Because their relationship is an affair, they cannot see each other in the way they want to very often and especially not while other people are around. They are not married to each other which make their relationship very wrong in that community and time- more so wrong than it would be now. John Procter understands that their secret must be kept, but finished, but Abigail doesn’t care that they were caught once and could be caught again. She just wants their relationship back and says, “Oh, I marvel, how such a strong man may let such a sickly wife be-” (miller 22) Abigail then comes to claim that Elizabeth, john’s wife, is “Blackening me (her) name in the village!” She is telling lies about me (her)!” (Miller 22) but he just gets angry at himself because it’s true, and threatens to whip her for talking about his wife that
Once Antigone makes up her mind, she does not waver. Creon does not want the death of his son’s future wife, but still decides to starve Antigone to death. Antigone takes her fate upon herself by committing suicide. Her suicide causes major problems for Creon. Creon’s swift and just punishment of Antigone as any other citizen of Thebes, was the right decision.
Frome marries Zenobia Pierce prematurely, only to obviate “the mortal silence of…long imprisonment.” (Wharton, page 61) He wanted “the sound of a …voice” to fill the void on his farm. (Wharton, page 61) Likewise, Holden seeks conviviality with Sally Hayes though he dislikes her phoniness. He ends the “depress[ing]” date by calling Sally a “royal pain in the ass.”(Salinger, page 133) Both characters were merely looking for companionship in their otherwise lonely lives but both encounters ended badly, for Frome on a large scale and for Holden on a smaller scale. Undoubtedly, these rash acts to receive camaraderie illustrate the foolhardiness of the protagonists. They both abhor solitude but are unsure how to find viable friendship.
Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen and Punishment by Rabindranath Tagore are both stories that have women that are conflicted and bounded in a man’s world. In Hedda the play focused on a Victorian high class living society on a woman named Hedda Gabler who only cared about herself and had no qualms with manipulating her friends and family. On the other hand, Punishment focused on an agrarian and poor society about two brothers, one who killed his wife and blamed it on Chandara, Chidam’s wife and she cared about her family especially her husband. Hedda and Chandra are two people who have different personalities and were brought up in two different worlds. Despite these differences, both stories surrounding these two women are realistic and of real women who are conflicted in their role as women in a man’s world and this ultimately led them to take control of their life even if it meant killing themselves.
The feeling, however, shifts because she begins to be happy about her husband’s death. She thinks she will be able to enjoy the freedom that she had lost in the marriage. Her hope is then ruined by the subsequent news of Mr. Mallard’s survival. The story describes the change of Mrs. Mallard’s reaction and emotion within a single hour. In the short fiction, Chopin explores her belief that marriage and freedom cannot exist together by using two powerful ironies: situational irony and dramatic irony.
The Story of an Hour Death opens its mouth to consume a husband and fights to take the wife in this bitter sweet story of a woman caught in a loveless marriage. Mrs. Mallard hears the details slightly, in small elements, from her sister trying to relieve her of any more grief than necessary. Worrying about her heart condition and trying to save her sister’s life during this tragic time, Josephine chooses her words wisely and slowly to break the news of Mr. Mallard’s death. Josephine and others have seen the illusion of love as she tries to spare her poor sister any more sorrow. The theme of this story screams of bereavement.
English 102 In many marriages, women sometimes feel oppressed and trapped even if they live a god life. In the story of an Hour, by Kate Chopin, as well as This lullaby by Sarah Dessen,, both authors show how a good marriage can also be oppressive. Both authors illustrate this theme through the development of their characters. Some things aren’t always what they seem, you might think someone is hapy but in reality they could be feeling something completely different. The Story of an hour in y eyes is about a women who finds out her husband is dead and is happy bout it.
(3.1.162-163) Macbeth recognizes that Banquo will surely go to heaven, yet feels no sympathy for his old friend. When Macbeth hears he has nothing to fear of Macduff from the witches he decides, "Then live, Macduff. What need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take a bond of Fate. Thou shalt not live."
Throughout the Awakening, the direction of the plot fluxuates based on the choices made by the characters. Of all the characters, none make choices as drastic as Edna Pontellier. Her decision to turn away from her husband defines her as one of the rarest types of women in that time period. The American society of that time was not used to seeing a woman even think of leaving her husband, which is what made this such a controversial novel. Robert Lebrun realizes that his love for Edna will come at an expensive price and is forced to come decide if he will let a family be torn apart in the name of love.
“The Yellow Wallpaper”: Unknown Insanity The 19th century was filled with a lot of unknown illness and disorders. Charlotte Perkins-Gilman chooses to write about the unknown illness in which some women faced at the time. The 19th century was also a time where women had fewer rights than men. This may have contributed to one of the ways the story is set for the narrator’s insanity. The narrator’s insanity is caused by her husband, the treatment prescribed for her, and her obsession with the yellow wallpaper.