I can remember a time when having a job of a housewife was a noble thing. ... My wife stays at home to take care of our home and our children. I have seen the look of disgust in people's eyes when I tell them that my wife is a housewife. ... She is a housewife. ... How's it going nigga! ...
Just say You gonna do what your mammy wouldn't You better shut up and git used to it" (Walker 1). ... The mayor's wife, Miss Millie, lived a different lifestyle than Celie which did not require her to work and allowed her to have maids and fancy cars, yet she was still controlled by her husband who refused to teach her how to drive. ... So he bought her a car, only he refused to teach her how to drive it" (Walker 102). ... Nothing can do better than that than a good sound beating" (Walker 35). ... "Bright skin" is cherished, because it is better than the dark...
Henrik Ibsen's A Doll House sheds some light on how married women of the middle class in the nineteenth and early twentieth century were not respected in the household to the extent where even their thoughts and ideas were ignored. ... When he uses "my little" he is essentially telling her that she is his possession rather than his wife or partner through life. ... In a healthy relationship a wife should not have to hide certain things she eats, or things she does from her husband because she is afraid of what he may do. ... When Torvald was sick, he wouldn't let Nora borro...
This may symbolize how women were unable to stand up for themselves and express their point of view in society. ... Death is eternal; the idea of her lying in her grave still trembling, and carrying duties of a wife show how weak and inferior she felt through her life. ... The weight of the ring is not merely enough to slow one's hand down, but it shows that her husband did not really approve of her going outside the normal tasks of the typical housewife. ... She feels there is no escaping her faith of being just the wife of her husband and never having any purpose in life. In the poem sh...
In the fifth stanza, the anger of Bradstreet is clearly displayed in the lines, Who says my hand a needle better fits; A poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong, For such despite they cast on female wits. ... Bradstreet knew how to be both a housewife and a writer; she did not let either one get to her head and outweigh the other. She wrote her poems while rearing eight children, functioning as a hostess, being a good wife, and performing other domestic duties. ... In the first stanza, she explains to the reader that her work is very simple and she should not be the one to do th...
Knowing what a kind soul you are and how you have always been the best sister to me, I'm sure you'll understand. ... He was a man in his zenith years, emitting his manly glow that illuminates my mundane boring life as a housewife. ... You know I've always been a devoted wife but how could anyone expect me to go on under those circumstances? ... I've always felt like you've understood me better than I understand myself ! ...
Monroe was more than just a blonde bombshell actress; she was a person, a wife and most defining, a woman. ... Think, just for a second, if she had not chosen to work in a factory and stayed as a housewife, waiting for her first husband, twenty one year old Jimmy Daugherty, to come home from the war. ... How many times has a girl who was not of normal size been called "fat- or a number of rather demeaning terms? And honestly, how many have overcome those comments, or transformed those comments into strength to be more than that, to show those who said she could not make it because she was not...
He said that both he and his wife worked and that she was not a set housewife as a lot of wives at the time were. ... As for his job, it has changed for the better overtime. ... Since both his wife and he worked it does not really matter to him. ... This project gives individuals a better understanding on life and the value of our elders. It also helps me realize how hard people worked so that we can have the life that we do today. ...
"A Doll's House" chronicles the story of a husband and wife who live in a flat. ... As the story progresses, Nora evolves from a sheltered housewife into a confident, independent woman. ... Torvald had become very sick, and Nora was forced to look somewhere for more money so that she could take her husband away to where he can get better. It is in these scenes the reader can see how Nora looks up to her husband as a little girl would look up to her father. ... I have been your doll wife, just as at home I was Daddy's doll child. ...
I also found that this newfound emotion made me want to be a better person and pursue my dreams. ... If Allen had not believed in me, I would probably still be sitting on my backside, bored to tears, and unhappy living as a housewife. ... He said that seeing me succeed has made him want to better himself. Words cannot describe how proud I am to see him making new adjustments in his life. ... This is a quality he has been lacking for several years, due to the indiscretions of his ex-wife. ...
