Throughout history there has been a huge conflict concerning the role of men and women; especially in the 19th century. In the 19th century majority of the population was ran by men because they were seen as the dominant gender in many different aspects such as knowledge, strength, being independent, and working; women on the hand was seen as the more weaker and more fragile gender such as needing a man to depend on, being very emotional/ hormonal, and supposedly couldn’t handle workloads like the men could. These stereotypes and mindset were so common most men and even women thought this was true; which lead very few women to stand out from the rest to show that women could handle Just as much as a man. In the novel “Serena”, there is a different side in how gender is looked upon; the novel shows how women could be just as dominant as the men, and how they are Just as knowledgeable, resourceful, and demanding. …show more content…
We are also introduced to another character by the name George Pemberton. Serena is very different from the other women around her such as her clothing, intelligence, and her attitude ; this is where George comes in at , he pretty much loves everything about her to the point where he consider her to be a reliable and trustworthy business partner in which is very uncommon in this time. Leading to both of them switching up the dominant role and submissive role; which in the end the dominant role is won by Serena after she orders her little follower to knock off George in the most sinister way