women in the 19th century played a humble role in society. They were expected to fill different “spheres” than most men and were categorized into different social classes. The ideology of separate spheres indicates that man inhabited the “public sphere”, in a world of politics, economy and law. On the other hand, women were categorized into the “proper sphere”. According to this ideology, this separate sphere restricted them to a private domain of domestic life, by taking care of the house and concentrating on religious education. The focal point in the story of an hour, and the yellow wallpaper is on woman 's difficulties during the the 19th century. This century is extremely intriguing because it was a time in society when women were treated
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The rights and priviliges for these matrons were very limited, causing women to submit to various kinds of verbal abuse, an even economic deprivation. Reading through the Hour and the Wallpaper, its possible to discern both protagonists were extremely submissive to their husbands. Even knowing they wanted whats best for them, these women still wanted to be free from the shackles that bound them to their marriage. Its intriguing to know that in the Wallpaper the protagonist wants to write, she wants to write and create her own world. But this one wish she requested was denied. In the Hour, Louise is also restricted from doing what she wants. Although the narrator doesn 't state her restrictions, its easy to draw an idea that she is too forced to live a life others thought was right for her. In addition, after hearing about her husband’s death, Mrs. Mallard coments, “now there would be no powerful will bending her in that blind persistence with which men … believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow creature”. This demonstrates how her husband was a burden, and once and for all she no longer had to bend to his wishes. Moreover, to emphasize the story its important to know that in the 19th century marriage was a holy bond and divorce was simply outlawed. This tight bond of marriage caused tension in the characters as portrayed in the literary
The rights and priviliges for these matrons were very limited, causing women to submit to various kinds of verbal abuse, an even economic deprivation. Reading through the Hour and the Wallpaper, its possible to discern both protagonists were extremely submissive to their husbands. Even knowing they wanted whats best for them, these women still wanted to be free from the shackles that bound them to their marriage. Its intriguing to know that in the Wallpaper the protagonist wants to write, she wants to write and create her own world. But this one wish she requested was denied. In the Hour, Louise is also restricted from doing what she wants. Although the narrator doesn 't state her restrictions, its easy to draw an idea that she is too forced to live a life others thought was right for her. In addition, after hearing about her husband’s death, Mrs. Mallard coments, “now there would be no powerful will bending her in that blind persistence with which men … believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow creature”. This demonstrates how her husband was a burden, and once and for all she no longer had to bend to his wishes. Moreover, to emphasize the story its important to know that in the 19th century marriage was a holy bond and divorce was simply outlawed. This tight bond of marriage caused tension in the characters as portrayed in the literary