Sophocles, Gilman & Browning/Oppressed Women

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An 8 page research paper/essay that discusses three works that highlight the subjugated role of women in history. It has only been within the last century and also only within the context of the Western industrialized countries that women have gained equal rights with men before the law. Throughout history, the norm has been for women's standing in society to be somewhere between that of children, in more progressive times, to being held equal with that of property at certain points in antiquity. Examination of three works from history--"Oedipus the King," a play by Sophocles; "The Yellow Wallpaper," a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman; and "My Last Duchess," a poem by Robert Browning-- demonstrates how writers have drawn on the subjugated position of women in society to provide dramatic tension in their work. Bibliography lists 6 sources, but the citation for "Oedipus the King" is incomplete.