Women May Swenson Analysis

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When women let others define who they should be it only leads to a tragic end. Many women feel trapped by the expectations of others. People fail to realize that women are people not objects. Some even become stuck in a downward spiral because they are too busy trying to please the masses. In someone else’s head, we are all expected to act a certain way. That does not mean we have to do what they want us to do. Others opinions of our lives should not define how we live nor should it influence how we die.

In “Women,” by May Swenson the author writes about what women are supposed to be, “… moving pedestals moving to the motions of men…” (Lines 4-9). Women are expected to do as men please. The woman is supposed to do what the man

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