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Compare what these texts say about women's roles in family and society
Compare what these texts say about women's roles in family and society
Women and men receive a double standard in terms of expected societal behaviour
Odysseus threatens to 'chop' penelope up into 'little pieces' if she engages in 'the same kind of sluttery' as him.
Men are raised on a pedestal of power for engaging 'rape' and 'self aggrandisement' whilst women are expected to have 'womanly modesty' and act as subordinate to their husbands
Wilkins remains 'taken aback' by Rosalind's 'Icy' 'formal' and forthright manner as well as her self assured manner as it challenges the traditional gender roles expected of women - despite her fulfilling not even a margin of Watsons 'presumption'
Crick oggles every other women he sees despite him having a wife - Odile
Helen's behaviour however is enabled by society as she fulfils the image of an ideal woman
highlight failure of role of women to evolve by juxtaposing different time periods
winters tale (statue) + rosalind at end
Wilkins comes to see female figure as reassuring rather than threatening like leontes who's view of paulina also evolves
Anthropology lecture + court = Maids are still denied justice and their version of events is challenged
patriarchy is cause of the oppression of women - shown via control women can exert in pre-patriarchal societies eg. Mooncult + Fates + Naiads
Women are expected to lead a life of servitude within families as part of patriarchal social structure
The expectation for women to fulfill this lifestyle is embedded from a young age - Rosalind's father saying 'no', 'always be right'
women who challenge these social constructs tend to be ostracised by society
Rosalind - 'there is no Mr Franklin'
Rosalind assigned the 'menial' tasks in same manner as the maids
penelope's mother the naiad preferred to go 'for a dip in the fountain' over 'the care of small children'
women are 'bred' like dogs in the penelopiad to produce more sons
role of maternal nurturing and care must continue beyond 'land of the living' - eurycleia tends babies in underworld
Hermione and Anticlea both die as a result of their connection to their children being cut off
the emphasis on the necessity for women to fulfil this maternal role is elucidated by Atwood as ultimately being responsible for their 'murder' by society via the strangling of the maids via the 'umbilical rope' that ties them to the 'ship's hawser'