Dbq Essay Questions And Answers

1. In the Quran, the rules following women are quite simplistic. One of the first is that no matter the woman, god will always be above her. Another few rules are, that men can marry up to four while women can only marry one husband; men must also stay away from the women in his family. Followers of the Quran believe that men were made above women, a quote from the Quran supports this by saying, “Men are in charge of women, because God has made the one of them to excel the other…” (9.1). These rules were put into place not to govern women, but to control a man’s actions; though this may seem irrelevant, but its significance is that it shows the women still have some sort of free will, not just absolute control. Next we have the Law of Adamnan,

this law does not govern either genders, but instead informs its followers of the consequences by stating, “For whoever slays a women shall be condemned to a twofold punishment…” (9.2). This rule is used to govern men and their actions towards women. Finally in Analects for Women, the rules are complex but easy to understand. The first of these rules is that they must learn that of purity and chastity; some examples are that women and men must be separate, alongside that of hiding your face as a woman. The second consists of how a woman must manage a house hold. Finally, chastity, the practice of refraining from extramarital sexual intercourse if you follow this analects quotes, “If you persist in this, you will enjoy boundless happiness.” (9.3)
There is many punishments for breaking rules, in the Quran, it quotes its punishment as, “admonish them and banish them to beds apart, and scourge them.” (9.1) The quote implies that one should not break rules. Moreover, it does get worse in the Law of Adaman, the majority of this text is what would happen if one kills a woman. “His right hand and left foot shall be cut off before death, and then he shall die,” (9.2) Finally, Analects, approaches a different perspective by the punishment being based on the woman. The books even quote, “Women from now on should follow this, day after day and month after month, remembering it always...” (9.3)
These rules for women, have expanded my understanding of the Abbasid, Christian, and Tang words. Its shown me that though women are still under scrutiny, they have come a long way. However, in these modern eras neither women nor men should excel each other.