Convent

benevolent nuns, proposing that female agency can be channeled to good causes. In The Monk, the Prioress abuses her agency in tyrannical ways. The Prioress imprisons women and rules by fear, oppressing the women within her convent. She “consider[s] [women of rank] quitting the Convent, as a disgrace thrown upon it” and “will use every artifice to avoid [that]” (169). Not only does she imprison women, she also subdues them by fear as seen by how Mother St. Ursula describes her fear that her “every action

to get pregnant outside of wedlock, she would be forced to leave her home and live in a convent, referred to as mother-and-baby homes, where she would endure many sufferings which were hidden from the public eye. Among these miseries, the most heartbreaking one would be the constant fear of the nuns selling your baby through an illegal adoption and never seeing your own child again. After leaving the convent, many of these women would hide their shame and keep this part of their life a secret.

In what ways was does the prioresses abuse the established expectations for nun 's and prioresses? In the reading "The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer, the prioress do not meet the appropriate societal expectations for nuns and prioress. This happens due to the way that Chaucer describes ironically nuns and prioress as physical and spiritual individuals showing realistic facts about the life of nuns. Chaucer describes a nun Prioress called Madame Eglantine. According to Chaucer a nun

Historically speaking, women have never come before men; nor have we ever been considered as having more value to society than men. According to the Bible , Eve did not come into existence before Adam; she came from within him. She was made to be his companion through life, not his competitor. Until the twentieth century Women’s Rights Movement, women were rarely viewed as being in a position of power equivalent to that of a man. Their intelligence was also constantly under review, which left their

of them all. In The Nun, Sister Sainte-Christine is a villain because she is cruel to Suzanne. Her cruelty is shown when Sister Sainte-Christine abuses her physically and mentally, she turns the other nuns against Suzanne, and breaks rules in the convent to cause harm to Suzanne. It could be argued that Sister Sainte-Christine is not a villain because Suzanne provokes

Colonial Latin America had a strong gender hierarchy that was maintained through a mix of social and legal control. Spain enacted policies restricting the immigration of women to it colonies in the Americas. In order to mold colonial society in accordance to the ideals of the family society that existed in Spain waves of female emigration laws were passed in the 1530s and 1540s. The conditions created for women to emigrate from Spain created an uneven hierarchy where men held greater autonomy. One-law

involvement in order for the community to fully engage in any activities. It must be excited and fun even if it sounds boring. The individual is capable and has the power to amended the society if the program becomes effectual. McCauley Convent Sisters of Mercy is considered woman catholic faith-based organizations that serve the needy, people who are poor. They work together with unity to pray and advocate for the vulnerable. The inspired founder of McCauley was Catharine McCauley. According

a result of the constraints placed on women, many sought refuge in convents that sprang up across the continent in hopes of improving their quality of life. The convent offered women many new opportunities they would not otherwise have, but it too was fraught with internal discord based on gender, race, ethnicity and social stratification. By the mid-sixteenth century, most major cities in Latin America had at least one convent and over time larger cities such as Mexico City had as many as twenty

because she was trying to fit in where she felt welcomed which is caused by her naivety. When she goes back to see her years later, Leopolda is very unwell, sickly, and skinny. Leopolda lives a very stagnant life. She lives in the same room at the convent that she always has and she is in bed most of the day. In a lot of ways Marie is lucky that she didn’t go down the same path as Leopolda like she wanted to initially. We are able to see that twenty years later Marie feels sorry for her which indicates

practicing medicine is unheard of. For this reason, her father, the king, forbids her from going to Bologna to study medicine. She is sent to a secluded convent while her father and step-mother are busy arranging a marriage for Alessandra, she is sent to a convent to better her relationship with God before her marriage. During her time in the convent, she devised a plan to dress as a boy and run away to Bologna which she ultimately goes through with. Throughout her time in Bologna, she enrolls in a