Patriarchal society of Sherlock Holmes.
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 01:59:29
Category: / Society & Culture / Education
Length: 5 pages (1440 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / Education
Length: 5 pages (1440 words)
During the Victorian era as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created various adventures of Sherlock Holmes, he was surrounded by a patriarchal society. The assumption that women were inferior to men was true of that period. Women were expected to stay inside, raise the children, and perform "social" tasks. Men ate meat while women ate cake, strawberries, and custard (Bird 1). In various Sherlock Holmes stories featuring females, Doyle devises plots that depend on women, however they …
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