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The Sons veto and survival are set in very different times. How far are each women’s actions governed by social expectations of women in each period?
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Becca Elisa The Sons veto and survival are set in very different times. How far are each women's actions governed by social expectations of women in each period? Thomas Hardy's 'The Sons Veto' was written and set in 1891 when the expectations of women, were very different to how they are today. Women were expected to be domestic, to cook and clean so therefore to have no job or income of their own. They were to be completely reliant on their husband's money. Their role in life was to produce a male heir. Women had no vote and no power over anything important. They were to dress formally with hardly any skin showing. They rarely had a formal education, men always got the priority. When 'Survival' was written in the 1950's conditions for women had not changed drastically. Society recognised two types of women. The meek, mild domestic homely type and the tarty,...
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