“While the Women Are Sleeping” explores the old dichotomy between men as active agents and women as passive objects
Sample thesis statements on “While the Women Are Sleeping”
1. Marias’s story “While the Women Are Sleeping” meditates on the disturbing role of technology in modern life. GOOD
2. “While the Women Are Sleeping” explores the old dichotomy between men as active agents and women as passive objects. GOOD
3. The narrator of “While the Women Are Sleeping” hints at the extent of voyeurism in contemporary culture. GOOD
4. In “While the Women Are Sleeping”, Marias questions assumptions about romantic love. GOOD
5. “While the Women Are Sleeping” shows similarities and differences between men and women. BAD
6. I will look at the story “While the Women Are Sleeping” and show its most important aspects. BAD
7. This essay will look at the main themes of the story “While the Women Are Sleeping”. BAD
COMPARATIVE THESIS STATEMENT
1. From a psychoanalytic point of view, both “While the Women are Sleeping” and “The Night Doctor” show how repression can serve as a mechanism for moral apathy, first through narrative ambiguity and second through symbols.
2. Both Marias’s “While the Women Are Sleeping” and Mansfield’s “The Doll’s House” focus on themes of love, hate, and exclusion.
From a combined Marxist and psychological point of view, both Marias’s “While the Women Are Sleeping” and Mansfield’s “The Doll’s House” explore the social alienation of the elite by foregrounding their material possessions and their inaccessibility to other people.
In both stories,
In both Marias and Mansfield,
For both writers,
For both authors,
While Marias’s story dwells on the ….., Mansfield’s story prioritises….
