Within the readings of this week, Story of an Hour was the most intriguing to me. I feel as a woman in that era, it was common to rely strongly on a man and feel that when they pass or they are gone, it’s as if your entire world is gone even. To have that shift where Mrs. Mallard is in a deep state of sadness and then a deep state of happiness is funny and realistic because sometimes in relationships women tend to lose themselves in a sense where we are not the independent and “free” girls we were before our relationships. To have her husband’s death not turn out to be true and causing her death afterwards was even more intriguing because of that unexpected outcome towards the end.
The story that surprised me the most was, The Necklace. I certainly did not expect that tragic ending. Learning that such an event like that can make two people’s lives change and live like that for ten years is something to consider when you do something and need to think about your choices and how it can or will affect you. Madame Loisel should’ve been grateful enough of her husband and what he did for her. That small irresponsible move influenced years of torture and unnecessary debt and if I was in that position I’d feel so many negative emotions I would not know what to say or do, I’d just be speechless.
The Cult of Womanhood and the short youtube video puzzled me in the right ways. It puzzled me because I rarely hear or get access to stories or excerpts that involve a meaning of womanhood and the role and positions a woman plays in society and in a family. To hear and read about it is also intriguing to me because we live in a society today that has tarnished what a true woman is like and how she truly acts.
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I totally agree with you Celine! Especially when you mentioned my story of choice, “The Cult of Womanhood”. It was surprising enough to read at first because these were the domesticated ideologies expressed by men and even some women in the 18th and 19th centuries. With many factors in question of how a woman should be, act, dress and with many societal connections regarding religion/purity, the opposite sex. I realized that it could get very confusing on the differing perspectives, whether it be from a woman in that era or what George Burnap expresses in his lectures. Regardless, I have learned various things after reading this excerpt by Barbara Welter.