The_Portrayal_Of_Women_In_World_Literature

The Portrayal Of Women In World Literature The position of women in literature and daily life has changed over the years. It is hard to say the degree that it has changed. We are seeing and hearing about the women from the Middle East. They are to be covered from head to toe so that the men in their society will not be tempted. The Taliban has not allowed the women to work or be educated after 8 years of age. These types of actions are hard to digest but have been going on for thousands of years. In Greek literature, men played the parts of women in their plays. This was an accepted practice. Unfortunately, most of the evidence of the treatment of women came from men. There are some poets who thought men would be better off without the curse of women. These men were called misogynists. One particular poet, Hesiod, considered women to be a curse that came from the first woman, Pandora. She was a gift to man from an angry Zeus. Pandora was never really born but women, woman, men, king, husband, thought, shows, beowulf, years, time, tale, society, one, married, children, been, author, times, stories, role, queen, made, feel, chaucer, better, about, without, wife, though, someone, say, property, pandora, oedipus, mother