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Patriarchy
Patriarchy is social organization marked by the supremacy of the father in the clan or family, the legal dependence of wives and children, and the reckoning of descent and inheritance in the male line. Broadly control by men of large share of the power. In today’s essay I will be analyzing patriarchy in detail, and comparing the lifestyle of Nora Helmen, Oseki Harada and Damini from Broken Ties. In detail I will explain how men in these plays/novels played a huge role over the control over women, and how it shows how man dominated over women by controlling large share of the power. How do husbands compare and share the same dominance over women? Are these men oppressors? Are these men aware of their situations and their wife’s situation? Do I agree with these oppositions against women? Or do I support men as being oppressors? In a comparison to husband’s dominance over their wife’s were different in many ways such as A Doll’s House and The Thirteenth Night, where Oseki was being abused by her husband.
Let us begin by first analyzing what is patriarchy? Patriarchy is a family, group, or government controlled by man or a group of men. Patriarchy is perfectly represented in “The Thirteenth Night” as Oseki is being abused by her husband who has the complete control over her. But in the novel of Broken Ties patriarchy is represented differently as Srivilas’ does not have complete control over her, but instead supports his wife on what she is struggling. A Doll’s House on the other hands is presented closely to Oseki’s situation; as Helmer “pinches her ear, and calls her by pet names, such as Squirrel, and Mouse, and Bird”; Helmer’s names for his doll-wife range from “little spendthrift” and “little lark” to “sulky squi...

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...t were given that women could not divorce or had to obey their husbands. The text questions that are being asked here reveal injustice by showing what type of people these men were, and how patriarchy gave them the right to dominate over women for centuries.
Legacy of patriarchy still lasts over many countries, where women do not have the right to choose their husband, nor can they divorce them if they are being abused by them. A Doll’s House, and The Thirteenth Night precisely represent how women were treated before the late 19th to 20th century before women got their rights. For centuries women were abused and treated bad, but could not divorce nor could leave their husbands because they were under complete control of their husbands. As of today many parts of the world granted the rights to women to choose what is right for them if they are being treated badly.

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