Through history women have fought for equal rights and freedom. This tension is derived from men; society, in general; and within a woman herself. In the nineteenth century, women in literature were often portrayed as submissive to men. Literature of this period often characterized women as oppressed by society, as well as by the male influences in their lives. This era is especially interesting because it is a time in modern society when women were …showed first 75 words of 2215 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2215 total…decisions with the support of the men in their lives, even if they are not in agreement with them, but in this era it was not a common practice. Works cited Baker, Carlos Heard. Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.1969. Laughter, Paul. The Heath of Anthology of American Literature. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994 Golden, Catherine. One Hundred Years of Reading. The Captive Imagination: A Casebook on "The Yellow Wallpaper". NY: Feminist Press, 1991