The Classical Period, Homeric Or Heroic Period vs. Victorian Period And The 19Th Century

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lose control over any possessions once married, it was not something entered into lightly, and a woman was not required to accept her first proposal.

An unmarried woman could inherit money and property after she reached the age of 21, but once married, all control would revert to her husband. A woman could not have a will for her own personal possessions; since the control was in her husband's power, he could distribute her property in any way he likes, even to his illegitimate children if he has any.

This is a thing I think that we can see in the Bronte novels they describes the misery but you can also see de romantic fairytale that the wimmen felt in their heart and long for but probably never going to get. I think their lives were very hard and miserable and it is also very sensational that the Bronte sisters became so big considering the wimmens role in the society. And that she had to write under a pseudonym proves the point.

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The Odysseen is a continuation of The Illiade but some people think it is not written by the same author but that has never been proved. Scientists believe that the story of Homer's The Odyssey is the actually event of the Trojan war.

The story is about Odysseus and his ten year long journey home from the Trojan war to his family and the island Ithaka. It is written as a story that is being told to us, when I read it, it feels like somebody is telling me a story and I don't want stop reading. it's exiting and you want to know more and more and more. Odysseus is strong and the ting that pervades the story is his smartness and that he is ...

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