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Bentley/Vora 1Lara Bentley and Khushboo VoraENG 241M. RamosDecember 16, 2013Women Weak vs. StrongWomen are different from each other and bear unwavering instanceistics, weakcharacteristics or both. A woman being strong is not always about having physical 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 throughout bothSusanna Rowsons Charlotte synagogue and Harriet Jacobs Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girland break down their characters and what strong or weak traits they possess. While Jacobschooses to make her own path and have a benefactor to interpret and get herself out of having tosurvive an awful life in slavery, Charlotte Temple was nave and was betrayed by Montraville,treated like a prostitute by Belcour and keep to suffer until she died expecting Montravilleto love her again.Considering Jacobs as a strong willed woman, she planned out he r future by havingchildren with Mr. Sands rather than trying to escape, which she nearly contributes to her own slaveholding in the slave world. And Charlotte can be considered a woman with a weak character,because she was not only betrayed but was also tossed to death when no single 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 grind and receiveinvitations to parties. She takes Charlotte to one, which the girl f... ...nt barely conceives Jacobs asa person, and it is insulting to her that her husband violates the sanctity of the marriage bed totake up with someone she views as course inferior. She convinced herself that Jacobs is themain reason for coll apsing her talented 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 quiet similarstory in the beginning. A description stating that Charlotte and Jacobs, both come 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 most obvious analogy Jacobs story has to Charlotte Temple is her use of direct address.