Theme analysis of We Have Always Lived In The Castle In the time period We Have Always Lived In The Castle took place in( which is the 1960’s), equality was almost absent due to the government, and the social stereotype that women were a weaker sex , and couldn’t take care of themselves. In We Have Always Lived In The Castle the strongest theme in the story is that women don't need a man to live out their lives. We Have Always Lived In The Castle by Shirley Jackson is a thrilling,and mysterious novel that wants to tell its readers that women are strong, and independent.
Throughout the novel, the actions of the female characters reveal a desire for revolt against the usual hierarchy. Due to family tragedy and social isolation, Merricat and Constance have power over their day-to-day lives that is unusual for young women in the 1960s, and the book is concerned with the sisters’ struggle to defend that power from men who would take it. The sisters’ ultimate win is that they succeed in kicking the men out from their lives. The Author then, presents a vision that could be seen as a kind of equality in which the sisters reject many structures and icons of male power, such as money and the traditional family, and are able to make a woman-centered life for …show more content…
Blackwood men in particular base their identity and success largely on their ability to make money. By entirely disregarding the value of money, Merricat and Constance deny the power of men. Their money sits in their father’s safe, and they use it only to buy the stuff they need. When Charles arrives, he’s tries to take the sisters’ wealth, but they simply laugh at his attempts to get into the safe and put a price to all the objects in the house. Essentially, they shed much of the power that men may have over them by choosing not to rely on or value
Throughout the novel, the actions of the female characters reveal a desire for revolt against the usual hierarchy. Due to family tragedy and social isolation, Merricat and Constance have power over their day-to-day lives that is unusual for young women in the 1960s, and the book is concerned with the sisters’ struggle to defend that power from men who would take it. The sisters’ ultimate win is that they succeed in kicking the men out from their lives. The Author then, presents a vision that could be seen as a kind of equality in which the sisters reject many structures and icons of male power, such as money and the traditional family, and are able to make a woman-centered life for …show more content…
Blackwood men in particular base their identity and success largely on their ability to make money. By entirely disregarding the value of money, Merricat and Constance deny the power of men. Their money sits in their father’s safe, and they use it only to buy the stuff they need. When Charles arrives, he’s tries to take the sisters’ wealth, but they simply laugh at his attempts to get into the safe and put a price to all the objects in the house. Essentially, they shed much of the power that men may have over them by choosing not to rely on or value