Lady Mary Chudleigh's 'To The Ladies'

There is significant evidence throughout both 'The Long Queen ' and The Map Women ' to indicate that suffering is a central element of female experience. Both of these poems are present in the 'Feminine Gospels ' written by Carol Ann Duffy. The collection of poetry is seen to be teachings of feminism aiming to provide the reader visions of female identity. One feature of this identity that is examined within these two poems is the theme of mental and physical suffering that women universally endure.

In the third stanza it states that “If she wants to grill anything, it's her husband spitted over a slow fire. This quote makes me feel that she want to kill her husband because he is probably not helping her at home and making her his slave. I believe that this person is tired of cooking and being a slave to her husband. In the end of the poem, it also states “During dinner is not incompetence but war”. This means that this happened for a long time I believe that women all over the world are being mistreated and they should stand up for what they believe in. Therefore women should be treated the same way men are being

To begin with, the author’s implementation of short sentence fragments throughout the poem illustrates the exasperation and frustration bottled up in women in response to

Many female characters are imprisoned by their marriages. By marrying someone, society expects them to become obedient and put their husbands first. They essentially give up all of their power and all the control they had over their own life. For example, Minerva, one of Esperanza’s neighbors, is married and has two children, even though she is not much older than Esperanza. Minerva “has many troubles, but the big one is her husband who left and keeps leaving” (85). Minerva’s main problem is her husband and processes her circumstances by writing poems that she shares with Esperanza. “Leaving” implies that her husband is not around very often and that their relationship is so unhealthy that it frequently ends with one half leaving only to return at a later date. Minerva once “comes over black and blue and asks what can she do”(85) after she

an equal individual to men but more like children. It is very clear that the wife is made

Wealth and property feature heavily in the wife’s portrayal of marriage and along with the issue of her independence is responsible for many of her marital conflicts. The first three husbands "riche and olde" were married each for "hir land and hir tresoor" then discarded as the Wife looks for other prospects. When one of these husbands tries to restrict the Wife’s spending she refuses to let him be both "maister of my body and of my good" so refuses sexual favours in return for her freedom as she will not become a mere possession. She generalizes that women "love no man that taketh or keepth charge" suggesting an element of independence and individualism in 14th century marriage. The wife resents being controlled; she

a story that reflects the subordination of woman in marriage. By the time of the early

In analyzation, the connotation aspect of this poem is how women during this time, specifically white women, used their power over black men and their freedom. Although the texts’ literal interpretation, or denotation,

A female artist gives up society’s forced vision of marriage in order to achieve ultimate individuality and freedom within her art.  Lily is only able to part herself from this tradition by “gathering a desperate courage” (50) which would eventually “urge her own exemption from the universal law”(50).  This “universal law” was the belief that women could only be whole and complete by having a male counterpart.  Lily’s rejection of marital life is a tragedy in Mrs. Ramsey’s eyes;  Mrs. Ramsey represents a consensus of society’s beliefs and feels that “an unmarried woman has missed the best of life” (49).  Mrs. Ramsey sees her as “cold and aloof and rather self-sufficing” (104),  all of which are characteristics that women should not possess.  Women are expected to be self-sacrificing and in a constant cheery mood so that they will uplift and provide contentment for their husbands.  Her civilization looks down upon her for being an “independent little creature” (17) who “would never marry” (17).  Lily is reduced to being “little” throughout the novel not because she was literally small,  but because society saw her as insignificant and unproductive as a female artist.  Only men were supposed to be the ones who could possibly handle a singular life.

Slowly as the poem progresses, the woman starts to lose her state of mind, exiled she experiences the betrayal of her followers. For “The Dark of My Exile” (The Wife's Lament 5) A feeling of dejection.. “I make this song about me full sadly” (The Wife’s Lament 1). This woman had no one.

In the novel, the role of women, especially the upper class in England at the time are supposed to look beautiful, be educated, marry quickly, preferably to someone with wealth and security at their convenience. The women in this novel are all equally the same, considering they’re all supposed to be the same. The 18th century women are all looking for the same thing, security; the satisfaction that they will be provided for. As well as the men are all the same, in the sense that they all know their part in society. They are raised to want a woman to stay at home with their kids and to want nothing more than their husbands.

She compares the few tasks that civilized women are able to perform with the wide variety of tasks that men routinely perform in order to illustrate how little autonomy the modern woman has. For instance, while a male soldier can “march and counter-march” and manipulate the senate to work for them, women do not have any of these opportunities. Men have so much more power; they govern everything that goes on outside the house, and have a lot more freedom in what they do. Even in a relationship, the man is “responsible” and the women is reduced to a “cypher,” she claims. Furthermore, it is extremely difficult for a woman to get a job that pays enough so she can be financially independent of her husband;

This poem was set in Renaissance Italy and women were denied all political rights and considered legally subject to their husbands. Women of all classes were expected to perform, first and foremost, the duties of housewife: sewing, cooking, and entertaining, among others. It is obvious from the historical context that Browning’s poem was

She speaks about the double standards demonstrated by the people of their time. Women were expected to behave a certain way whereas men had the freedom to do almost anything. The fact that women had to live with the marriage life they received, was unjust. Medea verbally argues over this subject and how they almost have no escape from an abusive or unhealthy relationship. Women were judged if they were to get a divorce, whereas when men had done it, it was allowed.

Once married, it is expected for women to remain faithful to their husbands. Women are expected to have different obligations to men, emphasising the “struggles women face in society” . This is shown in the opening of the poem where the expectation is heightened, “I gave myself to Him-/ And took himself, for Pay”. The speaker is a woman who has just got married, and entirely “gave” herself to him. However, it is clear to see that the same commitment is not reciprocated by the husband,