Transforming Femininity: Women's Experiences in Romantic and Victorian Ages

English

This study conducts a comparative analysis of women’s conditions in the Romantic (1780-1830) and Victorian (1830-1901) eras. In this paper, we examine the social, cultural and economic factors that affect women’s conditions in both eras. Through the critical examination of literary works and feminist theories, this research investigates the similarities and major differences between the two eras. This study tells about the patriarchal norms, employment opportunities for women’s in both eras, social conventions for women’s and also the limited education that constrained women’s lives in those eras. The major differences that emerged in the Victorian era were the increased access to women’s education, expanding employment opportunities for women’s by paying less wages in comparison to men and emerging feminist movements. In this era, women’s writers found a way to express their struggle and their real life experiences which they faced in their daily life in their works. The female writer’s shared their own condition and their pain through their works. It is the better way for women’s share their experiences, challenge societal norms and give way to the future feminist movements.

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