Kayla Chandler ENG8 - Final Exam

In literature, a woman has always taken a role in helping bad things happen, and men are generally the savior. This has taken place since the beginning of story telling, dating back to at least to one of the very first bible stories.
The story of Adam and Eve is one nearly every child knows well. God creates Adam first, and then creates Eve as a wife and companion. He tells them they can eat any fruit except from the Tree of Knowledge. And, what does the woman do? She eats an apple from that tree, and gets Adam to do the same. They are shunned out of the Garden of Eden forever, and she ends up responsible for original sin. It happens that way throughout the bible. Two women fight over a baby, and a man settles the dispute. A woman asks for the head of her enemy, making her bad. A woman is the reason for temptation. That's just how it is.
In the Great Gatsby, if it wasn't for Daisy, there wouldn't even be a story. Daisy is responsible for Myrtle's death, even if she didn't mean to. She was speeding, and hit her, and she didn't even stop to make sure the woman was alright. Daisy is responsible for the lies and deceitful ways of both Gatsby and Nick. It's her cheating on Tom with Gatsby that causes Nick to lie. She is bad.
"The Taming of the Shrew" brings us Katherine. She is bad tempered, rude, and just plain mean to everybody that she meets. She is incapable of giving an even semi-decent first impression, second impression, or anything following. She even ties up her own sister. She is only considered "good" when she becomes submissive and does everything her new husband asks or commands.
Women, then, are bad unless they are following the rules by the letter, in literature. Now, it is acceptable, and almost expected, for women to break the rules a little. It is our character and nature. Maybe we've had the right idea all along.