Examples Of Feminism In The Night Circus

In The novel night circus women are treated less than man. In the novel the night circus there are many examples of feminism to Celia and Isabel. In the beginning of the novel they are treated different from the males but when the males start noticing that they are actually the same and even better at magic they start treating them like the aren't just women who is bad at magic but is a good magician and start treating them right. Feminism appears a lot in the night circus, it appears when celia is going to audition to join the circus. Celia goes against feminism the whole book, the world tells women to not stand up for themselves but that isn't what celia does. She works hard with her father everyday enduring massive pain. She never gives …show more content…
One big example is bailey's sister caroline, Caroline has no desire for education,and her life is consumed about the idea of marriage and how to be a good wife. When it is her time to go to school her father reacts by saying “'Absolutely not.' Caroline accepted this with little more than a fleeting pout...besides, Millie was engaged and there was a wedding to plan,a subject Caroline found far more interesting than her own education". Caroline doesn't mind much about this and just forgets about the whole thing. This is showing that Caroline would rather be a stay at home mom than going to school, like her brother who attends harvard. Both Bailey and Caroline are being expected by their parents to follow a feminist way. Their parents expect bailey to go to school and take over the farm while they expect caroline to find a man have kids and be a stay at home mom. But Bailey does not do this he follows his dreams and breaks away from the society way of growing …show more content…
In the first part of the book the setting changes almost every chapter. When it does change setting it still keeps the main focus on the circus. When the book jumps forward in time to when bailey is on the tree it keeps the main focus on the circus by sending him to the circus. The only time it switches location is to introduce a new character. This happens when isobel is introduced to book, She meets marco when she lost her book. The use of time in this book is very important because it shows different setting and different point of views of the