and the Iliad provides a glimpse of ideals, position, and role of women in the ancient civilization. Women play a fundamental role in life by taking multiple responsibilities as portrayed in the epic poem Odyssey. The epic poem presents the role of women in the facet of power, sexuality, and interaction with men.
An analysis of the women in the poem demonstrates a challenge of the space of women as traditionally defined by the patriarchal Greek society. The Homeric poem has a distinct feminist message of the struggle women endure as they try to extricate themselves from a patriarchal society.… Continue Reading...
rescinded in 1994, it has had a significant impact on the role of women in the military and in combat. Despite its abolishment, the rule has continually provided the framework for women’s exclusion from frontline combat over the past few decades. Women are continually excluded from engagement in combat regardless of their substantial increase in the military. While nearly every occupational field has remained opened to women in the military, their engagement in frontline combat has been significantly limited through the number of women in the military has continued to increase.
However, in the past few years, there have been numerous… Continue Reading...
The arrival of Europeans in North America during this period had significant impacts on the role of women in these societies. Indigenous women benefitted from their interactions with these Europeans in various ways.
Independent Decision-making due to Catholic Conversion
First, indigenous women benefitted from European interactions through having the ability to make their own choices. European arrival in North America during this period introduced Christianity, particular Catholicism. This came at a time when indigenous people believed in medicine men and understood that some objects possessed the power to harm or to heal.[footnoteRef:1] This essentially means that life in indigenous societies during this period was characterized… Continue Reading...
short stories, Steinbeck and Chopin make powerful social commentary about the role of women in their private and public lives.
Both Elisa and Louise feel stuck in their marriage, but perceive liberation as impossible within the confines of their culture. In both short stories, nature symbolizes wasted potential. For example, Elisa is capable of so much more than gardening: "The chrysanthemum stems seemed too small and easy for her energy," (Steinbeck). Similarly, Louise realizes that she has wasted her life when she sees nature through the window of the room. “She felt it, creeping out of the sky, reaching toward her… Continue Reading...
Steinbeck and Chopin make powerful social commentary about the role of women in their private and public lives.
II. Body
A. Topic Sentence: Both Elisa and Louise feel stuck in their marriage, but perceive liberation as impossible within the confines of their culture.
1. First concrete detail: Nature symbolizes wasted potential.
a. Elisa is capable of so much more than gardening: “The chrysanthemum stems seemed too small and easy for her energy,” (Steinbeck)
b. Louise receives her epiphany through nature: “She felt it, creeping out of the sky, reaching toward her through the sounds, the scents, the color that… Continue Reading...
