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Females dont always get the right treatment Females don't always get the right treatment From nearly since the beginning of time, women have never been given the
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Females don't always get the right treatment
From nearly since the beginning of time, women have never been given the true respect and recognition they deserve, until the past couple of decades. History tells us that they pretty much have been pushed behind. Two examples would come from the "The Story of an Hour" and "A Rose for Emily." In both of these stories, our nation's unfortunate mistake not only burdened them, but it pretty much created their unfortunate demise (a lack of true freedom). In both these stories, they benefited from certain events, but they also suffered from them too. In "The Story of an Hour" and "A Rose for Emily", both women were not given equal rights during their time periods!
In "The story of an Hour", the main character is Mrs. Mallard, and though it's somewhat evident that she cares about her husband she sees a great opportunity in his death. She lived in a time where women had very few rights. This death meant that as a single widow, she'd have so many additional freedoms that she'd never had before. "Free, free, free." (Chopin 323). Women, especially in the late 1800's, did not have the authority like men, to do as they pleased. The women served their husbands automatically and society made them do it unwillingly. "There would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself. " (Chopin 3232)
"In A Rose for Emily", it was the same case. She also lived in a time that was not very prudent towards women rights. In fact, after her father had died, the town was soon to start collecting taxes from her even though her family had made arrangements years earlier. It became the town's duty to get in her business, because apparently being a female means you can't be independent or respected. All the town seems to do is gossip and speculate about the poor woman. The entire story is based on various rumors the towns people talked about. "Daily, monthly, yearly we watched the...
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