Women have always been a constant presence in societies across the world, however the roles and expectations they are pressured to fulfil change, and continue to change dramatically as time passes and these ideals are left behind.
Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice crafts a vivid image of life for women in the Regency era in 1813. Their values, rights, roles and expectations were incorporated into a romance. It was controversial novel at the time of its publication with its promotion of love in marriage as well as less desirable, or “un-lady-like” qualities. Nowadays, the conditions of women in its time are looked down upon as “hard to believe”.
46 year old Nath Nim, a working-class woman today, despite not living during the Regency era sheds …show more content…
They lived a poor life, but despite this her, and her sisters were able to receive education from a camp in Thailand. However, during her childhood Pol Pot ran rampant, and after the passing of her uncle she had to flee with her family to live in Australia at the age of 19 in 1988. Living as a young woman in Sydney, the only further education she received was basic English and immediately started working.
In the Regency era, there were three different classes one could be born into it. They could be upper-class, middle-class or in poverty. The upper families would often hire tutors or governesses to teach their children, or send them to public schools. Other families would often rely on home-schooling as they couldn’t afford proper education. Daughters, regardless of class always were taught a range of skills in order for them to appear accomplished to attract a husband.
The background of a particular family could effect the likelihood of their offspring marrying so it was essential that the family’s name remain …show more content…
Similarly, both ultimately needed to support their families, just in different ways.
According to Mrs Nim, she sees herself as a completely normal woman. In her eyes, being “normal” meant working, being married, having children and not being “rich or anything”.
“I wake up, go to work, cook for my family — that’s normal.”
Typical women were generally of middle or lower class. Their clothing was relatively simple, and could be cost-efficiently customised with ribbons in order to change its appearance. To these women, marriage was incredibly important, as such they often strived to find husbands by being as accomplished as they could as well being actively social.
The more uncommon women were often upper class. With the wealth of their families behind them, they were able to take more liberties regarding marriage. Rich families would often arrange marriages of their children in order to secure and maximise profits and
Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice crafts a vivid image of life for women in the Regency era in 1813. Their values, rights, roles and expectations were incorporated into a romance. It was controversial novel at the time of its publication with its promotion of love in marriage as well as less desirable, or “un-lady-like” qualities. Nowadays, the conditions of women in its time are looked down upon as “hard to believe”.
46 year old Nath Nim, a working-class woman today, despite not living during the Regency era sheds …show more content…
They lived a poor life, but despite this her, and her sisters were able to receive education from a camp in Thailand. However, during her childhood Pol Pot ran rampant, and after the passing of her uncle she had to flee with her family to live in Australia at the age of 19 in 1988. Living as a young woman in Sydney, the only further education she received was basic English and immediately started working.
In the Regency era, there were three different classes one could be born into it. They could be upper-class, middle-class or in poverty. The upper families would often hire tutors or governesses to teach their children, or send them to public schools. Other families would often rely on home-schooling as they couldn’t afford proper education. Daughters, regardless of class always were taught a range of skills in order for them to appear accomplished to attract a husband.
The background of a particular family could effect the likelihood of their offspring marrying so it was essential that the family’s name remain …show more content…
Similarly, both ultimately needed to support their families, just in different ways.
According to Mrs Nim, she sees herself as a completely normal woman. In her eyes, being “normal” meant working, being married, having children and not being “rich or anything”.
“I wake up, go to work, cook for my family — that’s normal.”
Typical women were generally of middle or lower class. Their clothing was relatively simple, and could be cost-efficiently customised with ribbons in order to change its appearance. To these women, marriage was incredibly important, as such they often strived to find husbands by being as accomplished as they could as well being actively social.
The more uncommon women were often upper class. With the wealth of their families behind them, they were able to take more liberties regarding marriage. Rich families would often arrange marriages of their children in order to secure and maximise profits and