![]() ![]() Nolan, and Joan Gilling reject these expectations and introduce Esther to alternative ways of thinking. Willard, and Betsy embrace these social expectations and try to push them on Esther by sending her pro-chastity pamphlets and dispensing sexist maxims. Female characters like Esther’s mother, Mrs. Impurity, Esther is upset by society’s insistence that young women stay virgins until after marriage while allowing boys sexual freedom. Esther’s interactions with other female characters in the novel further complicate these reflections by presenting different stances towards the idea of womanhood.Īs noted in the theme Purity vs. Most of her reflections circulate around sex and career. ![]() Esther reflects often on the differences between men and women as well as on the different social roles they are expected to perform. The Bell Jar offers an in-depth meditation on womanhood and presents a complex, frequently disturbing portrait of what it meant to be female in 1950s America. ![]()
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