Explain feminism in the singing lesson
Explain feminism in the singing lesson
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Aspects of feminism was found in this story while tracing the events in Miss Meadows’s life. She was an unmarried woman of thirty years and already in quite a tension. During the 19th century, when women were past their marriageable age, they were in quite a distraught. Miss Meadows wanted to get rid of the tag of a spinster and hence, it did not matter to her whether Basil loved her or not, as long as he married her. She was a financially independent woman yet it was the idea of settling down with someone that appealed to her. The fact that marriage is the last resort for women is quite a patriarchal concept and that the society put pressure on women like Miss Meadows. She even had the thought of disappearing from there as she would not be able to face everyone once the news of her engagement broken off got spread. The fact that the inner turmoil of a woman is not given much importance as much it was given to the need to get married, showed how the society viewed women during that century.
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