Comparing 'Verses And On Women Born To Be Controll'

Throughout history, men and women are often depicted in a variety of ways that will often outline a man as being dominant and a women as fragile. In the play, A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams and the poem, “Verses Written by a Young Lady, On Women Born to Be Controll’d,” by Anonymous, the pivotal similarities express the evolving ideology that women are born to obey a man. In both cases, it discusses the struggles women have to endure throughout their lives by uncovering the undying truth of the values held by the American society pertaining to gender roles. Both texts illustrate the differences of masculinity and femininity to enhance the universal theme that men are often seen as the superior sex to further elaborate the authority

As for the speakers life and that of Stella, some women show characteristics of being naive and are drawn to the principles that men are in control. In the poem, the speaker fathoms with the sense that even through a marriage, it's ironic how confined women are and their willingness to endure suppression in order to please their lover, “Subject to man in every state, How can she then be free from woes?” ( Anonymous 2-3). Upon being naive, Stella often does whatever Stanley wants in hopes to avoid any confrontation as she's well aware of how aggressive he can be when things do not go as he plans. She gives him her full respect and always sides with him to merely dismiss any interruptions in her life. The only way that their relationship was able to withstand his abuse was through their sexual life, “there are things that happen between a man and a woman in the dark… unimportant” (Williams 70). Stellas’ love for stanley is immense, since she has been with him for so long she is content with how things are ran in their household. Stanley is the provider and she is simply the housewife, although she has many reasons to leave him she can not. With a newborn arriving, Stella has taken into consideration how her life would be if he was not in the picture. Her outlook on the love that they share is genuine and she has a

The speaker feels that living life without a man will give women the opportunity to live beyond the expectations left for them by society, “But, blessed with single life, can see” ( Anonymous 15). Blanche courts younger men to replenish her youth and uses her sexual affairs to provide personal confidence which defies the general stipulations placed on woman. Many believe that women must be loyal to one man, ever since she lost the love her life, her actions recapture what she once shared with her lover at a young age which explains why she acts recklessly and constantly lies. Blanche feels that the love she shares with Allan was genuine unlike Stella and Stanley resulting in her to continuously encourage Stella to leave him, “But you’ve given in… you’re not old! You can get out” (Williams 64). Both Blanche and the speaker demonstrate that only a genuine lover is worth staying for because they don’t hold any control over women since their love consists of mutual love and respect. A man that holds distinctive features like Stanley such as abusive behavior is not something a wife should bear, Blanche focuses on the belief that it is never too late to make a change in life, especially if it's beneficial. If a man and a woman are in a relationship and there isn’t