Category: Gender Equality

The Yellow Wallpaper By Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Depression In our world today there are a lot of people who deal with depression according to ADAA 322 million people worldwide live with depression. In 2014, around 15.7 million adults age 18 or older in the U.S. had experienced at least one major depressive episode in the…

The Story Of An Hour By Kate Chopin: Overcoming Dependency On Men The progressive era was a time when Americans were in the process of rebuilding the country and improving the lives of individuals. During this time, women truly found their voice. They became leaders in social and political movements and advocated for equality. As…

Gender Roles In Jane Eyre Jane Eyre (1847), written by Charlotte Bronte explores gender issues that are centred around females that are considered as the second sex under the domination of men. Woman autonomy is part of gender troubles which turns into a challenge of feminist. During the mid-1800s women were socially and finally deemed…

Spiritual and Moral Equality for Women in Pride and Prejudice This essay will discuss the extent to which spiritual and moral equality for women is claimed in Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice through the comparison of female protagonist Elizabeth Bennet to male counterpart Fitzwilliam Darcy and other female characters such as Lydia Bennet and Caroline…

The Yellow Wallpaper By Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Depression In our world today there are a lot of people who deal with depression according to ADAA 322 million people worldwide live with depression. In 2014, around 15.7 million adults age 18 or older in the U.S. had experienced at least one major depressive episode in the…

The Story Of An Hour By Kate Chopin: Overcoming Dependency On Men The progressive era was a time when Americans were in the process of rebuilding the country and improving the lives of individuals. During this time, women truly found their voice. They became leaders in social and political movements and advocated for equality. As…

Gender Roles In Jane Eyre Jane Eyre (1847), written by Charlotte Bronte explores gender issues that are centred around females that are considered as the second sex under the domination of men. Woman autonomy is part of gender troubles which turns into a challenge of feminist. During the mid-1800s women were socially and finally deemed…

Spiritual and Moral Equality for Women in Pride and Prejudice This essay will discuss the extent to which spiritual and moral equality for women is claimed in Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice through the comparison of female protagonist Elizabeth Bennet to male counterpart Fitzwilliam Darcy and other female characters such as Lydia Bennet and Caroline…

While Gilmans The Yellow Wallpaper And Kincaids Girl: Social Issues Of Gender Equality While Gilmans The Yellow Wallpaper and Kincaids Girl share many similarities, important aspects of the structure of both stories differ in various ways including literary devices and the use of settings. Gilmans short story is able to connect gender inequality experienced by…

The Story Of An Hour By Kate Chopin: Battle Of Power During the 19th century, the role of women and men was sharply defined as a line that may never be crossed. Men were dictated to work while their wives were attending to their domestic duties. Likewise, women were forced to adhere to the standards…