An Unmarried Woman

One fine Sabbath afternoon, the eligible Mr William Postlethwaite and I took a gentle walk across the moors around Mansfield House. The views were as exceptional as ever and the landscape 's bleak, rolling hills inspired my imagination far more than the character of my escort. I had considered him a fine gentleman on first impression, yet closer acquaintance soon revealed an altogether cold and tedious young man, one with whom any notion of union still causes me to shudder. My tolerance of Mr Postlethwaite 's tiresome company had only continued due to the growing concerns my dear father held for my future prospects, as in his and all good society 's estimation, I would have no prospects at all as an unmarried woman. I had, therefore, duly…

were not allowed to have any romance novels, movies or tv shows on. we were not allowed to flounder with any boy unless we were married. we had to be inside before it got dark outside, and we could not be a single mother. we couldn’t date anyone if we joined the service. If we were to go AWOL as a soldier we were put to death automatically if found. For the other rules if we were to break them we would be sent away to trials and most likely sentenced to death for disobeying. The main character…

Rhetorical Analysis of Truman Capote’s “Nancy’s Bedroom” In the passage, “Nancy’s Bedroom” from the novel, In Cold Blood, the author, Truman Capote, creates a vivid description of Nancy’s bedroom to help the reader connect with Nancy. Capote portrays a descriptive view of her bedroom to convey her personality. He uses many rhetorical strategies to create a feeling of sorrow and reveals the femininity and innocence of young Nancy Clutter. He uses figurative language throughout the passage to…

power that once was is no gone. The concept of survival of the fittest is a common American idea that depicts the idea of social acceptance to be based upon ones financial status. Equality between a man and a woman during the late 1800s held neither importance nor any similarities. In The House of Mirth, many women were repressed due to the socially accepted idea that they served no purpose. In being stereotyped as merely a possession of a man, a clear American cultural idea, of sexism is…

Contemporary Historical Thought: Due Sept 22, 2009 “Steven Ozmont on the Status of Women in Sixteenth-Century Germany” Social order in sixteenth-century Germany depended on strict rules governing standards of behavior. These rules applied to men as well as women. According to Ozmont, community values dictated how people were judged (p. 2). In the series of events concerning The Burgermeister’s Daughter, social status was an important ingredient in the legal proceedings. Anna Buschler had…

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daughter who will take money away from the family once she takes another man’s surname. Aditi’s dad, Latit, on the other hand, organizes an expensive wedding that he cannot afford for Aditi. He struggles financially and even resorts to asking his family and friends to help him out all because he wants his precious daughter to have a sensational wedding. Also, a woman usually does not have a choice once her parents agree on an arranged marriage, however Aditi did have a say in her arranged…

reside under his roof. He makes it very clear what behaviour is appropriate and forces the women to lie for fear that he will think of them as crazy and “lock them up”. Joanna’s character is rebellious, she goes against her husband’s wishes and even lies to him. This goes against the very role of a woman and of a wife, as they are supposed to obey their husbands and be honest. While Johanna is more complacent, Ellie is the image of a woman who is ahead of her time. As an unmarried woman she…

like Friedan all across America, it failed to address the full range of problems that every other woman faced, not only in America but worldwide. And while expecting Friedan to address all groups of women and their individual struggles is impractical, she makes the assumption that the problems detailed in her book apply to all women. In reality, the “problem that has no name” is a problem to only women like Friedan herself: white, middle-class mothers and wives. Although the use of the word…

While women do not take part in the battles that happen, they may still be physically affected by them. When someone close to a woman is killed, several of her knuckles on her fingers will be cut off with a stone ax. As Victor Turner wrote, symbols can be objects, activities, relationships, events, gestures and spatial unites in a ritual situation (Turner 2013, 273). The action of cutting off part of their fingers is symbolic of the loss that a woman has experienced. It serves to communicate…