The Thirteenth Night’s issue is due to a shift in feminine values. According to her story, Isamu’s unexpected conversion was prompted by the birth of her kid (Taro). The fact that she is “an illiterate lady” drives his violence. Despite the fact that she grew up in a time when girls were not expected to attend school and that Isamu was aware of her background when he embraced her, she refuses to go to school. He mocks Oseki for being “too foolish to confide in,” and “he keeps [her] in his house just as a nursing mother for Taro” – Oseki is regarded to be entirely incapable of performing the tasks of “wife” and “mother” as described by Meiji due to her lack of education.
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I really like your opening statement that “The Thirteenth Night’s issue is due to a shift in feminine values.” It definitely got me interested in finding out how you were going to further explain it, and you definitely did not fail. I find that The Thirteenth Night’s issue is also with how much is simply expected from women. Oseki was convinced to stay with her own husband despite how miserable her situation was, and had to essentially break herself down into just seeing herself as someone else’s property.