Gender Differences In English Literature

The thing I have learned during my time in this course include gender roles, sexuality, and women’s suffrage. Through the use of literature, authors like Emily Dickinson, Marie De France, and Mya Angelou have expressed the reality of women throughout history. Since biblical times women have been regarded as being below men socially, medically, and through race. These three authors have written some of the more insightful pieces I have had the pleasure of reading this semester. It is through these literary works that I have been able to gain a deeper respect for female authors, play writes, and poets.
Since before man could speak, women and men have been separated into roles best suited for them, or so we used to think. Women were expected to bare children always, and as always, sons were seen as the most valuable children to bare for the protection of these groups of people. Man has long been thought of to be stronger, smarter, and more aggressive than woman. Woman has long been thought of as nurturing, emotional, and weaker than man. It is this weakness that has been engraved on woman’s identity even in biblical text. It is because of Eve’s weakness in her will that she and Adam were banished from The Garden of Eden. Ever since, women bare the “curse” of having no rights, only to move up …show more content…
The use of anthropomorphic language gives her piece hints of mystique and leads the readers to view the events as something other than real but somehow, it is much more. This piece was also written in a time were many women (and men) were illiterate. Any women who could read and write most likely came from a very wealthy family and was expected to take on an important role at the side of an important man. It was frowned upon to educate women for any reasons expect for the benefits of their husbands or