Women being seen as property or objects in literature
Women are seen as objects within society,media and literature. The way society portrays women is that they are are to be perfect. The definition of perfect is created by mass media. In modern day society women are to be skinny but fat in all the right places. They are also expected to be sexual beings while remaining classy. These contradicting rules for perfection have led many men and women in wrong directions. Women feel that they are to give into males because they are suppose to be passive. While males feel that Women are their own position, that they are to treat them and do to them whatever they want. Two pieces of literature that show that this has always been a part of our culture are The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Lust by Susan Minot. …show more content…
Georgina is a extremely beautiful women who is fancied by many men. Her husband, Aylmer, takes pride in knowing that she belongs to him. One day he realizes that he can remove the birthmark on Georgina's face. Aylmer asks his wife if she has ever thought about removing it and she replies no. Even tho she says she has not, Aylmer's is no longer looking at Georgina as his wife, he is looking at her as a scientific experiment. She says to him “It [removing the birthmark] has made you worship me more than ever.” (Hawthorne 312) Aylmer has made his wife feel so bad about herself she also says “Either remove this dreadful hand, or take my wretched life!” This quote directly shows how powerful a man can be over a women in just a few
Women are seen as objects within society,media and literature. The way society portrays women is that they are are to be perfect. The definition of perfect is created by mass media. In modern day society women are to be skinny but fat in all the right places. They are also expected to be sexual beings while remaining classy. These contradicting rules for perfection have led many men and women in wrong directions. Women feel that they are to give into males because they are suppose to be passive. While males feel that Women are their own position, that they are to treat them and do to them whatever they want. Two pieces of literature that show that this has always been a part of our culture are The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Lust by Susan Minot. …show more content…
Georgina is a extremely beautiful women who is fancied by many men. Her husband, Aylmer, takes pride in knowing that she belongs to him. One day he realizes that he can remove the birthmark on Georgina's face. Aylmer asks his wife if she has ever thought about removing it and she replies no. Even tho she says she has not, Aylmer's is no longer looking at Georgina as his wife, he is looking at her as a scientific experiment. She says to him “It [removing the birthmark] has made you worship me more than ever.” (Hawthorne 312) Aylmer has made his wife feel so bad about herself she also says “Either remove this dreadful hand, or take my wretched life!” This quote directly shows how powerful a man can be over a women in just a few