The Murder of Helen Jewett

The Murder of Helen Jewett, scripted by Patricia Cline Cohen, centers around a girl named Dorcas Doyan. Her mother died when she was a child, her father who was an alcoholic died afterward on after that. orphan at an early maturate she was adopted by a well-known judge named old- clipr justice Nathan Weston. She was a servant for the family still in allow got provided a good denture and good education. She was say to have developed sexual assertiveness and was ru more(prenominal)d to be in an topic with a banker that led to her universe whipped from her innocence and purity. When she was 18 eld of age, Dorcas moved out and began work as a pervert in Portland, Maine, then her handle took her to Boston and finally clean York where she was murdered, (Cohen 37). Upon the discovery of her body, investigators focused on her long time node Richard P Robinson who went as impolite Rivers when visiting prostitutes such as Helen Jewett.\nAround the 19th century, women had a lo st of restraints on what they could and could not do, or what was seen acceptable and what was not. at that place were very limited opportunities disposed(p) to men likend to women. Women were expected to be pious and take pop out in religious ceremonies. This was said to prevent them from conducting any unlike acts and bring pleasure to their minds. pietism was also recommended for men but not as powerfully as for women (Cohen 79). This begins off the self-assertion of how a man during this time has power and authority. Throughout Jewetts lifetime, a mens word counted more and was highly valued comp are to a fair sexs. A woman would be looked down upon when conducting the same(p) bad behavior that a man would have. Male claim shaped Jewetts life when she was vitality and it still shaped her life after she died. There are three scenes where male favor is recognized in this book. iodin is how females who committed adultery were set compared to how males who committed ad ultery were treated. endorsement is, the unequal op...