Comparing The Works Of Yeats And Sinclair Lewis

Many of the GREASES spoke on some common subjects but for my essay I would like to discuss William Yeats and Sinclair Lewis. Both of these authors spoke on social issues and society in their era's. I think the main subject they both highlighted in many of their stories were women and the way society viewed them. They both tell stories of a young women but the stories are in the voice of a man. For instance, "Leda and the Swan" and "Main Street" there are clearly idealistic views for both of these women. I think another point I would like to mention is that both of these women endured their own struggles one way or another. Both of these writers were witnessing these issues amongst their society.
I would like to first discuss William Yeats "Leda and the Swan" …show more content…
Leda's innocence is taken from
Zeus as many of us know Zeus is a god. Therefore he feels a sense of entitlement and does not have remorse for his actions. Although Yeats story is set in a time before his own, his story is enlightening readers of how men are in his time. Men felt entitled to superiority and didn't see the importance of a woman's virtue. The swan's nature is used as a symbolism to represent the impervious and unconcerned feelings or actions of Zeus.
The story used imagery such as, "the staggering girl" trying to catch her balance after a trumatic event.Yeats wants us to be able to see the anguish and pain in our minds. The motif of
Irish cultural issues are the main focus of this poem. The inequality and unimportance of women in his society is the message is his relaying, "[h]ow can those terrified vague fingers push" against this horrible advance from Zeus? William Yeats poem is telling a reoccuring story in his society one he would like to make light of.
When discussing male authors who wrote on societal issues Sinclair Lewis is one who is also brought up when concerning women issues. In Lewis's story he tells a tale of