Kingdom Of Matthias Gender Roles Analysis
History 105 Section
April 15, 2014
The Kingdom of Matthias
The Kingdom of Matthias was one of the biggest and dramatic scandals of the nineteenth century. This narrative follows the lives of Elijah Pierson and Robert Matthews it becomes obvious there is a whole lot more happening than just the scandalous attractions that take place. Many social roles, economic changes and culture of the Market Revolution and The Second Great Awakening are shown. Race, class, and gender were discussed in this narrative the most in relation to the Market Revolution. American life during the early nineteenth century in the New York area was controlled by Matthias’ attitude towards gender; he displays how he felt about women being granted too much power in the 1830’s and how he handled it in brutal ways.
The Market Revolution and The Second Great Awakening were starting in the nineteenth century, and this started causing major changes including the roles and outlook on gender. The role of …show more content…
Matthews came to believe that he was indeed not Robert Matthews; he was Matthias, Prophet of the God of the Jews. It was clear that Matthews had reached an extreme peak of insanity, but this did not stop him from having control. His wife Margaret was in great distress from the person her husband had turned into. He was extremely controlling and told her “She had no God, that the husband was the savior of the wife, that as man was not whole without woman” (Johnson and Wilentz 80). She would tell him to leave because he was bringing in no profit since he had stopped working. The situation got so bad that she had to beg her friends for food. The women of this time had changed into urbanized women. Matthias was not happy with any of this change in the roles of women, and he was not going to support it. Matthias was going to take all measures needed to stop these
April 15, 2014
The Kingdom of Matthias
The Kingdom of Matthias was one of the biggest and dramatic scandals of the nineteenth century. This narrative follows the lives of Elijah Pierson and Robert Matthews it becomes obvious there is a whole lot more happening than just the scandalous attractions that take place. Many social roles, economic changes and culture of the Market Revolution and The Second Great Awakening are shown. Race, class, and gender were discussed in this narrative the most in relation to the Market Revolution. American life during the early nineteenth century in the New York area was controlled by Matthias’ attitude towards gender; he displays how he felt about women being granted too much power in the 1830’s and how he handled it in brutal ways.
The Market Revolution and The Second Great Awakening were starting in the nineteenth century, and this started causing major changes including the roles and outlook on gender. The role of …show more content…
Matthews came to believe that he was indeed not Robert Matthews; he was Matthias, Prophet of the God of the Jews. It was clear that Matthews had reached an extreme peak of insanity, but this did not stop him from having control. His wife Margaret was in great distress from the person her husband had turned into. He was extremely controlling and told her “She had no God, that the husband was the savior of the wife, that as man was not whole without woman” (Johnson and Wilentz 80). She would tell him to leave because he was bringing in no profit since he had stopped working. The situation got so bad that she had to beg her friends for food. The women of this time had changed into urbanized women. Matthias was not happy with any of this change in the roles of women, and he was not going to support it. Matthias was going to take all measures needed to stop these