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Bentley/Vora 1Lara Bentley and Khushboo VoraENG 241M. RamosDecember 16, 2013Women Weak vs. StrongWomen are contrasting from each other and possess strong characteristics, weakcharacteristics or both. A woman universe strong is not always about having material strength.Being strong of character means you possess traits that can be considered virtues, such as,loyalty, honor, and modesty. Having said this we will look at female characters passim bothSusanna Rowsons Charlotte synagogue and Harriet Jacobs Incidents in the Life of a knuckle down Girland break down their characters and what strong or weak traits they possess. eon Jacobschooses to make her own path and have a bene eventor to resolve and get herself out of having tosurvive an awful life in slavery, Charlotte synagogue was nave and was betrayed by Montraville,treated like a prostitute by Belcour and continued to suffer until she died expecting Montravilleto love her again.Considering Jacobs as a strong willed woman, s he plotted out her future by havingchildren with Mr. Sands rather than trying to escape, which she tight contrisolelyes to her ownbondage in the slave world. And Charlotte can be considered a woman with a weak character,because she was not only betrayed but was excessively tossed to death when no one helped her duringher difficult times. Not only Charlotte and Jacobs, but also many supporting characters havethese traits presented in their roles, regardless of being thought of as an evil character or not.Bentley/Vora 2In Susanna Rowsons Charlotte Temple, Charlotte has fallen under the bad influence ofher French teacher, Mlle. La Rue, who attends church services in order to flirt and receiveinvitations to parties. She takes Charlotte to one, which the lady friend f... ...nt barely conceives Jacobs asa person, and it is insulting to her that her husband violates the sanctity of the spousal relationship bed totake up with someone she views as naturally inferior. She convinced hers elf that Jacobs is themain reason for collapsing her happy life than of the fact that her own husband has viciouslybetrayed her.Jacobs Incidents in the Life of the Slave Girl and Rowsons Charlotte Temple has fewcommon elements. The fact that Charlottes character and Jacobs character has low-keyed similarstory in the beginning. A description stating that Charlotte and Jacobs, both flummox from the happyand loving family and having loving parents. Though, this didnt really affect the fact thatCharlotte was weak where as Jacobs being pictured strong willed in the story. The roughly obvioussimilarity Jacobs story has to Charlotte Temple is her use of prepare address.