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My View On The Poem Bangle Sellers

Updated: Oct 5

By Krishnakshi Merchant



Bangle Sellers has to be one of the most beautiful poems I

have laid my eyes on, but I do believe that this poem relegates

us women into an inferior position in society but this opinion

truly varies, and depends on the timeline it's perceived in.

This poem mainly talks about how women have used bangles,

as a way to symbolize their different stages in their lives but

this poem is centered around a point of time, where there was

a drastic drift in the rights between women and men.

If we compare this poem to either the modern century or the

century in which the poem was first written in, we can find a

very significant difference in the perception of this poem, if

we talk about the past this poem could've been the perfect

significance of a woman's life. In the point in time in which

the poem was written, women were very restricted in their

lives. At that point of time, women weren’t provided any

education and were taught to cook and to be ready for

marriage. Their main focus was to be housemakers and to be

there and available for all their partners, children's and

family's needs instead of holding a career like most women in

the modern times, but by the end of the poem, it highlights

how the woman in the family eventually gets the same

treatment which was given out by her to support her entire

family. All these stages of life were also said to be resembled

by bangles for special occasions experienced by the woman in

their lives.


However, when we talk about the present point of time, there

is a significant difference in perception of the same poem,

The poem was written to target the lifestyle of women in the

early 19th century, but when it gets compared to the women in

the 21st century it sets off women into an inferior position in

our current society. Back when the poem was first written,

women had faced struggles with having a stable education and

career, and like i mentioned earlier, their main focuses in life

was to maintain a stable household, but now, Women have

been granted the rights to their education and allowance to

pursue their own careers. Women can derive the feeling of

inferiority from this poem, since it highlights every old

practice set up by society which women were expected to

follow. It also can bring about set stereotypes in society

promoting the message that women are meant to be

housemakers and should not be allowed to have their own

careers


In my opinion, the poem can be seen and understood in many

ways, It can both show the beauty in a woman’s life or it could

push people to believe women reside an inferior position


By Krishnakshi Merchant



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