The Crucible Gender Inequality Analysis

Have you ever wondered what it was like for women? You probably thought they had it easy. Women used to rely on men to do everything while they stayed at home and cooked for them. It was not easy for women knowing that they did not have much control. Men were admired quite a bit for all that they did. This problem still happens today. Some women stayed at home during the day which can be seen in many different forms of literature, and even though gender inequality has slowed down over the years, it still occurs today. In the seventeenth century, most women were housewives and did not have jobs. They spent their days at home cooking and cleaning. Men, on the other hand, had jobs such as craftsmen and had fought in the war. They were considered more independent than women. Also, it is known that most people accused in the Salem Witch Trial in 1693 were women. Arthur Miller wrote about the Salem Witch Trial in his 1953 play, The Crucible. In this play, he showed the heavy reliance women were forced to have on men during the 1600’s. During this play, Abigail Williams says, “My name is good in the village! I will not have it said my name is soiled! Goody Proctor is a gossiping liar!’ (Miller). Abigail Williams is trying not to get blamed like everyone else has.

The independence for women was still nonexistent. They still had to rely heavily on men in order to succeed. For example, in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick Carraway says, “Across the courtesy bay the white palaces of fashionable East egg glittered along the water, and the history of the summer really begins on the evening I drove over there to have dinner with the Tom Buchanans” (Fitzgerald). Both Tom and Daisy were referred to as “the Tom Buchanans,” and Daisy is not mentioned by name at all. This shows that Daisy is considered a part of Tom, and she has no