Kathy was being a selfish wife because she did not want to listen to, nor talk about John’s issues, and instead she chooses to ignore them. In a relationship, mutual communication is essential between the individual and his or her spouse. According to an article on Psych Central entitled Marriage Communication by Erika Krull, “The whole point of communicating is to be clearly understood. To do that, your channel of communication must go two ways” with your significant other. In Kathy and John’s case, John was trying to communicate with Kathy about an important subject and Kathy is too wrapped up in herself, leaving John with no one to talk to.
The main reason for Henry's failure in obtaining an annulment was mainly due to the opposition of Katherine of Aragon, this is what is suggested in Source 4 as it strongly suggests that she was the cause of the failure. The source portrays Katherine as determined and will not give up until she gets what she wants "Henry's bullying only increased her determination". It was not only Henry who was pleading her to give up on here intentions to stay married to him, Cardinal Campeggio suggested that she became a nun meaning she would be married to the Church and then their marriage wold be claimed as invalid, but Catherine opposed the suggestion as that would meant she would lose her power as Queen and loose contact with her daughter Mary. Henry was dependant on the Bible passage Leviticus to attempt to prove their marriage was invalid. In Leviticus it states that if you marry your brother’s wife you shall remain childless.
Typically, a husband who can’t consummate a marriage should be abandoned without hesitation. When Bertrande is “urged by her relatives to separate from Martin, she firmly refuse[s]” (28). This decision reveals Bertrande’s “certain character traits…a concern for her reputation as a woman, a stubborn independence” (28). Bertrande cleverly calculates the advantages she possesses as a result of Martin’s incompetence. “Her refusal to have her marriage dissolved…freed her temporarily from certain wifely duties…gave her a chance to have a girlhood” (28).
However, when she learns the truth about he and his Elinor’s marriage, she is torn between conflicting loyalties and desires. She finally acknowledges, that she ‘was not Elinor, after all, but Anna.’ Anna elects to leave her old life and chooses a path, ‘... away from death and towards life, from birth to birth, from seed to blossom.’ She comes to terms with the fact that she does not want to be stereotyped as a ‘widow turned witch in the common mind.’ She decides not be constrained with the confines of male authority, but fashions her own destiny to accord with her core values, of loyalty, compassion and honesty. As a result, she is ultimately rewarded with acceptance and love in a new community, with a new family of her own. ‘Year of Wonders’ charts the journey of its protagonist Anna Frith, as she discovers her true identity and sense of belonging in the world. Throughout her journey, Anna is truly tested and experiences much suffering.
Even though she doesn’t really want to, she complies and does what Hilly tells her. Mae Mobley is sad and distraught that Aibileen is leaving because now she won’t have anyone who truly understands her and she will have to deal with Elizabeth on her own. Aibileen is sad to go as well, but she doesn’t have a choice. She tells Mae Mobley that she loves her and that she must never forget that she is kind, she is smart and that she is important. As Aibileen leaves she thinks about what to do next.
She expresses to the reader how strongly she feels about needing to speak up and questioning authority. For as long as she can remember she herself did not speak up and has found that nothing can get better if no one questions the head decision makers. “For many years, I have done just that-listened, observed, and quietly formed my own opinions, in a culture that rarely asks questions because it has all the answers”(Williams 442). It is not right to sit back and do nothing when there is something going on that needs to be fixed or stopped. When people are taught to not act upon what they feel is right because a higher power is telling them that that is the way it is, then no problem can ever be solved.
Passion moves her to speak from her essential self, "I grieve to leave thornfield, etc." His approach to a "proposal" is ambiguous; understandably, his insistence that she must stay at Thornfield doesn't sound like a proposal of marriage to Jane, who protests vehemently. She asserts her equality to Rochester and her sense of self-worth, Do you think,
For example, Edna speaks of her promiscuity to Robert and says “I suppose this is what you would call unwomanly; but I have got into the habit of expressing myself. It doesn't matter to me, and you may think me unwomanly if you like”. She eventually gets to the point where she doesn’t care anymore. She refuses to change herself in order to fit into the mold she has come to hate that society has created for
At times she wanted to give up and accept the will of the regime, but her memories and her humanity wouldn't let her. Through the Night chapters, that the readers only perceive her, resisting Gilead’s ideology, which exposes her true self and her own values. It is her only escape from the strict regime. Offred is a mostly passive character, good-hearted but complacent. She inwardly resists the puritanical society, but is not courageous enough to untangle herself from the chains of marginalisation and inequality.
She cries out in tears that “[John] loved [her], and whatever sin it is, [he] loved [her] yet!” and she pleads for John to “pity [her]” (Miller 24). Abigail is reluctant to acknowledge that their relationship is over; she desires the physical love and lust because she wants more notice. Whether it be negative or not, she still wants