Essay Archive - Male Relations with Women
Male Relations with Women
Ever since the beginning of time, men have not known how to treat women. "Hills Like White Elephants", written by Ernest Hemingway, "Shiloh" written by Bobbie Ann Mason, "The Magic Barrel", written by Bernard Malamud and "The Yellow Wallpaper" written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, all bear out this point. Often women are treated with respect, or only as decoration, but mainly men do not seem to know how to handle women. These four short stories are all based on mans relationship with women, or often times, the absence of a relationship.
In the story, "Hills like White Elephan....
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