The Portrayal Of Women In The Novels "One Hundred Years Of Solitude" By Gabriel Marquez And "The House Of The Spirits" By Isabel Allende
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The Portrayal of Women in the Novels "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by
Gabriel Marquez and "The House of the Spirits" by Isabel Allende
The portrayal of women in the novels One Hundred years of Solitude
and The House of the Spirits differs greatly. In One Hundred Years of
Solitude empowerment com ....
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.... in first half of the
twentieth century in Latin America, the role of women in the social
hierarchy of this backdrop is worthy of consideration. This was a
patriarchal society where men of whatever age were always superior in
standing to women. As a woman aged, her position in the social hierarchy
would increase. Furthermore women had few career choices; all were linked
to some form of domestic service whether solely as a wife and mother or as
a nanny or a combination. Religion played a very i ....
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