The Housemaid In Today's Society

The way men treated women was never an issue eighty five years ago, but in this day and age it would not be acceptable. The way things occurred in the 30’s would never be able to happen in today’s society. The narrator in the book is treated unfairly just as most women were in that time period. Housemaids were very loyal to their mistresses and their husbands but if someone new came into the mix they had a hard time fitting into the atmosphere. Mrs. Danvers conveys this trait so well in the book. Maxim is what would be considered the normal upper class man of the 30’s. He had lots of things handed down to him and he was very overcontrolling of his wives like most men at the time. So the question is, were the characters actions justified