Women nowadays have very different rights than they did around the beginning of the 20th century. These rights were brought by the change in social expectations in women since that time. These changes can be shown using two short stories taking place in that time period, “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” by Ernest Hemingway even today there are major differences in the ways men and women are treated, but we are coming a lot closer now than we were.
The Yellow Wallpaper takes place in 1892, near the end of the 19th century. During this time woman were treated far less than human. their role was to stay home and listen to whatever the husband says. The top cause of death for women at this time, because of this, was childbirth. the woman in The Yellow Wallpaper seemed to go insane because of this supposed uselessness, but when her husband told her that nothing was actually wrong with her and she was fine, she felt she was trapped and needed to be free. As did many woman in this time who had no rights to themselves; Though the rights of women got better as time went on. …show more content…
woman's right had grown slightly. at this point they had a bit more freedom than before, but were still trapped. there was still no room for woman in the work force so women were stuck with the man who would take them as long as they had money, even if they did not like them. this still caused problems for the woman, and this was seen all throughout “The Short Happy Life Of Francis Macomber.”as shown on page nine with the quote “His wife had been through with him before but it never lasted. He was very wealthy, and would be much wealthier, and he knew she would not leave him ever now. That was one of the few things that he really knew.” though, again, as time goes on, things got
The Yellow Wallpaper takes place in 1892, near the end of the 19th century. During this time woman were treated far less than human. their role was to stay home and listen to whatever the husband says. The top cause of death for women at this time, because of this, was childbirth. the woman in The Yellow Wallpaper seemed to go insane because of this supposed uselessness, but when her husband told her that nothing was actually wrong with her and she was fine, she felt she was trapped and needed to be free. As did many woman in this time who had no rights to themselves; Though the rights of women got better as time went on. …show more content…
woman's right had grown slightly. at this point they had a bit more freedom than before, but were still trapped. there was still no room for woman in the work force so women were stuck with the man who would take them as long as they had money, even if they did not like them. this still caused problems for the woman, and this was seen all throughout “The Short Happy Life Of Francis Macomber.”as shown on page nine with the quote “His wife had been through with him before but it never lasted. He was very wealthy, and would be much wealthier, and he knew she would not leave him ever now. That was one of the few things that he really knew.” though, again, as time goes on, things got