“A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry (376), “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1034), and “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” by William Shakespeare (529), seem to treat women as second class citizens. Even though they are all from different eras they all three still do not speak of women in high regards. In fact, the Feminist movement would have a field day with all three. One may be a poem but it really speaks volumes of how the narrator felt about his mistress. The other two are stories that really show that from the 1800’s all the way into the 1950’s women were still treated unfairly. Between the two stories and the poem the reader can start to compare that even though separated by years the struggle for
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Women were not allowed to vote or have voice at all in their own homes. The case could not be truer than in “The Yellow Wallpaper” (1034).
This story by Charlotte Perkins Gillman tells the story of a woman who is struggling with depression is ordered a “rest cure” by her doctor. So her husband takes her far away from other people to a remote farm house. He locks her a room with yellow wallpaper. She is locked in this room for so long that she becomes delusional and starts to see a woman in the wallpaper. If only women had rights back, then she would have been able to choose a different doctor and receive the proper care she needed. In the poem “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” (529), the mistress is spoken of in a very disrespectful manner. It is like the cheating husband in the poem loathes this woman. She is not held in high regards to this man at all. For example, If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head (4), gives the reader the sense that his mistress’ hair is a wiry mess. The speaker does not come across as really caring or having any respect for this woman. Through the whole poem the speaker does not speak highly of her. This whole poem really makes the reader wonder why the speaker is cheating at all with …show more content…
If only “Mama” in “A Raisin in the Sun” (376) would have been able to be head of household, they may have not lost all their money. If only the woman in “The Yellow Wallpaper” had the right back then to choose her own medical care, she may have not been driven mad. If only the woman in “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” (529) actually was treated like a lady and not a piece of meat, the man would not have seemed so bad. Even though separated by years these women in all three were treated as if they were second class
Women were not allowed to vote or have voice at all in their own homes. The case could not be truer than in “The Yellow Wallpaper” (1034).
This story by Charlotte Perkins Gillman tells the story of a woman who is struggling with depression is ordered a “rest cure” by her doctor. So her husband takes her far away from other people to a remote farm house. He locks her a room with yellow wallpaper. She is locked in this room for so long that she becomes delusional and starts to see a woman in the wallpaper. If only women had rights back, then she would have been able to choose a different doctor and receive the proper care she needed. In the poem “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” (529), the mistress is spoken of in a very disrespectful manner. It is like the cheating husband in the poem loathes this woman. She is not held in high regards to this man at all. For example, If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head (4), gives the reader the sense that his mistress’ hair is a wiry mess. The speaker does not come across as really caring or having any respect for this woman. Through the whole poem the speaker does not speak highly of her. This whole poem really makes the reader wonder why the speaker is cheating at all with …show more content…
If only “Mama” in “A Raisin in the Sun” (376) would have been able to be head of household, they may have not lost all their money. If only the woman in “The Yellow Wallpaper” had the right back then to choose her own medical care, she may have not been driven mad. If only the woman in “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” (529) actually was treated like a lady and not a piece of meat, the man would not have seemed so bad. Even though separated by years these women in all three were treated as if they were second class