Women's Roles 1865-1912 Social Class Term Paper

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For instance, Sylvy could have decided to go with the man and leave her rural life. She could have left the life of poverty and gone back to the city. Had she made this choice she knew that she would never have to worry about money again. However, having come from the city originally, she also knew the personal freedom that she would be giving up. She felt that if she went away with the guest, she could learn to serve, follow, and love him, "as a dog loves" (Jewett, a White Heron, Harper Series, p. 1646). This line summarizes the oppression of the urban woman in the late 1880s.

Jewett tells her readers much about her feelings about social class and the political position of women during her time. She portrays women as "followers" of men. She alludes to the position of women as "servants" of man. She compares the loyalty of a woman to a man to that of a dog to its master. When Sylvy climbs the tree, she climbs out of her social role and experiences her true self, with all of the social constraints taken away. She has an unspoken social "duty" to do as the male stranger asks of her, but she decides not to give up her own feelings and morals for the sake of money and the servitude that it brings.

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Jewett's attitude in a White Heron echoes the beginnings of a desire to break free from the social ties that bound women of the time. Jewett alludes to a type of silent suffering and oppression by women of the era. Although she did not say this outright, it is still present in the actions of the women and in the imagery that she uses. Class distinctions are defined through her characters. This attitude has the underpinnings of the suffrage movement that would follow in the future, where women broke free of the social bonds found in the writings of Jewett and other female authors of the time......

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