Role of Women in Hemmingways Hills like White Elephants, Lawrences Th

Role of Women in Hemmingways Hills like livid Elephants, Lawrences The Horse Dealers Daughter and Faulkners A come up for Emily The role of women in ordination is constantly questioned and for centuries women have struggled to find their place in a man that is pre supremely male oriented. Literature provides a window into the lives, thoughts and actions of women during certain periods of term in a fictitious form, yet often truthful in many ways. Ernest Hemmingways Hills like White Elephants, D.H. Lawrences The Horse Dealers Daughter and William Faulkners A Rose for Emily each paint a picture of a woman who has failed to f totally(a) in away from her male companion, all describing a stereotypically dominated woman. Through groveling natures, compliant attitudes, and shattered egos the three women each struggle to live their lives in accordance to men, using only silent means of escape. In Hemingways Hills interchangeable White Elephants we are introduced to Jig. Jig is a woma n who loses the ability to befuddle decisions without constant approval and recognition from a man who has impregnated her but who would quite a she aborts the baby. Jig, unfortunately, cannot make decisions on her own, which is exemplified throughout the story, depicting her weak and dependent personality. What should we drunkenness? From the opening line of the story we are introduced to a character that questions or else than acts. Someone who is unsure of not only herself but the relationship she is convolute in. Though a simple question about what beverage to stray can often appear courteous, this is only the first of many examples pertaining to Jigs inability to live her life as an individual. Later she questions her purpose in life, Thats all we do isnt it-look... ... Emilys lack of ability to let any male dominant leave her life. She murdered this man so that she could have him with her at all times until she too could die. Emily never left her house, hiding from th e world. Only in the company of a man would she venture out into the streets. Emily suffered from a lack of ability to let go and an uncontrollable desire to hold on to those men who would control her life. In all three stories women are be in a tragic, pitiful light. In a society, those today supports womens abilities to be independent and live their lives as they chose once lived subordinate, dependent women. Stories such as these have helped to shape the present days understanding of womens place in society. whole caboodle Cited Geddes, Gary, ed. The Art of Short Fiction. (pp.399-409) and (pp. 322-325) Faulkner, William. A Rose for Emily