In the play Pamela has been always dependent on the lawyer to execute her ideas. Pamela desperately wanted to help Amleset but, she did not have the power to do so herself. This makes it seem as though women are uneducated and men are the central figures. Also, the lawyer role could have been played by a woman. However, the playwright gave the role to a man because there is a stereotype that men are smarter and stronger individuals and have careers that are more professional than women. This emphasizes the reality that women are inferior to men. Also, Amleset was given the role of an emotional woman who has no control or power in helping her son to gain a better life. Just like Pamela, she was in a position of no power and authority. However, not only does the play depict women as weak, the poem “Home”, similarly lays emphasis on the fact that literature continues to follow the traditional gender view of women as submissive and
In the play Pamela has been always dependent on the lawyer to execute her ideas. Pamela desperately wanted to help Amleset but, she did not have the power to do so herself. This makes it seem as though women are uneducated and men are the central figures. Also, the lawyer role could have been played by a woman. However, the playwright gave the role to a man because there is a stereotype that men are smarter and stronger individuals and have careers that are more professional than women. This emphasizes the reality that women are inferior to men. Also, Amleset was given the role of an emotional woman who has no control or power in helping her son to gain a better life. Just like Pamela, she was in a position of no power and authority. However, not only does the play depict women as weak, the poem “Home”, similarly lays emphasis on the fact that literature continues to follow the traditional gender view of women as submissive and