Why did the number of women employed in Britain begin to rise significantly from mid-1915?
Why did the number of women employed in Britain begin to rise significantly from mid-1915? The main reason why the number of women employed in Britain began to rise from mid 1915 was the First World War. This gave women many different opportunities to contribute to the war effort. Before the war the traditional roles for women were to stay at home and care for the family whilst the men went out to work. But many thousands of men volunteered to fight for their country and even though at first unemployed men filled the empty spaces in 1915, when conscription kicked in, women were needed to take the men's role in the workplace. One of the opportunities for women's work was farming. Because the men were at war, it left a huge shortage of labour on the farm and by 1915 there was a major food shortage and no farmers. This prompted the government to establish the Women's Land Army. Although male farmers resisted this strategy worked and by the end of the war in 1918, over a quarter of a million women were working as farm labourers which significantly contributed to women's employment rising. In 1917 and 1918 The Women's Auxiliary Army Corps, the Women's Royal Naval Service and the Women's Royal Air Force were all set up so that women could volunteer to become more involved in the war through the services. The plan was for these women to serve as clerks, telephonists, waitresses,
Why Does Hamlet Delay?
WHY DOES HAMLET DELAY? Is it possible to take reasonable, effective and purposeful action? In Hamlet, the question of how to act is affected not only by logical considerations, such as the need for certainty, but also by emotional, ethical, and psychological factors. This in turn affects how the revenge is carried out. If we view Hamlet as a 'real' person in the context of Elsinore then one of the reasons why Hamlet delays taking revenge on Claudius may be because he needs to test the veracity of the Ghost. The Ghost tells Hamlet of his murder and demands revenge when he says "Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder" in Act I scene iv. Hamlet's initial reaction is to act quickly, "Haste me to know't, that I, with wings as swift As meditation or the thoughts of love, May sweep to my revenge" (I.4.33-35) whether it may be because he disapproves of Claudius marrying his mother or through a sense of duty and obligation. However by Act II scene i he expresses his feelings of doubt about the Ghost: "the spirit I may have seen may be a devil". This concern leads to Hamlet adopting his 'antic disposition' and using the players in 'The Mousetrap' to confirm Claudius' guilt. Therefore only in Act III scene ii is Hamlet convinced and comments to Horatio "I'll take the Ghost's word for a thousand pound". While a modern audience might find Hamlet's motivation for this
