Allende uses Casilda to depict the weak and acquiescent stereotype. In the initial part of the story, after Judge Hidalgo locked Juana la Triste, mother of Vidal, in a made-to-measure cage in order to capture Vidal, Casilda defied her husband’s orders and confronted him in front of the entire town. She not only
contrasts the social stereotypes of the time. Very few people are willing to be this social rebel because they are afraid of the repercussions.
As many researchers know, Greece was infused with many misogynists at the time of Medea. The societal expectations revolved around the men and the stereotypes were typically for the women. When writers in Greece, all men, wrote pieces of work, they would write about the strengths of the men and and if women appeared at all, they would be presented in a condescending manner. There were a few writers that tried to shed light on the injustice women received, but would be immediately shut down by the