Allusion presentation

I was working on my Allusion presentation this weekend and I realized that most woman in literature have a horrible reputation. There are many pieces of literature which revolve around woman empowerment, but more often than not there in a woman that is evil and ruins a man's life. Though this is but a reputation, it is woman like Delilah that give woman their bad reputation. Delilah lied to and seduced Samson and then tried to ruin his life for a bribe. She lead him on and used him. This theme is reoccurring in movies and television shows, as well as in literature. In movies such as Step Up 3D, the girl is sent in by "the enemy" to find out secrets to take down the hero. However, in modern adaptations of the story, most woman fall truly in love with the hero and they can't go through with their mission. Woman in the bible however follow two stereotypes, the saint and the sinner. They are typically prudes or prostitutes. In history there is no gray area in which woman can be both. Delilah obviously fits under the category of the seductress and a woman like Esther or Mary (the virgin) would fit under the saint category. I understand that some woman are the heroines, but generally woman aren't given much space to move in their stereotyped roles in literature.Why is that?