Feminism
The Story of an Hour
"There would be no one to live for in those coming years; she would live for herself."
The Story of an Hour
"There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have to right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature."
The Story of an Hour
"And yet she had loved him-- sometimes. Often she had not."
The Yellow Wallpaper
"[Jennie] is a perfect and enthusiastic housekeeper, and hopes for no better profession."
The Yellow Wallpaper
"He is very careful and loving, and hardly lets me stir without special direction."
The Yellow Wallpaper
There comes John, and i must put this away, - he hates to have me write a word."
Antigone
"We are only women, We cannot fight with men, Antigone!"
Antigone
"-- weak women, think of that, not framed by nature to contend with men."
Antigone
"But this proud girl, in insolence well-schooled, first overstepped the established law, and then- a second and worse act of insolence- she boasts and glories in her wickedness."
The Story of an Hour
In this story, the woman is happy that her husband has "died". She is happy because now he does not control her anymore and now she is free to do whatever she pleases.
The Yellow Wallpaper
In this story, the women do not really have a choice in what they want to do. They are told what to do so they have to do it.
Antigone
In this story, Antigone disobeys the law to do what is morally right and asks her sister for help, but her sister refuses. She refuses because they are women and not men so they can not do the things that men do.
Abbi Crocker