My Brilliant Career Report
...ybylla’s thoughts on marriage and this reinforces the feminism: “Marriage to me appeared the most horribly tied-down and unfair-to-women existence going.” (pg 38) Also, the whole conversation dealing with her final verdict of deciding not to be with Harold was very feminist on Sybylla’s part. She states “No; I would not yield. He offered me everything – but control.” (pg 249) Control is a rare thing that women held back in that era, and it was something she wanted desperately. I think it is safe to say from these two examples that Sybylla was fiercely trying to gain independence. In those times, this would be considered very feminist. Another main issue in the novel was the choice Sybylla had to make between career and love. This was the central conflict in My Brilliant Career. Sybylla had to choose whether she wanted to marry Harold, or whether she wanted to develop her career as a writer. In the end, Sybylla chose to try and develop her career as a writer because, I think, she found that having a successful career in writing was ultimately more rewarding than marrying a rich, handsome and charming young man. Yet again the issues of independence and feminism re...