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Monday, November 23, 2009

Springboard for Discussion: "The Silken Tent"



Do you agree with the representation of an ideal woman as proposed by Robert Frost? Why?

10 comments:

Edward - 黄中山 - エドアード - プラヨゴ said...

Prayogo Edward (114.09.038)

No. Because an ideal woman should prepare her future well. Not only enjoying her young age and be worry after her age getting older and older. Being single for a long time is not good for an ideal woman.

Anonymous said...

Grace Patricia
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Yes I agree. As a woman that "free" in middle age, you will get full of freedom because you are still spinster. But sometimes you will feel in tense where you need anchorage( bondage) to be lived. You feel lonely without soul mate in your old ages.

VICTOR (11409006) said...

Victor Samuel K.
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I agree with him,because a silken symbolizes softness, and then cedar is a beautiful wood, this wood has an artistic patterns and preciousness. I think it same with an ideal woman who wanted everyone, especially a true man.

Anonymous said...

I don't agree with the description that woman must be tied by her husband, because that means as a woman, we can't have freedom to do what we want. I do agree if woman has to do her responsibilities and her roles in her families, but that doesn't mean that woman must be tied down.

Amanda -11409005

Anonymous said...

Silvania Krisna
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I don't agree. I think it's fine to have fun as much as you want when you young but still there is a limit. For woman to not thinking seriously about their future until they are in middle age, it is just too much. Woman can feel so lonely without their lover in their life. That is why they should think properly about their future while they are having fun at their young age.

Anonymous said...

-Levina (11409022)

Not really.
Robert Frost claimed that an ideal woman is a woman who is tied with her husband. This idea is not entirely wrong, but it somehow implies a discrimination against women. What I'm trying to say is that a woman has rights to speak out even to her own husband. A woman is not lower than her husband. They are in the exact same position. That's why none of them have rights to tie the other. When the husband tries to tie his wife, his wife will try harder to break free.

Jessica Puspa said...

Jessica
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I don’t agree with the representation of an ideal woman as proposed by Robert Frost, because woman must has her right to feel free, especially freedom. Woman can propose her opinion. So, man cannot force his desire to woman, although they had married.

Anonymous said...

Sari Mustika R.
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Do you agree with the representation of an ideal woman as proposed by Robert Frost? Why?
I agree. An ideal woman is a strong woman and yet still beautiful. She is free, but she still cares about the one she loves. The love that she feels is the one that ties her to the earth, not anything else.

Anonymous said...

No, I don't agree because even though a woman have to fulfill her duties in the family, that doesn't mean she is tied down. She may be married, but that doesn't mean that she cant do what she wants.

Deborah
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Cynthia (11409023) said...

I disagree if a woman has to be tied down by her husband. If she's tied down and everything has to be like what her husband said,what would be the different between an "ideal" woman and a slave?!
above all,a woman still have to respect her husband and do her role well in her family