The most interesting aspects of texts written in different times is seeing differences in what people value. This is shown through society’s perception and attitudes towards the stereotyped gender roles of both women and men. The historical judgment towards women has always conveyed the same aspect and approach as today’s society. It also may have been advanced in some people’s opinion keeping the men’s image as a continuous view throughout time. The two different viewpoints of both women and men are portrayed in Nathaniel Hawthorns novel “The Scarlet Letter”, published in the 1850’s and Margaret Atwood’s feminist poems, “The Siren Song” and “Marrying the Hangman”. Both authors explore humiliation and suppression to disintegrate women’s perception
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Atwood, similarly to Hawthorne, uses humiliation to indicate the male’s stereotype towards women by expressing her personal feminist side and demonstrating that women are found to being as powerful as males. Societies perception towards males not being able to control themselves around women is effortlessly expressed within the poem. Atwood uses enjambment to utilize the stereotypical roles of males by, “the song that forces men to leap overboard in squadrons even though they see beached skulls” (stanza 2, lines 4-6). The direct interaction to the social context conveys how Atwood is criticizing men’s nature of attraction towards women, to being foolish. Contrasting to Hawthorne, he demonstrates women to being the foolish individual within the situation by changing the gender role stereotype. This demonstrates Hester to not being able to fight her attraction towards Dimmesdale resulting with her being punished for her shameful actions. However, within Atwood she uses men’s fatal flaw – women – to fulfill the mundane stereotype. Rhetorical question is used to associate with the audience stating, “Will you get me out of this bird suit?” (Stanza 3, lines 11-12). Atwood expresses the narrative’s dismal with having to wear the bird suit. Comparing the women’s role within society Atwood establishes that the narrative is
Atwood, similarly to Hawthorne, uses humiliation to indicate the male’s stereotype towards women by expressing her personal feminist side and demonstrating that women are found to being as powerful as males. Societies perception towards males not being able to control themselves around women is effortlessly expressed within the poem. Atwood uses enjambment to utilize the stereotypical roles of males by, “the song that forces men to leap overboard in squadrons even though they see beached skulls” (stanza 2, lines 4-6). The direct interaction to the social context conveys how Atwood is criticizing men’s nature of attraction towards women, to being foolish. Contrasting to Hawthorne, he demonstrates women to being the foolish individual within the situation by changing the gender role stereotype. This demonstrates Hester to not being able to fight her attraction towards Dimmesdale resulting with her being punished for her shameful actions. However, within Atwood she uses men’s fatal flaw – women – to fulfill the mundane stereotype. Rhetorical question is used to associate with the audience stating, “Will you get me out of this bird suit?” (Stanza 3, lines 11-12). Atwood expresses the narrative’s dismal with having to wear the bird suit. Comparing the women’s role within society Atwood establishes that the narrative is