The Oppression Of Women

The two poems “We Are Seven” and “No Thank You, John” are vastly different on the view of women’s role during the different eras. William Wordsworth’s ,“We are Seven” shows the oppression of women that occurred during the romantic period. The poem shows how women were treated as more of a thing rather than people in the male dominated society. The little girl that is repeatedly told no about her view and her opinion by the older man perfectly construes how women and their views were cast aside put away. The man tells the little maid ,“Then ye are only five” (Wordsworth line 36) as she insists on the fact that her family remains seven. Although she had her own opinion, the man declared that she was wrong, partially because she was young, but also because she was a girl. To men in this era,
The Victorian Era, one era after the romantic, women had progressed greatly. In “No Thank You, John” The woman rejects John, which was a very uncommon situation. To see a woman in this era taking such a stand against a male and society proves that women's roles and rights were becoming much more prominent as they should be. Nonetheless, this woman takes a stand on her views and rejects the man saying “I'd rather answer "No" to fifty Johns/ Than answer "Yes" to you.” (Rossetti lines 19-20) In “No Thank You, John” illustrates how much further women had came, where it was socially acceptable for women of this time period to act on their own and take their lives into their own hands. These two poems were greatly different in text and meaning, but together they do prove a very important fact of history. From the Romantic Era to the Victorian Era, women were progressing through time to finally become important figures in society after years of