Essay Archive - The Masculine Dismissal of a Women's Quest in The Odyssey, A Room Of One's Own, and Northanger Abbey
The Masculine Dismissal of a Women's Quest in The Odyssey, A Room Of One's
Own, and Northanger Abbey
A quest is a tale that celebrates how one can cleverly and
resolutely rise superior to all opposition. Yet as fresh prospectives on
history now suggest, in this search for freedom and order, the masculine
craving for adventure, demanded restrictions upon women, forcing her into
deeper confinement, even within her limited province. Thus the rights of a
man are separated by the expectancies of a woman. Each subsequent stor....
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