Comparing Catalina De Erauso And Sor Juana De La Cruz

Gender identities and roles are a crucial part on a women’s life in 17th century in Spain and what will be later become America. When looking the histories on these century, women transgression toward society norms shaped by Spain influence of a “ideal” women behavior should be like. Two fitting examples of how women transgress in society at the time is Catalina de Erauso and Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. These two women had to change many aspects in their life to accomplish an internal freedom, which at the time society didn’t approve as appropriate for an ordinary woman. Some of the crucial aspects affected by this choice are gender and how they are predive at the time, transgression towards social rules, identity and how it had to be changed to be accepted and personal freedom and they mean to each character.
This two-character felt the need to take the charge of their life in an early age. In one side, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz found her calling in education at an early age. As Juana Ines puts it, she “I don’t study to learn more, but to ignore less.” This explains the why her passion for education. She feels like her education will allow her to be critical on events. This also allows her to become conscious of women roles in society and teaches her on how to express herself in these problems. And in today’s literature, she is known for being a stand out and