As a strong independent young woman I think I speak for many women when I say that women aren’t appreciated how we should be. In my opinion we are way more important than men. I also believe that without us men may not be able to survive too long. All of the readings so far in class have express at some point that women aren’t really a significant factor of life; however I have a major problem and strongly disagreeing perspective against that. First off in the play “A Death of a Salesman” the wife, Linda in the play is truly disrespected when her husband goes off and spends time with another woman. I have a problem with Linda standing by her husband, given him two sons, tending to their house and in return gets disrespected with an affair. Not only is this affair negative towards the wife but “The Woman” is placed at an inferior role due to the fact that she doesn’t even receive a name in the play.
I also have a problem with the second play “A Raisin in the Sun” and how the women are treated throughout the story. All three of the women Beneatha, Ruth, and Mama all have a variety of times in the play where there is no respect shown whether it is in support of their dreams, physical appearance, or just as a woman in general. For example, Beneatha has this major dream of becoming a doctor but there are male characters like her brother and George who doubt her just because of her gender. Another time that Beneatha is not rewarded with her significance is when she decides that she wants to embrace her African heritage. Although Asagai is supporting her discussions and ideas her brother still comes along and makes fun of her by dancing and singing. This goes back to the lack of respect that women have to face in this world that we live in. Another instance in the play is when Ruth was trying to confess to her husband that she was pregnant. Walter just brushes her off like the news that she has to explain is not of huge importance. I feel as if Walter places Ruth and her unborn child in a category where they don’t even matter at this point in the story. Ruth has to be on the edge of giving an abortion for her own husband to take time to realize that her news is of significance. She practically set her own dreams aside just to support him and back him up as a husband. Then there is Mama who in my opinion Walter Lee disregards when he still goes through with the investment knowing that his mom trusted him. As his mother she trusted him to do the right thing.
One of the last readings also included different aspects of down grading women. Basically the author compares woman to trees whether it is how we grow, our physical strength, as well as our minds. Throughout the poem we are considered to be weak, dwarf in growth, and intellectually crippled. I definitely oppose these characteristics and argue that women stand for so much more than this stereotype that they have us labeled as. I am tired of being compared to the weaker things in life. Why can’t women have the strength of an ox or a bull? Why can’t women grow without the superior control of a man right next to them? Why are we labeled the weak links in life? Why do women continue to accept this idea thrown at us daily in life?
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