Gender Expectations Of Women In Just Mercy By William Shakespeare

Gender expectations have existed for centuries for women. Women had to stay home and care for the children while the man worked. Women had to be submissive, obedient and pure. Women that have changed gender expectations can influence their husbands, can face their fears, and are capable of telling their stories and learning from disagreements of their story.

Women can influence their husbands to become ambitious by the wife being cruel. In The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Macbeth receives a prophecy that he’ll become king. Macbeth gets interested in becoming king; however, there is already a king on the throne. Macbeth and the king's relationship is a friendship full of trust and Macbeth is unsure what to do for the prophecy to come true. Macbeth sends a letter to his wife, Lady Macbeth, about the

For example, Mrs.Williams was a black woman in Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. One of the cases in Just Mercy was the McMillian case, which was about Walter McMillian being framed for killing a girl and getting the death sentence for the murder. Mrs.Williams wanted to witness the McMillian case in the courtroom as Mrs.Williams and McMillian were both black people but Mrs.Williams was unable to. According to Mrs.Williams, ”When I saw that dog, I thought about 1965, when we gathered at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma and tried to march for our voting rights. They beat us and put those dogs on us.” Mrs.Williams was afraid of her experience of being discriminated against and abused while marching. Mrs.Williams had been mistreated and had trauma from her experience as a black woman. Later in Just Mercy, Mrs.Williams walks past the dogs, staring at them, and keeps repeating, “I ain’t scared of no dog.” Mrs.Williams bravely walked past her fear of guard dogs and mistreatment. Mrs. William's a black woman who overcame her fear of racial prejudice to support another black