"The Revolt of Mother" by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
View Paper
ESSAY DETAILS
Words: 1177
Pages: 4
(approximately 235 words/page)
Pages: 4
(approximately 235 words/page)
Essay Database > Literature > World Literature
The Revolt of "Mother"
By, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
In Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's "The Revolt of Mother," we see a mother's inner conflict of accepting her role as a submissive wife, the one society wants her to be, and knowing how to handle the resentment from years of living as a subordinate wife to her husband. Throughout the story Freeman uses vivid language to show readers how women were thought as inferior to men
showed first 75 words of 1177 total
Sign up for EssayTask and enjoy a huge collection of student essays, term papers and research papers. Improve your grade with our unique database!
showed first 75 words of 1177 total
showed last 75 words of 1177 total
embrace the attitudes expressed by the nineteen-century males. Push to her outer limits Sarah Penn was force to revolt against years of living as a subordinate wife to her husband and the attitude of the nineteen-century male. Her revolt was unlike any the town has ever seen. Some held her to be insane: some, of a lawless and rebellious spirit. RESOURCES Freeman, Mary "The Revolt of Mother." Literature and the Writing Process New Jersey: Pearson, 2002
embrace the attitudes expressed by the nineteen-century males. Push to her outer limits Sarah Penn was force to revolt against years of living as a subordinate wife to her husband and the attitude of the nineteen-century male. Her revolt was unlike any the town has ever seen. Some held her to be insane: some, of a lawless and rebellious spirit. RESOURCES Freeman, Mary "The Revolt of Mother." Literature and the Writing Process New Jersey: Pearson, 2002