Compare the ways in which Kate Chopin and James Joyce...

Compare the ways in which Kate Chopin and James Joyce portray Dorothea and Eveline Compare the ways in which Kate Chopin and James Joyce portray Dorothea and Eveline, and their relationship to men, in the stories ‘the unexpected’ and ‘Eveline’. James Joyce and Kate Chopin, both wrote at the turn of the nineteenth century; were women’s rights were very different to today. James Joyce is actually a feminist writer, however due to the outlook on women it was not seen to be respectable. Therefore she used the pseudonym (James). However Kate did not do this because she wanted to make the stand and try to make people see that women are relevant to life. The general status of women on the turn of the century was very dull. Women†¦show more content†¦Eveline, in contrast was a working class women. However even though she had a job in the store, the men with the same type of job as her tried to show that they were superior, by teasing and taunting her. Unlike Dorothea, she had a very dominant farther who was often was violent towards her. Then the same thing happened to her as Dorothea, a new fresh beginning could be hers for the taking, a time for marriage. The man that wanted to give her all of this was named Frank; he was a sailor and wanted to give her a sort of ‘bohemian’ life style. However like before she decides to stay with her farther, who didn’t give her a good life. Whilst both women were given the opportunity to ‘escape’ there daily bad lives; they both deal with their opportunities in very different ways and very different reasons. The situation at the start of the stories that both women are in is one of anxiety, this is because both appear to be controlled by their parents. However they both have what seems to be an unbreakable love on their men (Randall and Frank). Dorothea found a man that appeared to love and be devoted to her, and her to him: The good-by dragged with lingering kisses and sighs, and more kisses and more clinging till the last wrench came. This quotation shows the deep love that they both have for each other; it shows this because it explains their position is like they are almost linked in a way that they are inseparable. However when we look