To what extent does Ischomachus' conversation with Socrates give a different picture of an Athenian marriage from the law court speeches you have studied? Ischomachus' conversation with Socrates portrays the image of a perfect wife and how his perfect wife supposedly acts. However, as this essay will prove, this is not the case with all Athenian marriages shown with evidence from the other court cases. This will be done through various methods; by discussing the nature of the evidence, the circumstances of an Athenian marriage, the role of wives, the communication between husband and wife and wives' freedom and protection. It will come to a conclusion deciding whether or not Ischomachus' conversation with Socrates gives a different picture of an Athenian marriage from the other law court speeches.
By being able to understand her father without him using words shows how similar they are, and how much they understand each other. In a way, she is also categorizing her mother, and later on her sister, with the sinners, furthering her critical attribute. Another defining feature shared among the family members, is the prim and proper attitude towards everything. When the family is attempting to meet their sixty-one pound maximum requirement, Leah says even when they are “trimming” back it does not help them reach that constraint. Rather than saying, “cutting” back, as most would, she says the more gracious thing, offering insight into her upbringing as well as her parent’s parenting styles for the reader.
She mourned of her husband’s passing but as she went up the flight of stairs into her room, Mrs. Mallard came to realize of her newfound freedom. She soon relished her liberation from her marriage to her husband Brently. Such freedom was short-lived, and as she her eyes caught sight of her husband’s entrance into the house, her heart gave way and she died. The two women do indeed share some similarities, but also at the same time show various differences that make their respective situations unique. Among the similarities between Calixta and Mrs. Mallard are the conditions of their marriages around the time of the stories: Calixta to Bobinot and Mrs. Mallard with Brently Mallard.
The poetry of Sappho and the numerous speeches in Plato’s Symposium both deal primarily with homoerotic love. Sappho, one of the only female poets in Ancient Greece, speaks from the female perspective whereas Plato’s work focuses on the nature of this love between men. Several fundamental elements are common to both perspectives, including similar ideals of youth and beauty as well as the idea of desire as integral to both views on love. Despite these similarities, there is an important distinction, which can be understood in terms of Pausanias’ concepts of Common versus Celestial Love. Common lovers are focused more on the physical experience than the intellectual contact in a relationship.
A great deal of honesty is important between spouses and is needed in order to sustain a happy loving relationship. The film Lantana clearly demonstrates this through the characters of Leon who initially is dishonest of his affair to his wife, Sonja, but manages to confess and eventually saves his marriage, and John who is hardly honest with his wife, Valerie and thus did not end with a happy marriage. The film also shows how honesty builds mutual trust in relationships, as evident with Nik and Paula by, and is another main element that comprises a firm marriage. Honesty plays an important role in reigniting a passionate relationship. Sonja is not satisfied with the dispassionate marriage she is having with Leon as she describes it as merely “going through the motion”.
John is very much aware of his wife, the narrator’s mental insecurity. Simultaneously, he embraces a conscious ignorance of his wife, telling her that it would not benefit the situation “if I [she] had ... less opposition and more society and stimulus” (Gilman 1). The reader can assume that John is initially embarrassed and disillusioned by his wife’s illness. This is reiterated as he (“a physician of high standing”) “assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression” (Gilman 1). In this instance, John’s social standing as a husband and a doctor conspire against the narrator’s enunciation of her illness.
The first decision that he encountered was when he was called forth to defend Elizabeth Proctor. To save his wife, and prove that she was telling the truth, he confessed to having relations with Abigail. “IN her life, sir, she have never lied. There are them that cannot sing, and them that cannot weep; my wife cannot lie. I have paid much to learn it sir” -page 116 Despite the fact that Proctor was going to ruin his name, and reputation he chose to save his wife’s life.
Misfit • "But it wold've been better for all of you, if you hadn't of reckernized me" • "I call myself the Misfit because I can't make what al I done wrong fit what all I gone through in punishment" • "She would have been a good woman, if there was somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life" Grandmother • "You're the misfit! I recognized you at once!" • "I just know you're a good man" • "Pray Pray" 2. Give an example of dramatic, situational, and verbal irony from the story. Be sure to label your examples.
And his wife stayed true to him while he was away, even when the suitors were in the house trying to marry her. Any reader can interpret the concept of loyalty as appearing in The Odyssey. Readers can also observe the consequences of not being loyal. Therefore, there is a lesson contained in The Odyssey: Loyalty is an important characteristic that good people should have, and failure to be loyal results in tragedy. Disloyal characters cause their own destruction.
Marriages occur between childhood or college friends, office colleagues, neighbors and acquaintances. These relationships are a result of “chemistry” between two individuals. Such marriages have a good chance of success because they arise from mutual attraction but only if a person has chosen wisely. Often, there is a mismatch between social statuses, educational qualifications, financial resources and life’s goals and aspirations of the two individuals, which after some time becomes a cause of friction and eventually leads to divorce. Arranged marriages were once very common but today this institution mostly survives in eastern countries such as India and China.