Woman Being Weak Analysis

Another way The Story of an Hour depicted women was as being weak. The author clearly states how women in particular do not know how to handle or react catastrophic events like the death of a significant other. Since this statement was direct especially towards women in general, the audience can infer that only men are capable to understand and deal with horrific situations. On the other hand, this statement leaves the readers with a poorly image of women, making the readers believe that when a female is face with hard situation like death they are emotionally destroy, not mentally stable, and not knowing what to do. For example in the story Mrs. Millard “wept with sudden abandonment” and “a storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone” meaning that she was crying uncontrollably and was overcome by sadness. …show more content…
This statement degrades the strength that many women have, because they can also handle a dramatic and tragic life changing events with serenity and composure. Nevertheless, men can have the same response women have of crying and having to deal with multiple emotions, not only women how this story makes it seem like. Being weak or not knowing how to handle a hard situation is not about genders instead it is about the personality of a person and how they react to different circumstances. Another story that shows the negative way women are portray is the story Trifles. In this story a crime scene is being investigated for the murder of Mr. Wright and his wife has been arrested as the murderer. In the process of the investigation the wives of the neighbor and the sheriffs solve the crimes, which was shocking especially because women were shown as not being intelligent. In this story it was clearly seen how the men see females