There is a phenomenon about women that makes the get regarded to be a weak gender. There are many reasons as to why the female gender always gets overshadowed by their male counterparts and this informs the reasons as to why most of the society ends up being patriarchal per se (Gilman). The two women depicted from the two short stories will substantiate this thesis and establish a scenario through which it will be possible to discuss some of the plights of women in most of the society. This is a telling fact, why men may not be informed of the repercussions that their superiority complex.
Foremost, although women have their differences, William depicts Emily in the short stories- a Rose for Emily and the persona in the Yellow- wallpaper that …show more content…
However, the narrator hugely differs from her the protagonist- Emily in the sense that her behaviour nor her attitude has been defined anywhere in the short story (Laurie). Instead, she is observed to be defined by the husband-John. However, it is evident that she has suffered in the hands of a patriarchal society since her husband ill-treats her. This is to the effect that she is alleged to be treated like a five-year-old kid. On the other hand, her husband feels that it is his obligation to take care constantly of her on the basis that she has a hysterical kind of tendency (Gilman 1598). Further, he is observed to prescribe some medications to his wife who is not aware of the medications that are administered to her. She avers that ‘ so I take the phosphates, or the phosphates, whatever it is, and the tonics, and the journey, and the exercises, am completely prohibited from working, till am perfectly well again( Gilman 1698).’’As such, the narrator is compelled to take some medicines prescribed by her husband in a bid to grapple with a disease that he had diagnosed. Also, it is evident that she is informed of what or not to take, what she ought to do and more so, what she ought to do so as to avoid any …show more content…
Michael Johnson in the article, patriarchal kind of terrorism and the prevalent couple kind of violence, illustrates that there are two major forms of violence fashioned against women. In this respect, the author categorises Emily as well as the narrator as helpless victims of a patriarchal kind of terrorism. He furthers that they experience abuse which is a product of the patriarchal dogmas of male’s right to have full jurisdiction of women. Arguably, it is a terroristic instrument used to control the women and does not necessarily means the use physical abuse, but also deployment of other tactics to showcase how women ought to economically subordinate to their men (287). There exist no particular incidences where William or Gilman uses to showcase that Emily or the narrator were physically abused per se, however, Johnson argues that there exist different fashions through which abusers can perpetrate physical violence without necessarily physically harming the woman in question. As such, he informs by having a male’s opinion prioritised every time, using of coercion or isolation technique can emotionally or psychologically affect the women counterparts. It is substantiated that the patriarchal kind of terrorism is often deployed against Emily by the society while her father uses the male advantageous effect as well as isolation so as to manipulate
Foremost, although women have their differences, William depicts Emily in the short stories- a Rose for Emily and the persona in the Yellow- wallpaper that …show more content…
However, the narrator hugely differs from her the protagonist- Emily in the sense that her behaviour nor her attitude has been defined anywhere in the short story (Laurie). Instead, she is observed to be defined by the husband-John. However, it is evident that she has suffered in the hands of a patriarchal society since her husband ill-treats her. This is to the effect that she is alleged to be treated like a five-year-old kid. On the other hand, her husband feels that it is his obligation to take care constantly of her on the basis that she has a hysterical kind of tendency (Gilman 1598). Further, he is observed to prescribe some medications to his wife who is not aware of the medications that are administered to her. She avers that ‘ so I take the phosphates, or the phosphates, whatever it is, and the tonics, and the journey, and the exercises, am completely prohibited from working, till am perfectly well again( Gilman 1698).’’As such, the narrator is compelled to take some medicines prescribed by her husband in a bid to grapple with a disease that he had diagnosed. Also, it is evident that she is informed of what or not to take, what she ought to do and more so, what she ought to do so as to avoid any …show more content…
Michael Johnson in the article, patriarchal kind of terrorism and the prevalent couple kind of violence, illustrates that there are two major forms of violence fashioned against women. In this respect, the author categorises Emily as well as the narrator as helpless victims of a patriarchal kind of terrorism. He furthers that they experience abuse which is a product of the patriarchal dogmas of male’s right to have full jurisdiction of women. Arguably, it is a terroristic instrument used to control the women and does not necessarily means the use physical abuse, but also deployment of other tactics to showcase how women ought to economically subordinate to their men (287). There exist no particular incidences where William or Gilman uses to showcase that Emily or the narrator were physically abused per se, however, Johnson argues that there exist different fashions through which abusers can perpetrate physical violence without necessarily physically harming the woman in question. As such, he informs by having a male’s opinion prioritised every time, using of coercion or isolation technique can emotionally or psychologically affect the women counterparts. It is substantiated that the patriarchal kind of terrorism is often deployed against Emily by the society while her father uses the male advantageous effect as well as isolation so as to manipulate