Throughout history women had lower social status in the society and as a result less opportunities than men. In the novel “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” by Anne Brönte 1848, the main character, Mrs.Huntingdon, goes against the stereotype of women's roll, that was acceptable in the Victorian time, by leaving her abusive husband in order to rescue her son from the world of evil. Though the play of William Shakespeare “Much Ado About Nothing” was written about 200 years early, one of its female protagonist, Beatrice, expresses similar feministic ideas by protesting to marry as she believes that it will limit her freedom. These two characters is portrayed as strong women who both have bravery to challenge society by unconventional way of thinking and fight for gender equality. To begin with, Beatrice and Mrs.…show more content… Huntingdon contradict the passive role of woman asserting the gender equality . Beatrice’s refusal to marry is predicated by her unwillingness to submit her liberty to the controlling husband. She stands against the model of family when wife is considered as a property of husband which speaks for her feministic ideas and makes her very unusual character of the time . The certain steps for sexual equality does Mrs. Huntington in dispute about upbringing of children, blaming that girl is initially regarded as a weak, vicious creature, who must be isolated from all kind of temptations because of the inherent incapacity to withstand it , “ whereas, in the nobler sex, there is a natural tendency to goodness, guarded by a superior fortitude, the more it is exercised by trials and dangers, is only further developed.” (Streams of Literature,Carina Ernst, Malin Andersson,2003, p. 123) By nobler sex she emphasises the superiority of men in the society and women's intellectually inferior to them. Her words reveals how she is concerned about the attitude toward women and that she does not share these perpetuated
