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Coursework prose study
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Coursework prose study Compare and contrast the way in which the strong willed women are presented in the stories. Consider how the setting affects the actions of each women. We have studied stories that were written before 1914 and all featured strong women. Because the stories were written before the 1900's I had expected the women to be very docile, obedient and with no strong will of their own because at that time men were viewed to have more integrity and had higher social standing than women. The short stories that I am going to concentrate on are Turned by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and The Necklace and Vendetta by Guy de Maupassant. In Turned Mrs Marroner is the main female character who is a rich Victorian wife in charge of a large household. Her and her husband have a happy but childless marriage though this seems to change when they employ a...
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