Two Autonomous Women in American Literature Essay -- social issues, wo

In Ameri pot history, women have not always had the same rights and opportunities of men. Yet, there were exceptions throughout history of women casting aside the general role of just a produce or housewife. Two fictitious examples occur in the book The rouse by Kate Chopin, and the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare. In The Awakening, Edna, the protagonist of the story, undergoes a credit that her nineteenth-century lifestyle is not the way she wants to live. She rebels against being treated like a piece of property and tries to break free of societies laws. Macbeth tells the story of a musical composition named Macbeth and his wife Lady Macbeth who desires to become queen. Lady Macbeth is the one who told him to kill the present-day(prenominal) king Duncan to become king himself. Both Edna and Lady Macbeth portray examples of women with autonomy, save the one who displays the char issueeristics of autonomy the best is Edna. Edna is more autonomous than Lady Macbeth, wh o scarcely influences rather than display her own indep repealence, because she takes a stand against society, which is the ultimate act of independence. Lady Macbeth is inarguably a very strong, powerful adult female with a hooking of control, especially at the beginning of the play. This quote explains the extent of her control over her husband, Lady Macbeth appears to be somehow in league with evil and Macbeth its victim, a fly in the spiders web who struggles mightily scarce cannot escape (Johnson). She manipulates her husband to get him to do what she wants. When she learns of his destiny to become king, she cant just let him sit around waiting on it to happen she knows he has to act. She tells Macbeth he has to kill king Duncan and overrides his objections. Lady Macbeth tries to buck the mu... ...to live, has more autonomy than Lady Macbeth who could only persuade. Both of these women are highly strong and independent, which makes it very difficult to decide between them. In the end though, Edna is the more autonomous because she held her beliefs until the very end. Lady Macbeth let her ideas get the best of her and felt the guilt of these ideas. So in conclusion, Edna is the more autonomous woman out of the two. Both women were strong and brave for being different in a time when being different was not acceptable. Works CitedChopin, Kate. The Awakening. revolutionary York Dover Publications, 1993. Print.Dominic, Catherine C. ed. Shakespeares Characters for Students. Detroit 1997. Print.Johnson, Vernon Elso. ed. Social Issues in Literature. Detroit Greenhaven Press, 2009.Shakespeare, William. Macbeth. Logan, IA Perfection Learning, 2004. Print.