Domination Over Women
In Ancient time, less acceptable role of women in art and literature in the society. However, the exact attention of women towards addressing their issues throughout the words of literature gradually began. Around the world, womenism and feminism could have the immense influence in literature in the first half of 20th century. Although, in 1929 when author Virginia Woolf wrote A Room of One’s Own, stating, “Women and fiction remain, so far as I am concerned, unsolved problems”, the portrayal of women in literature remains a topic much discussed today. In order to evaluate how and why women are portrayed the way they are today, one must look at historical evidence of the roles of women in both society and literature, and how they have changed and modified over time. In Ancient Greece, women had a limited role in society, society could not had allowed them to walk freely, talk freely, work freely and this devaluation of women is reflected in the literature of the time.