These observations, coupled with her never ending excuses of why she wants a wife throughout the essay, kept me interested and also had me considering how they might compare to my life experiences. Brady's reasons for wanting a wife are seemingly endless: To support her, to take care of her children (at all times), to take care of her physical needs, to keep the house clean, to take care of her sexual needs (when she wants her to), to take full responsibility and to remain faithful until she might need to marry another wife, just to name a few! To sum things up, after Brady finishes schooling, she wants her wife to quit work, so she can completely take on the full responsibilities of a wife. What I would like to do is take some positives from this sarcastic, female chauvinistic literature. For almost every instance that Brady states she wants a wife, I would agree with her.
In “The Bloody Chamber” Carter portrays the lady’s “marquis” as a character who thinks that he has obedience over his wife, by telling her what she can and can’t do; implications suggest that by giving her his keys, he is also tempting her into disobeying him. He does this by describing exactly where the “little room” is, in which the “last little key he showed [her]” unlocks, by telling her that it is “at the foot of the west tower”. He knows her well, and knows that by describing it in such detail she will be interested into finding out what is actually down the “dark little corridor” Here the theme of obedience is used alongside the theme of Liberty, as even though he asks her to promise him that she will not go down there, she goes against what she is told, and goes there anyway. This portrays her sense of freedom now that her husband has gone away for a while. It also shows her rebellious personality (also described as fearless) as contextually the age difference between her and her husband implies that he automatically should have authority over her.
When Harriet receives a letter from Mr. Martin proposing marriage, Emma lets her make a decision and then tells her that refusing the proposal was the right choice. Austen writes, Perfectly, perfectly right, my dearest Harriet; you are doing just what you ought. While you were at all in suspense, I kept my feelings to myself, but now that you are so completely decided, I have no hesitation in approving. Dear Harriet, I give myself joy of this. It would have grieved me to lose your acquaintance, which must have been the consequence of your marrying Mr. Martin.
Juliet: (stands in front of her mother) O sweet my mother, cast me not away! Mentor: (exclaims) Ah! excellent. Such good grasp of language and such good man- Lady Capulet: (angry)Enough of this, I pray thee hold thy peace. Mentor: (putting her hands up in surrender) Alright, alright.
None of this saddens me. All I need is for you to be pleased with me, to know whether you are pleased with me or not. “ (Sells, 156). This is very similar to a passive wife and an abusive husband. She only wants to know if he is pleased with her or not.
“All attempts to belong must involve sacrifice of some kind.” To what extent have you found this to be true in your prescribed text and at least one other related text of your own choosing? To belong is to fit in, and to fit in you feel you must sacrifice certain cultures, places and family to allow you to feel you’re fully accepted. However this self-sacrifice can bring upon feelings of betrayal to your old identity, which can give you a sense of isolation and not belonging. In both Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel, The Namesake, and Christine Anu song ‘My Island Home’ we are shown the frustration and confusion that is brought upon a person sacrificing and compromising one’s identity in an attempting to belong in what they feel is the correct environment. The Namesake explores the inner conflict within a second-generation immigrant boy, Gogol; due to the clash of his family’s Indian traditions and his longing for the American way of life.
His dedication is on display throughout the play, as he is steadily stripped of position in society, his home, and his job for refusing to be silent about the town's unhealthy, contaminated Baths which is considered to be his central motivation. For example, In Act 3, Pg49 ‘they have tried to rob me of my most elementary rights as a man […] to make a coward of me, to force me to put personal interests before my most sacred convictions’ which shows that he is fighting to help the people because that is his principle. The Second significant theme used by Ibsen is power, which is another major aspect of Dr. Stockmann’s Personality. Dr. Stockmann is considered to be a high-class society member like his brother but does not have complete power and influence over the people. Furthermore, as the story continues, we are able to see that there is
By communicating with each other through letter, Nettia has been more independent and gained self confined knowing that Ceila will always be there for her. So in pg 155 it says “no mateer what I’m doing, I’m writing to you”. This is Netie which is talking to Celia, and is alwys communicating to her, because the relation between each other has helped Nettie . The reason why the other has brought in this theme is because this
When Darcy proposes to Elizabeth, Austin writes that he spoke of, “His sense of her inferiority of its being a degradation of the family obstacles which judgment had always opposed to inclination, were dwelt on with a warmth which seemed due to the consequence he was wounding, but was very unlikely to recommend his suit.” (Chapter 11 Vol. II). Austin writes, “Her inferiority of its being a degradation” through this statement the reader can infer that he is insulting her based upon her low status. Elizabeth immediately exposes his pride and faults him as being ungentlemanly. Austen succeeds in showing how the prideful nature of Darcy is unacceptable to Elizabeth and thus the reader knows that her refusal is based on her need for respect and love in a marriage.
Even through the changes that society as a whole has experienced from Emerson’s time to our own, Emerson’s idea continues to hold merit; society continues to disapprove and put down those that are individuals only to protect its-self and hold on to what is known. Emerson writes using persuasive rhetoric to stress his ideas of the dangers of the conformity that faces mankind and the importance of being an individual. "Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immoral palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness." Emerson states that a man to become an individual must question every orthodox belief that he faces and must decide what he believes to be true, not what society thinks to be true.