The short stories‚ “The story of an hour" written by Kate Choplin and "The Chrysanthemums" by John Steinbeck have similar theme because the main character goes through similar struggle. Both character illustrates the struggle that they had to go through in the past. They did not have any rights like that the modern woman in today’s era have. They both live with the inequalities. However‚ they both have different experience as well as ending is different. Other difference that both stories have is
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Shakespeare’s Othello challenges gender stereotypes found in other texts of the era. The one major female character at first seems to be a largely rare type of character in a tragedy‚ a strong‚ outspoken woman who also happens to be good and innocent. Her initial actions in the story are very bold‚ not only does she goes against her father by marrying Othello‚ but she also shows herself in the Venetian senate chamber to testify in support for her love of Othello and her wishes to accompany him on
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rights as men. However‚ there is another huge wall women have to climb over; society’s gender norms and expectation. Gender norms and expectations are culturally constructed in a way that has historically been to the detriment of women; even though women have made significant advancements in sport‚ in the home and in the workplace‚ they still have to deal with limitations that are left over from previous gender expectations and assumptions that have held back women in the past. This contention is
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Certain gender stereotypes are reinforced through pop culture that lead our society to believe deviant behaviors are acceptable. One example that came to mind was Rihanna’s music video for her song “We Found Love”. Rihanna and the male in the music video are in an extremely
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woman’s suffrage being at their height. In which both show similar interest in how woman are being portrayed and their roles they played throughout the 20th Century. As such in the short stories as “Hills like white Elephant” by Hemingway and “The Chrysanthemums” by Steinbeck the struggle and the roles women played. And in each shows the similarities and the differences that came with the portrayal of woman during the 20th Century. In many ways the roles of woman were just kept as being housewives or
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first page The Chrysanthemums The Chrysanthemums is a wonderful short story written by John Steinback. Steinback won the noble prize on literature in 1968 and is also known as a modern day feminst. In his story he tried to explain the emotion of woman in that era. The story was written during 1938 and at that time‚ ‘freedom’ was not the same for woman as it was for man. Man used to work outside and was the sole bread provider for the family and woman used to keep themselve busy with their
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"The Chrysanthemums" is a short story by John Steinbeck which takes place in his birthplace of Salinas Valley‚ California. John Steinbeck weaves a tale about a woman’s transformation. In this short story we follow the protagonist Elisa Allen‚ a thirty-five year old rancher’s wife who holds a passion for growing chrysanthemums in her garden. Elisa is portrayed as a tough‚ strong person‚ and a masculine figure. "Her figure looked blocked and heavy in her gardening costume‚ a man’s black hat pulled
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of how they thought women acted by displaying their biased‚ opinioned portrayals in a production. “Feminist critics have considered the implications of this complex sexual impersonation‚ arguing that representation of females by males reinforced stereotypes of women found in many Elizabethan plays‚” (Wilson and Goldfarb‚ p. 183) For starters‚ women were portrayed in plays as weak‚ vulnerable‚ and even as whores in many production. In some productions women were called dim-witted and played off as prostitutes
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In John Steinbeck’s The Chrysanthemums‚ the reader is introduced to the seemingly timid and shy Elisa Allen. Elisa is routinely planting her yearly sets of Chrysanthemums‚ which appear to be the sole receptor of her caring and gentle touch‚ but all the while it is evident that "the chrysanthemum stems seemed too small and easy for her energy." Her hidden eagerness seems not only out of place‚ but out of touch with her dry and wilted surroundings‚ of which her husband‚ Henry‚ abruptly interrupts her
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Distinguishing Gender Characteristic as of Birth Language plays in an important role in genders. You certainly would not acknowledge a baby girl or baby boy the same way. He and She coming into this new world would be treated differently. Babies are just babies who are born with no difference in their behaviors. But as of birth they are distinguished and nurtured differently. Doctors would either say “Congratulations it’s a Girl” or “Congratulation it’s a Boy. Genders are separated into two colors
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