Week 9 Entry
Visions of the daughters of Albion:
This story really does my head in but at the same time there are so many underlining issues that still exist today that it makes me wonder will time every change society or will society keep stopping time? Oothoon exposes the injustices towards women of today, the greed and selfishness that exist among the Bromion’s of today and the weak and passive attitudes of the Theotormon’s of today.
At first when reading about Oothoon, I thought she was the weak one because she allowed herself to be so naïve and then put herself in the vulnerable position to be attacked and then show no signs of resentment. If that had been me, I would have belted the living daylights out of that scum Bromion and smacked Theotormon across the head for trying to disown me! Who does he think he is? However then I read it again and again and slowly I’ve come to other realizations. Even in today’s society getting justice for something like rape takes forever to process through court and even if successful does not heal the emotional pain. The only way to heal is to do so from within and therefore Oothoon really is the survivor because she has found that strength to let go of the degrading situation she was put into and forgive those who have wronged her and therefore gaining the upper hand and becoming a better person than both Bromion and Theotormon. Bromion who is selfish of his desires attacks Oothoon but does not gain anything from it because he does not take her self esteem and therefore gains no power.
In today’s society it’s much and much the same, the only way to beat them is the find the strength within yourself to accept the things that cannot be changed and move on.
