The Inhumane Treatment of Women
How ironic that Shirley Jackson in 1948 created a story that illustrated mankind’s compulsion to create ceremonies that would endanger the lives of their inhabited populace. What’s so alarming is that this practice is still carried out today in remote parts of the world. Indigenous tribes and self-established societies in the Far East and the Amazons continue to bedazzle and amaze the advanced civilized world whenever they are found. Most civilized societies are bewildered at how these uncivilized tribes could still be in existence today, misaligned with their traditions and sacred practices of killing each other at a designated date and time, just to appease and satisfy a man-made principle or belief system …show more content…
From the very beginning, Tessie Jackson would be the focus of many issues women have to endure in society today. The verbal, emotional, physical abuse and condemning character of men/husbands, who are regarded to be the heads of the home is practiced to this very date. Tessie didn’t find in her husband the “Hero” figure she probably envisioned when she was married. Instead, Mr. Hutchinson took part in her condemnation and to the very end uttered what many women hate to hear today “Shut Up, Tessie…” (Jackson, p. …show more content…
Symbolic of the fact that mankind has never treated women fair it its practices. Women may rise to power and stature in the work place, but overall, many societies treat women less than human if given the chance. This just doesn’t happen in the “civilized” world (corporate America), but in countries around the globe. In China, there is the two child rule (women subjugated), in the Middle East (women no education) and in Africa and Australia aboriginal women must submit to their husbands (masters) or else be sacrificially killed for being disobedient to their commands.
Shirley Jackson in an uncanny way expressed the plight of women globally in this story and it was indicative by the response of her readers. Shirley Jackson herself may have felt like Tessie, as letters of threats plummeted her mailbox. Her story touched and revealed the pulse of men’s inner evil character. Their inner most internalized deep depravity in ultimately sanctioning the death of another human
How ironic that Shirley Jackson in 1948 created a story that illustrated mankind’s compulsion to create ceremonies that would endanger the lives of their inhabited populace. What’s so alarming is that this practice is still carried out today in remote parts of the world. Indigenous tribes and self-established societies in the Far East and the Amazons continue to bedazzle and amaze the advanced civilized world whenever they are found. Most civilized societies are bewildered at how these uncivilized tribes could still be in existence today, misaligned with their traditions and sacred practices of killing each other at a designated date and time, just to appease and satisfy a man-made principle or belief system …show more content…
From the very beginning, Tessie Jackson would be the focus of many issues women have to endure in society today. The verbal, emotional, physical abuse and condemning character of men/husbands, who are regarded to be the heads of the home is practiced to this very date. Tessie didn’t find in her husband the “Hero” figure she probably envisioned when she was married. Instead, Mr. Hutchinson took part in her condemnation and to the very end uttered what many women hate to hear today “Shut Up, Tessie…” (Jackson, p. …show more content…
Symbolic of the fact that mankind has never treated women fair it its practices. Women may rise to power and stature in the work place, but overall, many societies treat women less than human if given the chance. This just doesn’t happen in the “civilized” world (corporate America), but in countries around the globe. In China, there is the two child rule (women subjugated), in the Middle East (women no education) and in Africa and Australia aboriginal women must submit to their husbands (masters) or else be sacrificially killed for being disobedient to their commands.
Shirley Jackson in an uncanny way expressed the plight of women globally in this story and it was indicative by the response of her readers. Shirley Jackson herself may have felt like Tessie, as letters of threats plummeted her mailbox. Her story touched and revealed the pulse of men’s inner evil character. Their inner most internalized deep depravity in ultimately sanctioning the death of another human