal, especially the women, is dark, inscrutable, a kind of repository of unrepressed, orgiastic, magical sexuality, therapeutic powers and the 'unconscious' and as such a solution for the urban malaise" (Sangari:

"Upon marriage, woman became the legal wards of their husbands, as they previously had been of their fathers while still unmarried" (Martin, 68). It was common for a father to sell his young daughter into marriage and the young women had no say in her preference of her suitors (Mahaffy, 48). This was done while the girl was in her young teens while the groom was ten to fifteen years older (Martin, WEB2). As the father, or guardian, gave the young girl away he would repeat the phrase that expressed the primary aim of marriage: "I give you this women for the plowing [procreation] of legitimate children" (Martin, WEB2). The woman’s role was primarily in the home. "Households thus depended on women, whose wok permitted the family to economically self-reliant and the male citizens to participate in the public life of the polis" (Martin, WEB2).

They could not marry because she couldn’t have 2 masters at the same time meaning her master and husband. Due to the imbalance of genders, most women were pressured to having sex and about 1/3 of women were already pregnant when they were married. The women who had a baby had to work 2 extra years and pay a fine to make up for the time she couldn’t work because she was pregnant. In rare cases the father of the baby would buy the mother, free her, and then marry

Men, like in many ancient and modern societies, had a higher importance than women and were considered more useful as they were stronger to handle manual labour. The Hindu scriptures dictate that while men and women have different responsibilities and roles within the community, they should both be treated with equal respect. However in reality, this was not always the case. Sea of Poppies addresses this issue with Deeti, the wife of a veteran and the mother of a daughter, Kabutri. Deeti is raped by her brother in law, Chandan, on her wedding night due to her husband’s infertility and is continuously harassed by him. With the quote “You need a son, to give you a helping hand. You're not barren, after all . . . “ (Ghosh, pg. 11), his prejudice against women as well as his pervasive tendencies towards women emphasise the attitudes of people in mid 19th century India, especially men, that tended to denigrate the role of women. Although Sea of Poppies and Their Eyes were Watching God are set in different cultures, they both portray the privation of women and the damaging effects it can have on an individual. Through the incorporation of accurate historical context, the audience is able to evaluate the treatment of women and men in the modern

460). Not to discard men as nothing but women should get the same praise as men do. Men are strong, and will always want to save the girl, but sometimes the girl needs to save herself. The idea that man was made before the woman, must make them more special, yet others says we are to be equals. With the struggle between man and woman, who’s to say what is right and wrong. Both men and women are alike in many ways both can get scared when something goes bump in the night.

Each sex comprises fifty percent of the world’s population, yet they remain unequal. Women discrimination, or “misogyny”, has been prominent since the beginning of time through art, society, and literature. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight contains misogynistic ideologies and traditions. In the poem, Sir Gawain, one of King Arthur’s best men, needs to prove his knighthood by going on a journey to find the Green Knight. Sir Gawain is successful in his journey that was eventually revealed to have been planned by a woman. Regardless of his newfound respect following his successful journey, Sir Gawain and the other men continue to blame and degrade women; in reality, the men should be thanking the poem’s female figures. The role of women is prominent, powerful, and positive in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, yet the anonymous poet has managed to weave misogyny into every line.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is an Arthurian romance that is one of the first to highlight women’s roles during the period of change that comes with King Arthur’s demise. Culturally, during the time period, women had little perceived power. Women were treated well and often idolized, but they remained in a male-dominated society, where they were not respected as their own capable beings. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is heavily laced with the Knight’s “Code of Honor,” namely the idea of chivalry. During this time, the chivalric code gave men the idea that women could not achieve much, so these men needed to achieve it for them. Women in Arthurian times, as well as throughout the rest of cultural history, were seen as the downfall of men. Compared to Eve from Biblical times, women were a symbol of lust, sexuality, and temptation. It was the man’s duty to avoid those temptations and remain virtuous. This essay argues the use of this poem as a forewarning toward the danger of women to men’s honor and chivalric values. ¬

The song “ The Rose” by Bette Midler is some sort similar to the chapter the “ The Red Candle.” In the chapter “The Red Candle” it talks about a girl named Lindo Jong, which is forced to marry a boy from another family, that she doesn’t like. In song it talks about different types of love gentle love like a flower, sharp love like a razor and soothing love like a river. I think in this situation in the book love is like a razor, because their love is not really and it is cutting her up inside. The part that is like the razor is “ Of course, now I know the tree-trunked lady was the old village matchmaker, and the other was Huang Taitai, the mother of the boy I would be forced to marry.” The song sort of similar to this scene, because it talks

”xiii Indian society is no different when it came to what they expected of their women. In a song composed by a Buddhist nun Sumangalamata, the composer exclaims of her new freedom. She defines herself as “a woman well set free!” and explains that she is free “from kitchen drudgery” and free “from the harsh grip of hunger, from empty cooking pots, (and most importantly) free too of that unscrupulous man.

Her children would then inherit the dowry as part of their estate ("Women"). Just as the dowry, the woman did not fully become part of her husband’s family when she married. She was a part of her own family. If her husband mistreated her or her children, or was too lazy to be a sufficient provider or even insult her family, those were grounds to divorce him. To do this, she must call in witnesses. She must announce her divorce in front of said witnesses at her front door, then at their bed ("Women"). At the time of a divorce, the woman would be given back her dowry that was brought with her at the start of the marriage (The Role of Women). Children automatically stayed with their mother in case of a divorce. It depended who the older children stayed with according to status and wealth of the two families. The children still held their rights to inheritance, even after divorce ("Women"). Divorce is a prime example of how women of this culture had it better than many other cultures.

According to a valuable Sikh quote, “Man is born from a woman; within woman, man is conceived; to a woman he is engaged and married. Man is friends with woman; through woman, the future generations exist. When his woman passes away, he seeks another woman; to a woman a man is bound. So why call her bad? From her, kings are born; From a woman, woman is born; without woman there would be non one at all” (Nesbitt, 2000). This quote is printed in every Guru temple. This is message is a reminder to all-Sikh religious men. Sikh men’s identity should be defined by their religion and not, but the Hindi culture. Obviously, the Hindi culture aspect of inequality between men and women blocks the religious to gain a personal identity based on the Hindi

There is no hint of displeasure on her face as she diligently carries out her duty as an ‘ideal wife’. Also why should she have any objection for ‘as long as she lives, a woman’s God and master is her husband’. This scene emphasises the nature of a traditional marital relationship in Indian culture and the presumed duties of a woman as a wife. The text of the Ramayana is considered to be sacred and is followed religiously by people. If it happens to call a woman’s husband her master and God, its influence on the psyche of the people, especially the women, is self

This essay focuses on the theme of forbidden love, The God of Small Things written by Arundhati Roy. This novel explores love and how love can’t be ignored when confronted with social boundaries. The novel examines how conventional society seeks to destroy true love as this novel is constantly connected to loss, death and sadness. This essay will explore the theme of forbidden love, by discussing and analysing Ammu and Velutha's love that is forbidden because of the ‘Love Laws’ in relation to the caste system which results in Velutha’s death. It is evident that forbidden love negatively impacts and influences other characters, such as Estha and Rahel, which results in Estha and Rahel’s incestuous encounter.