REPRESENTATION OVER TIME

THEN:

The poem Perhaps mostly represents the women who were left widowed as hopeless romantics who rely on a man to be happy and how they might have felt completely lost after they had lost someone they loved dearly. Women are portrayed as weak and defenseless, as frail and fragile beings. during the early 1900's the women's suffrage was still in progress and they hadn't had much success so the way that men viewed the representation in the poem would've been seen as accurate, that women were weak and dependent on men.

NOW:

over time the representation of women hasn't changed all that much. women are still seen as weak and fragile, especially when they lose someone they love. women are seen as emotionally frail, some more than others. however the view on the opinion that women depend on men has diminished over the years. after the suffragettes success in earning women's rights they were seen as independent people who shouldn't have to depend on men. in fact, in some societies, women being dependent on men is frowned upon and viewed as weak.