Eventually, she questions the wisdom of her ways and abandons her intimate only to replace him/her with a "look-a-like". To everyone else, the warning signs are apparent, but she's ignoring to them. Why can't she see what is transparent to those closest to her? Someone works long hours for low pay while the boss is out establishing his consulting business And, what about those smart and talented colleague with unique skills? Why does she always end up underpaid and overworked?
In the times John Steinbeck lived in women were not held in high regard but they were just present to serve men. However, they still tried to yearn for a better future by exploiting men. The character Curley's wife in the novel is a victim of society and her dream. She is married to Curley who neglects her and so because of her loneliness she is always seeking attention. She wears too much makeup and dresses like a "whore"
Later Cal’s wardrobe is changed by Jacob and he is taught all the tricks of seducing women. Cal starts dating and in his first date he meets with Kate (Marisa Tomei) who refuses his advance but later agrees to sleep with him in his apartment (Scott 2011). As days go by Cal manages to sleep with more women, but still not happy with the way his family is falling apart. Later Cal meets his wife Emily at a parents teachers conference where his son Robbie. As Emily starts out with David, Jacob goes with Hannah and avoids Cal most of the time.
Throughout history men are seen as the “strong/tough ones”; the belief is that they should be paid more than women in order to support their families (Loney, 2005). Women often take time off from work to raise their children, which can interfere with their career path. Also, married women with children are more likely to leave their jobs, rather than women who are single and/or without
I think porphyria is quite controlling and maybe a bit selfish. This is shown in the way that she comes and goes to his cottage as she pleases, and then goes back home, to her husband. I think the title has a meaning to it, 'Porphyrias Lover' this shows that he is her lover making the impression she is again quite controlling ; he is her bit on the side, She has a family and another home, he doesn’t have anything else but her. Porphyrias Lover is a very possessive man. He spends his days sitting around waiting for Porphyria to come around and spend time with him.
Bessie’s sense of duty to her father keeps her from accepting Berol’s proposal and running away with him. Jacob Novak obligation to his father keeps him away from Masha and breaks her heart. Masha’s family class compared to Novak’s was different. Novak’s father was rich. The book says that a cuff button of his suit was more expensive than the entire house where Marsha and her family lived.
I believe that when they first got married there was some kind of love in their relationship, but when they realized they could not conceive a child Don Elias blamed his wife. Even though it was most likely he was the infertile one, he treated her as if all she was good for was to take care of him like a maid. This is what made her a hard, bitter old woman. Dona Matilida believes it was her fault, and feels guilty about not being able to provide him with a child he so greatly desired. This caused her to turn a blind eye to what he was doing around town with other women.
The relationship between Curley and his wife is another element that fuels his hostility throughout the novel. “He spends half the time looking for her and the rest of the time she’s looking for him.” This tells us that their relationship isn’t very stable. It also hints at the fact that because Curley’s wife gives some workers on the ranch ‘the eye’ he is quite paranoid that she’ll cheat, thus one of the reasons he’s always asking Slim about her whereabouts. The other reason being that because in those days women were meant to stay at home to cook, clean and look after the house in general; Curley didn’t like it that his wife didn’t do any that and instead hung around the ranch all the time and his American dream was coming crashing down. The American dream was the hope to have a housewife, a piece of land and your own home something that just wasn’t working out for
Although Edna has taken control of her own life, she is still not happy with her life because of the many different types of love she has experienced. Alcee loves her but she only uses him as an affair while her husband is doing business. Robert truly loves her, and she felt the same way about him, but he can’t have her, because her husband already owns her. Edna doesn’t want to be owned by anyone, but no matter how many times she rebels and takes control of things, men still think of her as a possession. Edna ends her life in search for herself, and her
The fear of having lower SPH forced employees to make the non selling hours off the record and this resulted in losses for the employees, in both, monetary as well as recognition of extra efforts work. The main cause of this problem is the incentive for the sellers. It causes employees to work off the clock in order to increase their SPH. Another important problem that the employees of Nordstrom confront is the peer pressure. Every employee want be in the shifts that had maximum sales to increase their sales-per-hour, so there was a lot of competition.