Tess Of The D Urbervilles Double Standard Essay

AlecÕs first words to Tess , ÒWell, my Beauty, what can I do for you?Ó

While stuck in Strattford, Henry gets to know Trot and his girlfriend Janine and strattfords very own walking history book Cecelia Hainsworth, never-married fiancee of the long-dead Andy. Henry is given Andy's diary to read, and finds himself fascinated by the story of this young man of his own age from another time, another world.

She is hoping to depend on Tom, that he will change her life around for her. She is a child with to big of an ego to see that not everything will fall into the path she wants it

The siblings’ daily life continues in such a manner until the girls’ cousin, Charles, comes into town, for unknown reasons. Charles is the son of Uncle Julian’s brother, to whom Uncle Julian had not spoken to in many years and views as a sort of “scoundrel.” It later becomes clear that Charles is hoping to marry Constance, for the large amount of gold that is rumored to be hidden on the family property. However, throughout this journey, he is not greeted with the warmest of welcomes, especially not from Merricat. Charles attempts to brings the property back to daily order and the “notion of progress,” both of which have all been but lost from the family since the homicide. His most pressing desire is to have Merricat act her adult age, and

Once the Hutchinson family was chosen by the black dot, Tessie’s attitude towards the occasion changed. She became agitated and insisted on, “[starting] over,” (paragraph 62) to lessen her chances of winning. In fact, she suggested something most mothers would scorn her for--adding her daughter and son-in-law, Eva and Don, so they could, “take their chance.” (paragraph 51) Finally, the winner of the lottery was announced, and it was Tessie. Her attitude changed again from slightly agitated to furious and scared as she screamed, “It isn’t fair, it isn’t right!” (paragraph 81)

Martha was the lady that Lieutenant Jimmy Cross loved. He carried letters and two pictures along with his love for her around at all times. All of the letters from her were signed Love, Martha and he knew that that was the only a way of signing a letter but he still hoped that she loved him back. He was constantly thinking about her. He thought about her so much that when he was supposed to be destroying the tunnels his friend, Ted Lavender, was shot and killed. He blamed himself for the death of his friend, but even then all he could think about was being away from Martha. “He pictured Martha’s smooth young face, thinking he loved her more than anything, more than his men, and now Ted Lavender was dead because he loved her so much and could not stop thinking about her” (O’Brien 6.) The story of Martha and Jimmy shows the trials and tribulations of love during a war. He was responsible for the entire Alpha Company, for everything that they did and yet all he could think about was one women who was all the way across the world, safe at her home.

Tess tries to show excitement to Mick, her current boyfriend, after starting her new job as an assistant for Katherine Parker. Katherine explains to Tess their relationship is a “two way street,” essentially making Tess believe that working for her first female employer will easier while even holding the possibility of advancing her career. With every reason to be joyful, Tess could not wait to Tell Mick about the new opportunity, but Mick is a sexist 80s working man in the 1980s: getting the pizza home before it gets cold has more importance than his girlfriend’s career. Cyndy is not supportive of Tess either—something uncharacteristic of a best friend. As the film progresses, Tess receives a visit from Cindy at work while working on a big deal for Trask Industries. Cyndy has witnessed Tess’s extraordinary and questionable strategy to make it big, and Cyndy confronts her. Acknowledging her recklessness, Tess swears that she will come clean when the time is right and that she knows what she is doing. Cyndy replies, “Yeah, so do I. Screwin' up your life!” (59) Although Tess has no moral support, she seizes the opportunity and eventually thrives. Mick and Cyndy are both limited by a lack of vision and ambition, and Nichols’ negative portrayal of these working-class stiffs further suggests that the film has a pro-capitalist agenda. Nichols infers that if you have the resourcefulness like Tess, you can succeed in America. Mick and Cyndy, on the other hand, are

In the novel Legend, by Marie Lu, Tess has always been an optimistic and caring friend to Day. When Day was about two years into his life as a street boy, he found Tess, an orphan. After breaking into the hospital, Tess tends his wounds. “She’d needed my help so much in the early years that sometimes I forget how much I rely on her,” pg 55. This shows just how much Tess cares for Day, sending taking the time to care for his wounds. Furthermore, Tess, being like a younger sister to Day, doesn’t desire to become another burden for him to carry. “I’ve dropped it off... along with our gift bundle,” pg 52. In this situation, even though Day was out cold for two days, she managed to find shelter, drop off the stolen pain suppressants, and manage to care for for his injuries as well. Lastly, another example of Tess expressing her kindness and optimism, was after a ‘government official’ otherwise known as June, told him he would never be able to buy a plague cure with the limited amount of Republic notes he had. “You still have time...we’ll find the plague medicine before then, I’m sure of it,”pg 82. This shows another side of her optimistic personality, despite their situation. Overall Tess’s friendship is priceless.

The Blithedale Romance, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a story of a twisted utopia. This perfect world is twisted in that the roles of gender have a traditional utopian representation, only with a more contemporary take. Of course, this is interesting because this book was written and published in the 19th century when such ideas were beginning to establish a form for the genre of writing. Hawthorne combines fantasy, philosophy, mystery, gothic, and even [what would be called today] science fiction. This novel illustrates the early break from even fresh ideas. The writing style allows for the "genderizing degenderizing" affect as well as nature of the self.

Moreover, the town who originally made Tess feel like an outsider was shown from the start. The fact that she is late to the lottery and yet still eager is the first sign of showing that she did not fit in with her community. Even though the town treated her tardiness in an abundant way, several people did not and felt the need to say a comment, “in voices just loud enough to be heard across the crowd, ‘Here comes your Missus Hutchinson,’” (433). Another example that displays how the town acted in not so nice way towards Tess and her

She looks forward to moving away like others in her town. She admits she will not be missed at her job and at nineteen, without the former protection of her older brothers, she is beginning to feel "herself in danger of her father's violence.” This danger she sees is taken away when she meets her suitor, the sailor, Frank who promises her a better life away from these hardships she has faced.

     This guilt convinces Tess that she must now travel to the D'Urbervilles' home and claim kin with them.  Upon meeting Alec, she is shy and ashamed of her purpose.  He tries to feed her a strawberry by holding it up to her mouth.  She blocks him, exclaiming, "No-no!  I would rather take it in my own hand."  But he persists and she relents.  Many advances by Alec are blocked in this way, by both her verbal and physical cues-"I am angry with you sometimes!"  she says, after she tires of his advances.  He wears her down or manipulates her using her family's financial state afamily's financial state as a tool.  Finally, he has Tess worn down to silence.  At the night of her rape, she is exhausted from her fight with the villagers and the long ride out into The Chase.  At first, the verbal exchanges between the two are plentiful, but Tess becomes cold and tired and therefore quiet and Alec is able to overtake her body and her speech.

Her problems start with her “cousin” Alec, who after seeing Tess’s beauty, tries to cohort her having sex, which she refuses. After she continued resistance for three months, Alec claims that she has “trifled with [his] feelings, eluded [him], and snubbed [him]” (Hardy 1891, p. 102) in regards to his advances. In the story, however, Tess has never accepted his advances, she has continued to tell him, no, but she always ends up apologising or it (which he gets angry from). Alec believes that she owes him something and Tess, in turn, feels bad for not accepting this because it makes him feel “hurt.” It is this set by society that the woman is meant to succumb to a man. Even when she marries when Tess tells her husband Angel that she had relations (though it is her being raped by Alec) in response to Angel telling her about his relations. She felt relieved saying to him, “now YOU can forgive ME!” (p. 331), which he denies her; Angel does not forgive her as she has forgiven him. She is held to a double standard because she is a woman. The males in her life dictate who she is and where her story goes; the men are free, but Tess is held in place. They are dominating in her society, a masculine trait, and one that leads to Tess killing

At the beginning of the Victorian Period, both single and married women’s rights were limited. The changes during this era in the identity of genders are represented in the characters the author Wilkie Collins describes. For example, Marian Halcombe is characterized as strong and predominant. She is Laura’s voice when regarding to her husband and protects her throughout the story. Although Marian knows her role as a woman in society, she disapproves with the beliefs of the era. On the other hand, Laura personalizes the conventional quiet woman that obeys customs. To emphasize this, in Collin’s novel, he lets the reader know that Laura is marrying the man that her father approved even though he is now dead. When she marries, her rights legally belong to her husband and is treated with the laws and customs of the Victorian era. Throughout this period, the distinction between classes was also notable. Comparatively, The Woman in White presents how the middle class as Laura and her uncle refer to the working class, Fanny the maid. Even though Fanny has always been their maid and is the only person they trust, they only communicate with her at their convenience. Moreover, Mr. Fairlie does not even call the maid by her name, but refers to her as “Young Person”. Certainly, the Victorian Period was a significant impact in the novel where

It’s a hot, sticky summer afternoon in Iowa in 1910. A woman stands in the kitchen cleaning the grease from her husband’s daily work. After finally managing to make her newborn lay down for a nap, her husband busts through the front door, waking the baby. While comforting the baby, she asks her husband what his reason is for making such a ruckus. Ignoring the question, he asks for his cigars. She hands them to him as he walks out the front door. He says that he is going back to town to fetch some things. She asks if she can go with him since she’s been at home all day, but he denies her request by saying that she needs to be at home with the baby and not busy with other unimportant things. This is what women of that time and even some women now would experience in their daily life. Gender inequality has always been occurring, and it is a major obstacle being tackled today. Problems with the education system, workforce, and marriages have existed for many years, and the feminist movement was created to combat these problems. Susan Glaspell’s Trifles is one of the first feminist pieces of literature. Many themes arise in the one-act play, but the most important theme is the idea of gender separation. In the play Trifles, Glaspell uses mystery to display the theme of gender separation and to uncover an implicit conflict.