Female Oppression In English Literature

English literature is filled with amazing and stunning literary works. One can cite many works that share same sort of theme. Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo, and Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Garcia Marquez are two novels that share the same kind of thematic expressions. These two stories are remarkable and outstanding, but the most notable factor is that both of these stories are related to the oppression of women and the establishment of the superiority of men.

The hierarchy of the society is an important factor that can be traced in various literary works in the English literature. The human society is prone to establish the supremacy of the male population over the women in the society. It can be traced and analyzed that various stories

It is pretty evident from the emphasis of the male kind traced throughout the novel. This theme of women oppression is much more enhanced and strengthened by the sexual behavior of the male characters. The men derives pleasure from using the women only for their sexual satisfaction. They take pride in visiting Maria Cervantes 's brothel. In that brothel, those men use women simply for the purpose of having sex. The strategy and the approach of the society supports and endorses such behavior of the male population. Therefore, the men do not feel ashamed or embarrassed at their actions. The issue of oppression created a huge and significant impact upon the women population. A significant portion of the women population started to think that oppression is written in their destiny and it can never be avoided. Such approach can be seen when Angela says that the marriage would be inappropriate because it lacks the passion of love and her mother quite comfortably and indifferently states: "Love can be learned" (Marquez, 2003). Another kind of restriction is evident when the women are expected to retain their virginity and desirable purity prior to their marriage. The definition of an woman and the expectations from women are vivid and immense. But, we can see that the male population do not experience such sort of expectation. They are only judged on the basis of looks, money, and decisive honesty. It is pretty clear when the author writes: “there couldn’t have been a better catch than Santiago… Just imagine: handsome, a man of his word, and with a fortune of his own at the age of twenty-one” (Marquez, 2003). The female personalities are portrayed as such that they needed to work very hard in order to establish their own reputation and dignity. But, the men only had to take birth in good circumstances and in the families with good background to earn the respect from the society (Anna,