The Role of Women

By: Melissa SparrProfessor Ferguson

English 391W

Moretti and History• “Pamela, The Monk” • “The Wild Irish Girl”• “Persuasion” • “Oliver Twist”• Women are like Maps

Moretti’s Models• Maps are models • Women evolve over time, just

like a graph• Women no longer want to be

seen as just homemakers, as they want to be empowered• Women are models in the

sense that they are a visual image

The Traditional Role of Women

• HomemakersoTake Care of the ChildrenoCookoClean

How Do Women Critique Literature? • Male writer-harsh• Female writer-easy & compassionate

What Affects a Woman’s Critique

• Economyo Money

• Marital Issueso Sex

• Religiono Christianity

• Politicso Conservative or Liberal

• Societal issueso Drinkingo Drugs

Where did Women Face Inequality?

• Home• Workforce• Literature• Politics

The Attitudes• Women

o Sweeto Innocento Weako Level Headed

• Meno Dominatingo Controllingo Strongo Hard-Working o Superior to

Women

The Goal of Woman• Equality• Freedom• Women no longer want to be

inferior to men

The Specific Goals for Women

• Vote• Own Property• Earn Money

How Can Women Achieve Equality?

• Women need to have their voice heard through:o Writing Essays and Articleso Educationo Opportunitieso Advancemento Legislationo Petitions o Protests

The BeliefWomen can achieve equality

Works Cited• Moretti, Franco. “Graphs, Maps,

Trees Abstract Models for Literary History.” 2007. Print.