Women have increasingly strict expectations that they are expected to conform to and embrace. William Faulkner challenged the expectation of women, such as acting as the homemaker or as a nurturer in his short story, “A Rose for Emily”. Written in the Roaring Twenties, the influence of women finding a new freedom was at an all-time high. The protagonist, Emily, seems to keep to herself and goes against the social norms. In modern day, greater freedoms in the military are growing. Seen in both William Faulkner’s construction of the community and in the expected roles for women in the military, societal roles and expectations restrict women to obtain their full potential.
Each gender has rigid roles and expectations for everyone to fall in line with these preset parts in society. Emily did not fall into these expected …show more content…
She never submitted to the social restrictions and her community looked down on her for it. When she failed to fall into the “wife” expectation and “she got to be thirty and was still single, [the town was] not pleased” (Faulkner). The community became disgruntled with Emily due to her non-conformity. Faulkner wrote the character of Emily in the era of the flappers, which could have contributed to the newfound courage she has to not obey what the community wants of her. In the 1920’s, women began to believe that they, “were entitled to full equality with men in all spheres of society, ranging from the workplace to the home to the dance floor” (DiPaolo). As seen with the overt openness of women’s sexuality with the flappers, women were beginning to break apart social constructs of what society expected. Women began to realize that they too could have a say in what they wanted in their life. They wanted the freedom to express
Each gender has rigid roles and expectations for everyone to fall in line with these preset parts in society. Emily did not fall into these expected …show more content…
She never submitted to the social restrictions and her community looked down on her for it. When she failed to fall into the “wife” expectation and “she got to be thirty and was still single, [the town was] not pleased” (Faulkner). The community became disgruntled with Emily due to her non-conformity. Faulkner wrote the character of Emily in the era of the flappers, which could have contributed to the newfound courage she has to not obey what the community wants of her. In the 1920’s, women began to believe that they, “were entitled to full equality with men in all spheres of society, ranging from the workplace to the home to the dance floor” (DiPaolo). As seen with the overt openness of women’s sexuality with the flappers, women were beginning to break apart social constructs of what society expected. Women began to realize that they too could have a say in what they wanted in their life. They wanted the freedom to express