PCRLoveofanSensuousWoman
Dami Adesuyi
Dr. Pellegrino
ENGL 2112 D
1/27/2015
PCR: Life of a Sensuous Woman Saikaku
I can say without a doubt that the piece “ Life of a Sensuous Woman” by Ihara Saikaku empowers women. This piece tells you a story of the life of an old woman; How the choices and lifestyle she chose influence not only her but the people she encountered. This piece from Saikaku is capable of motivating other women to become confident and comfortable with who they are. The life experience the old lady went through is enough to allow women to view themselves more than just object that are meant to please a man. Saikaku made this abundantly clear each time the old lady decided that she had enough of her current situation. One example of this is when she was with the old chief priest who locked her in temple. The old woman was tired of been treated badly that she came up with a plan to free herself from the priest. The decision she made was because she was tired of feeling sorry for herself that she felt empowered enough to change situation. This story gave a different perspective in one definition of POWER, in contrast to the idea that men were more powerful than women during this time. The old lady represented the sensuous women during this time who were able to control the lives of the men she encounters through her sexual features.
What the old woman’s tale told me about the “adaptability” of women, or of people in general was that people are able to adapt to different situation and circumstances in order to feel even a little happy with themselves. In old woman’s tale she had different jobs that enabled her to see things from a contrasting perspective. She worked as a mistress, wife, teacher, nun, and a messenger for a lord’s wife. During all this jobs she encountered different living situation that she had to adjust to in order for her to survive. The old woman was trying to tells us that human being are very adaptable creature. With all the thing she had to go through in
Dr. Pellegrino
ENGL 2112 D
1/27/2015
PCR: Life of a Sensuous Woman Saikaku
I can say without a doubt that the piece “ Life of a Sensuous Woman” by Ihara Saikaku empowers women. This piece tells you a story of the life of an old woman; How the choices and lifestyle she chose influence not only her but the people she encountered. This piece from Saikaku is capable of motivating other women to become confident and comfortable with who they are. The life experience the old lady went through is enough to allow women to view themselves more than just object that are meant to please a man. Saikaku made this abundantly clear each time the old lady decided that she had enough of her current situation. One example of this is when she was with the old chief priest who locked her in temple. The old woman was tired of been treated badly that she came up with a plan to free herself from the priest. The decision she made was because she was tired of feeling sorry for herself that she felt empowered enough to change situation. This story gave a different perspective in one definition of POWER, in contrast to the idea that men were more powerful than women during this time. The old lady represented the sensuous women during this time who were able to control the lives of the men she encounters through her sexual features.
What the old woman’s tale told me about the “adaptability” of women, or of people in general was that people are able to adapt to different situation and circumstances in order to feel even a little happy with themselves. In old woman’s tale she had different jobs that enabled her to see things from a contrasting perspective. She worked as a mistress, wife, teacher, nun, and a messenger for a lord’s wife. During all this jobs she encountered different living situation that she had to adjust to in order for her to survive. The old woman was trying to tells us that human being are very adaptable creature. With all the thing she had to go through in