How Franklin, Irving And Tyler View Women And Their Place In Society

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Term Paper Title	How Franklin, Irving And Tyler View Women And Their Place In Society
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How Franklin, Irving and Tyler view women and their place in society

Although several decades separate these three authors, their writing styles, content and views on the world are not all that different. While Franklin wrote during the Revolutionary times of our fledgling country, Tyler and Irving wrote during the Early Nationalists period. These periods are separated more so by events, than actual time periods, thus the similarities in their content and views on the world. All three of these authors seem to agree on their view of women and their place in society, even though I am sure that they never conversed jointly on the subject. This makes it very clear that it was not just these three men that felt this way, but rather society as a whole. For these men, women had certain jobs and duties and were expected to live within boundaries that men and society had set up for them. Although women seemed to be viewed as unequals, it was never stated factually, for there is no evidence to back up these ludicrous claims. These three authors also held many similar characteristics of women to be true and self-evident. It is also true to say that what an author does not say portrays a better picture of his beliefs than what he does in fact say. These men do not mean to degrade women or talk unjustly about them, they are simply stating the views of the time through their work and in their own words. It is paradoxical though to think that these writers of the time were respected and widely read, does not there work mold society as well? By giving their seal of approval, they might as well just be telling society how to think and act instead of showing them.
So that we can see exactly how these authors view women's role in society, we must define what being a woman is to these men. For Franklin, in The Autobiography, being a woman is a futile place in society, only being called upon for any worth when your husband becomes ill or passes on. That is why women must be educated in the ways of business, book keeping and society, so should the man of the house fall ill, she can take over the family business until her eldest son becomes of appropriate age so that he can then replace her. While for Tyler, women seem to play a more integrated role but still none of independence or importance. For Tyler, as clearly visible in The Contrast, women tend to spread gossip and rumors, shop extravagantly with other people's money and daintily talk about their opinio...

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