“ And this Turkish tableau has its dignity too, For is not the whole Oriental system designed in a spirit of reverence for women as women? Because they are the sacred essels of life, they must be set apart from the profane uses of the world. They must be housed by themselves, in a quiet to which the din of commerce and politics may not penetrate. And when their master comes to them after the sordid business of the day, he must not bring to them his tired thoughts, the stale echoes of his day’s work, but only a tender and passionate appreciation of their loveliness. ”
Floyd Dell
Summary
“Enter the Woman”, is a work by Floyd Dell. It explores elements such as human moend, hot ploughshares and loveliness.
Quotes from Enter the Woman (Floyd Dell)
“ His heroine walked over hot ploughshares, but not—not unscathed, “She was human after all. No Turk would have put her to such a test. He would prefer to drop her quietly into the Bosphorous, in a sack” “Let’s agree that tile chivalric attitude toward women is crueler than the Turkish, and get on to something else. Where does the modern attitude toward woman come in?” “She brings it with her,” I replied. “That is the difference. The modern man does not have to invent something for the modern woman to be, She is what she is, and we adjust ourselves to her as well as we can.... ”
“ Such, I am assured by the authorities, is the real spirit of the male Turk, It is for her sake that she is confined in the harem, and made to veil her face when she walks abroad. For he knows the effect of her loveliness upon men’s minds, and he wishes to shield her from the unlwfu1 thoughts of men. ”
