People see the Sun and the Moon as two discrete figures in the sky: bold and compassionate. The Sun provides strong, lusty, light, to its people while they work through the busyness of the Sun’s day. At the end of the day the moon garners time to bring in a soft light - granted by the sun- to aid the people in their sleep. Yet the Sun and the moon are part of the same world. These two figures can compare to the distinct genders we know today: male and female. Most people would agree that gender bias is a part of daily life and, oftentimes, gets put aside because people have grown accustomed to societal norms. Currently in the United States gender roles are changing because people have blurred the defined boundaries of male and female. Blurring
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Women whim for individualism, chiefly, by having to endure a continuous cycling of disrespect and neglect; consequently, the words women speak are not taking into consideration, seeing that women are deemed as an attribute of male success. According to St. Rosemary Educational Institution’s essay on Women’s Struggle For Independence, most women, “Ancient Egypt women had no power or authority, women were viewed as property. The Hebrews, also [dis]respecting women, did not allow them to own any property or to have an active place in government.” This is because men have jobs, education, and a fundamental role in society; meanwhile, women do not carry qualities alike and are, more than often not, housewives. An example of this is shown in Kate Chopin’s, The Awakening, when Mr. Pontellier sees that one of his children is sick. He awakens Edna, his wife, and repeatedly tells her to get up because he feels, “ If it was not a mother’s place to look after children, whose on earth was it? He himself had his hands full with his brokerage business. He could not be two places at once…” (Chopin 5). The lack of intellectual qualities in women, as far as going to school, restricts them to what they can do in society. Having limitations in society is the cornerstone of why females desire the individualism that they do not …show more content…
This concept is put into action when Edna, “ [begins] to do as she liked and feel as she liked. She completely abandoned her Tuesdays at home, and did not return the visits of those who had called upon her... going and coming as it suited her fancy ... lending herself to any passing caprice” (Chopin 57). Edna during this time is cogitating her place in the Creole society where men go to work and women stay home and take care of the children. Though this process “ Edna explores her newfound lifestyle by taking up gambling at the racetrack and beginning to sell her paintings. Entering the world of capitalism is a big step in her search for her independence…” (Kaplon 4). She also finds as she is fighting against her ‘predetermined role’ and that she is in “ constant reminder of her children's presence in her life”. “[It] brings Edna’s awareness to the natural pull of motherhood on women” (Kaplon 5). However, despite all the trouble - during the birth of Adele’s child- Edna sees that her role as a mother and housewife is ineluctable. In turn, this is what causes Edna’s death at the very end of the
Women whim for individualism, chiefly, by having to endure a continuous cycling of disrespect and neglect; consequently, the words women speak are not taking into consideration, seeing that women are deemed as an attribute of male success. According to St. Rosemary Educational Institution’s essay on Women’s Struggle For Independence, most women, “Ancient Egypt women had no power or authority, women were viewed as property. The Hebrews, also [dis]respecting women, did not allow them to own any property or to have an active place in government.” This is because men have jobs, education, and a fundamental role in society; meanwhile, women do not carry qualities alike and are, more than often not, housewives. An example of this is shown in Kate Chopin’s, The Awakening, when Mr. Pontellier sees that one of his children is sick. He awakens Edna, his wife, and repeatedly tells her to get up because he feels, “ If it was not a mother’s place to look after children, whose on earth was it? He himself had his hands full with his brokerage business. He could not be two places at once…” (Chopin 5). The lack of intellectual qualities in women, as far as going to school, restricts them to what they can do in society. Having limitations in society is the cornerstone of why females desire the individualism that they do not …show more content…
This concept is put into action when Edna, “ [begins] to do as she liked and feel as she liked. She completely abandoned her Tuesdays at home, and did not return the visits of those who had called upon her... going and coming as it suited her fancy ... lending herself to any passing caprice” (Chopin 57). Edna during this time is cogitating her place in the Creole society where men go to work and women stay home and take care of the children. Though this process “ Edna explores her newfound lifestyle by taking up gambling at the racetrack and beginning to sell her paintings. Entering the world of capitalism is a big step in her search for her independence…” (Kaplon 4). She also finds as she is fighting against her ‘predetermined role’ and that she is in “ constant reminder of her children's presence in her life”. “[It] brings Edna’s awareness to the natural pull of motherhood on women” (Kaplon 5). However, despite all the trouble - during the birth of Adele’s child- Edna sees that her role as a mother and housewife is ineluctable. In turn, this is what causes Edna’s death at the very end of the