In the story ¨The Birds¨, by Daphne du Maurier she presents women in an unpleasant way. The Woman who plays the largest role in the story is Mrs.Hocken who is not even given a first name. Her character was not able to support herself in anyway, she always relied on Nat, her husband. Du Maurier perspective on women was most likely affected by the society she lived in during the twentieth century. Not naming a character is an obvious display that they do not hold high importance. Not so much their importance to the plot of the story, but their importance in the story and to the other characters. The only way she can be referred to is as Mrs.Hockens as if she is no one without her husband. She is the property of her him and nothing more, “We
