Question

What is patriarchy? Origin of patriarchy and features of patriarchy

Answer 1

Patriarchy is the literal rule of father, this concept is used to refer to a system that values men more and gives them power over women. Patriarchy was originated in the ancient times and has no specific time or year.
It was present from time immemorial where women were dominated based on their physical strength.

Answer 2

Plath weaves together patriarchal figures – a father, Nazis, a vampire, a husband – and then holds them all accountable for history's horrors. Like "The Colossus," "Daddy" imagines a larger-than-life patriarchal figure, but here the figure has a distinctly social, political aspect. Even the vampire is discussed in terms of its tyrannical sway over a village. In this interpretation, the speaker comes to understand that she must kill the father figure in order to break free of the limitations that it places upon her. In particular, these limitations can be understood as patriarchal forces that enforce a strict gender structure. It has the feel of an exorcism, an act of purification. And yet the journey is not easy. She realizes what she has to do, but it requires a sort of hysteria. In order to succeed, she must have complete control, since she fears she will be destroyed unless she totally annihilates her antagonist.