Comparing the Theme of Sacrifice in My Antonia and The Song of the Lark

Topic of Sacrifice in My Antonia and The Song of the Lark   â â â â A typical quality for Willa Cather's characters is that they have a specific ability or aptitude. This workmanship generally controls the lives of these characters. As per pundit Maxell Geismar, Cather's courageous women who have an ability frequently either don't wed or wed men whom they rule; in the event that they do wed the marriage is without fervor on the grounds that their enthusiasm is put resources into their specialty. One might say, Geismar blames Cather's courageous women for giving up their conjugal jobs for their specialty (172). Be that as it may, marriage isn't the main angle that raises the subject of penance for Cather's heroes - there is additionally the issue of family. This is on the grounds that a lady craftsman, or any lady, is judged on her specialty as well as on her own life, particularly by her accommodation to man in the job of little girl, spouse and mother. In the event that a lady can't submit towards one of these jobs, she is accused fo r denying her eager job for something that is related with a man's reality - ability. Numerous perusers judge Thea Kronberg and Lena Lingard as per these female jobs, and thus place the allegation of penance upon them. Thea Kronberg and Lena Lingard in Willa Cather's The Song of the Lark and My Antonia, individually, are blamed for relinquishing a lot for their specialty since they obviously decide to neglect their families and love relations in regard to their craft. By all accounts, it shows up as though Thea forfeits her relationship with her mom and her affection with Fred Ottenburg so as to accomplish her melodic wants. Essentially, Lena is delineated as a female who forfeits her bond with her mom and her possibilities for marriage for the life of an indepe... ...r speaker abilities (for example they typically become Lawyers), and deferring marriage possibilities until they are autonomously and monetarily settled. Notwithstanding, these men are never blamed for giving up their relations, or a lot for their specialty. Tragically, even in the scholarly world people are delineated distinctively as far as their social desires. This distinction goes similarly as blaming the interest for workmanship as a penance just when the individual is a lady.  Works Cited  Cather, Willa. My Antonia. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995. Cather, Willa. The Song of the Lark. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1943. Geismar, Maxell. The Last of the Provincials: The American Novel 1915 to 1925. Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1947. Sabiston, Elizabeth. EN 4210 3.0E Seminar. Toronto: York University, October 15 2002. Â