How do the writers present female characters in different ways?
John Steinbeck, Thomas Hardy, Robert Browning and Dorothy Molloy. Present us with four women differentiated by their time periods and settings, but allied by the way they are treated, the women are progressively described as being plagued by gender inequality. Steinbeck's novel; ‘Of Mice and Men’. Introduces us to a character known simply as "Curley's wife". This female is presented as an attention-hungry social outcast desperate for companionship and conversation. My last duchess by Robert Browning, is a poem based within the view of the Duke of Ferrara during a conversation with the painter: Alfonso. About his late wife the duchess. Unlike ‘Of Mice and Men’ and ‘My Last Duchesses’ where the reader is led to believe both women are or where inexplicitly killed, Thomas Hardy's; ‘The Ruined Maid’ delves into the lives of girls once bound by employment, later to be differentiated by dignity. The ruined maid herself, presents a women pushed to her …show more content…
Which shows that even in her job, she still wanted to look good. Also that she didn’t want to let go of her previous profession. Hardy leaves this poem open to interpretation, but many lines suggest that 'Melia was a prostitute, rather than the wife of a rich man. The use of 'ruined' shows the loss of virginity, however if it was through marriage this was not necessarily considered a sinful thing at the time, but more a natural way of continuing the family name and having children Robert Browning’s ‘My Last Duchesses’, is based in a very male driven 16th century, this poem dives into the underlying problems women were facing at that time and are still facing today, Browning had decided to place The Duke as the speaker. Personally I think this was a good choice, due to the fact the view of a man in the 16th century might have been easier to interpret from the reader's perspective from another speaker other than
John Steinbeck, Thomas Hardy, Robert Browning and Dorothy Molloy. Present us with four women differentiated by their time periods and settings, but allied by the way they are treated, the women are progressively described as being plagued by gender inequality. Steinbeck's novel; ‘Of Mice and Men’. Introduces us to a character known simply as "Curley's wife". This female is presented as an attention-hungry social outcast desperate for companionship and conversation. My last duchess by Robert Browning, is a poem based within the view of the Duke of Ferrara during a conversation with the painter: Alfonso. About his late wife the duchess. Unlike ‘Of Mice and Men’ and ‘My Last Duchesses’ where the reader is led to believe both women are or where inexplicitly killed, Thomas Hardy's; ‘The Ruined Maid’ delves into the lives of girls once bound by employment, later to be differentiated by dignity. The ruined maid herself, presents a women pushed to her …show more content…
Which shows that even in her job, she still wanted to look good. Also that she didn’t want to let go of her previous profession. Hardy leaves this poem open to interpretation, but many lines suggest that 'Melia was a prostitute, rather than the wife of a rich man. The use of 'ruined' shows the loss of virginity, however if it was through marriage this was not necessarily considered a sinful thing at the time, but more a natural way of continuing the family name and having children Robert Browning’s ‘My Last Duchesses’, is based in a very male driven 16th century, this poem dives into the underlying problems women were facing at that time and are still facing today, Browning had decided to place The Duke as the speaker. Personally I think this was a good choice, due to the fact the view of a man in the 16th century might have been easier to interpret from the reader's perspective from another speaker other than