How are women treated in your community? Depending on the time period and the country you live in, women are treated in many different ways. They could be treated like gods, devils, and even equals. During the Macbeth time period women were most likely treated with high value. Their words could make a huge difference in a man’s life. Although some think this is inappropriate and unjust, Men treating women this way isn’t all bad. A great idea of how women were treated in Macbeth society is in “Women influences on Men” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. According to this reference, Macbeth was a time where women were treated differently be different men, depending on their beliefs and values. In the passage it says “Of course, such a man is weak, inexcusably
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In the text it says “Words like these have loaded many a suicide's revolver. The man was weak and disheartened, and the woman was disappointed and thoughtless; and so between them, crime sprang to action (Wilcox 5).” If a man is out of a job and depressed, he needs all the support from the woman in his life. If she gives him complaints and decreasing comments it could be the final straw to taking his own life. In this way women are in a way treated like gods, because their worlds can have a tremendous impact on a man’s self-worth. A woman’s may provide a man with the only self-confidence he has; or, may be the most powerful source of unsureness. Weather women being treated this way is good or bad is a question left to today’s society. Is it rely that bad. In the passage it says “Many a discouraged man has felt new life and new ambition by hearing the woman who was dependent upon him, whether wife, mother, or daughter (Wilcox 3).” If a women says the right things, she could potentially save a man’s life, rather then he committing suicide. In the right hands, this type of power over men could be a wonderful gift. If women were aware of this, they could make a difference for the greater good. Women in the Macbeth period were treated with great respect and men characid their words. The kind of words spoken by a woman, could change a man’s life forever. How could that be all bad? Ladies, wouldn’t you want to be treated that
In the text it says “Words like these have loaded many a suicide's revolver. The man was weak and disheartened, and the woman was disappointed and thoughtless; and so between them, crime sprang to action (Wilcox 5).” If a man is out of a job and depressed, he needs all the support from the woman in his life. If she gives him complaints and decreasing comments it could be the final straw to taking his own life. In this way women are in a way treated like gods, because their worlds can have a tremendous impact on a man’s self-worth. A woman’s may provide a man with the only self-confidence he has; or, may be the most powerful source of unsureness. Weather women being treated this way is good or bad is a question left to today’s society. Is it rely that bad. In the passage it says “Many a discouraged man has felt new life and new ambition by hearing the woman who was dependent upon him, whether wife, mother, or daughter (Wilcox 3).” If a women says the right things, she could potentially save a man’s life, rather then he committing suicide. In the right hands, this type of power over men could be a wonderful gift. If women were aware of this, they could make a difference for the greater good. Women in the Macbeth period were treated with great respect and men characid their words. The kind of words spoken by a woman, could change a man’s life forever. How could that be all bad? Ladies, wouldn’t you want to be treated that