Caesar's Column By:Ignatius Donnelly: Reaction 1

Hello everyone, this is Marcela and I am currently taking violence in art and culture class at LaGuardia Community College. In class we been reading Caesar’s Column (a story of the twentieth century) by Donnelly. Reading this book something came up to mind. For example, the way that woman are portrayed in the story so far. If we take the conversion between Gabriel and Max on the beginning of chapter five, they start talking about the two young ladies they saw (previously in the book ) in a carriage that is property of the prince Cabano. Gabriel is intrigue with lady that is younger from the two. He asks Max if he know anything about her and Max replies that they might be the Prince’s mistress, upon hearing this Gabriel is shocked. He can’t believe such a fine lady can reduce herself and become a mistress to the prince. He starts talking about freedom and how wrong it is for a woman to sell her body. We often see this throughout history that woman are frown upon because many choose to sell their body for a living these is often seen as something sinful. Continuing with the topic of woman on pg. 38, we see how they see woman as a parasite. ”women are not in their best fortunes strong, but want will perjure the ne'er-touched vestal.” “But he need not have confined this observation to women. The strongest resolves of men melt in the fire of want like figures of wax…where virtue inevitably breaks. Morality in man or woman is a magnificent flower which blossoms only in the rich soil of prosperity…” “Dignity, decency, honor, fade away when man or woman is reduce to shabby, shameful, degrading, cruel wretchedness. Before the clamors of the stomach the soul is silent”. The concept that the passage is saying is woman are a man distraction, when woman are placed in front of man they forget who they are and forget what their role in society, which is helping the community prosper. Women are the want of men but not necessary the need of men. They ignite the fire in men and due to the fire the men (figures) turn to wax. With that being said Morality should only be consider a man trait rather than a women. A women isn't anything in society but a house wife, bringing the religion moral that women shouldn't be educated but rather be teach their role in society. Which is staying pure until marriage and then baring children and being a housewife. “Purity is natural to woman…god never placed such a majestic and noble countenance over a corrupt soul. The face is transparent; the spirit looks out of the great eyes; and it is a spirit of dignity, nobleness, grace and goodness”. The ideal that if a woman is pure she already lost her dignity, nobleness, grace and goodness and now is replace with a corrupt soul. Religion plays a role her because god is who created a woman out of a man’s rib, he made her pure and noble and with the idea that she will serve her man. Also the idea that a woman that if a women isn't pure she is degrading and shameful comes from the religious view. In conclusion I claim that these passages theme overall Is how woman are view and why they view like this.