There are a large number of problems in our society, dating back even further than the 1800s to the present day. The struggles of women today are presented in Tennyson's "The Lady of Shalott." A large majority of women are held back by society's critical thinking. Not only in third world countries like Pakistan, India or Afghanistan, but also in first world countries like America. Society should stop oppressing women through the way they dress, their freedom and their romantic relationships in these countries and around the world. These women are treated like the Lady of Shalott, who was placed in an excluded tower, far from human interaction. . She also could not look out the window at the passing life, but she could see through "a clear mirror, reflecting the tower of Camelot" (Tennyson, 45-50). This mirror showed her what she could never have; freedom. Freedom is exactly what most women in these countries, in Pakistan, India or Afghanistan, cannot achieve. In the book A Thousand Splendid Suns, women in these countries are often forced to wear a burqa or hijab. These traditional blankets are supposed to ensure the safety of these women. Just as the lady of the tower of Shalott kept the lady safe while isolated; so isolated that no one “saw her wave her hand[,] or at the window saw her get up” (Tennyson, 23-25). In A Thousand Splendid Suns, Rasheed often told his two wives to always cover themselves in burqas because he didn't want other men ogling what was his property. In this society, women are told to cover themselves from head to toe. This is because their beauty is a distraction to men and could cause them to take bad “actions”. It's not fair, society shouldn't make women feel like they're a distraction or force them to wear something they don't want to wear. Society should question whether these women dress appropriately, then it should be