After reading multitudinous feminist stories, it is quite obvious that the women during this time period were being treated as inferior by their husbands. The husbands portrayed in these stories are demeaning their wives in ways such as treating them as children, controlling them, and much more. After diving deeper we realize that all of these stories are more alike than we think. If we look deeper than the surface, we can see that the conditions these women encountered allegedly pushed them all to their breaking point, or awakening, which is common ground among all of these dramaticized stories.
Throughout all of these passages, we see the recurring image of husbands treating their wives like children. One example expressed would be in “A Jury of …show more content…
Throughout the entire story, Helmer finds ways to degrade his “little Nora” (Ibsen 82). Near the end of this story, Nora announces, “He called me his doll-child, and he played with me just as I used to play with my dolls.” (Ibsen 93). Torvald Helmer treats his wife like his property throughout the entire story and the fact that he treats her like a doll in his dollhouse shows how women were treated during this time period. The women weren’t treated as adults, they were treated as defenseless possessions who weren’t capable of doing anything for themselves.
As all of the stories progressed, the husbands became more controlling and manipulative of their wives. This is most prevalent in “The Yellow Wallpaper” because John makes Jane stay in this mind altering room as he controlled everything she did. Jane says that she is, “absolutely forbidden to work until I am well again.” (Gilman 2). John doesn’t allow his wife to work because of her ‘condition’. John also medicates her constantly, “I have a schedule prescription for each hour in the day; he takes all care from me, and so I feel basely ungrateful not to value it more.” (Gilman 3). John takes all care from Jane and doesn’t even
Throughout all of these passages, we see the recurring image of husbands treating their wives like children. One example expressed would be in “A Jury of …show more content…
Throughout the entire story, Helmer finds ways to degrade his “little Nora” (Ibsen 82). Near the end of this story, Nora announces, “He called me his doll-child, and he played with me just as I used to play with my dolls.” (Ibsen 93). Torvald Helmer treats his wife like his property throughout the entire story and the fact that he treats her like a doll in his dollhouse shows how women were treated during this time period. The women weren’t treated as adults, they were treated as defenseless possessions who weren’t capable of doing anything for themselves.
As all of the stories progressed, the husbands became more controlling and manipulative of their wives. This is most prevalent in “The Yellow Wallpaper” because John makes Jane stay in this mind altering room as he controlled everything she did. Jane says that she is, “absolutely forbidden to work until I am well again.” (Gilman 2). John doesn’t allow his wife to work because of her ‘condition’. John also medicates her constantly, “I have a schedule prescription for each hour in the day; he takes all care from me, and so I feel basely ungrateful not to value it more.” (Gilman 3). John takes all care from Jane and doesn’t even