It's A Womans World By Eavan Boland Analysis

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Eavan Boland’s “ It’s a Woman’s World” illustrates that the stereotypical nature of women has not changed over time. Boland presents this idea by using imagery, effective diction, and symbolism.
Boland explains that women’s “ way of life has hardly changed” since a wheel first whetted a knife.” The imagery presents to us how long women “ way of life” started:a wheel whetting a knife has not been known for for centuries. Boland also elaborates the noted fact of women having too much thoughts in their mind when she writes: “ living…. The loaf left by the cash register, the washing powder paid for and wrapped the wash left wet…” This imagery gives the readers an idea of what is really going on. This shows that women aren’t always thinking about

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