As for family members, the act of killing his wife was “an act of love” on Albert’s behalf. Statistics have shown that male especially are more likely to commit double murder suicide, and their spouse most likely are unaware of their plans. My summation of this double murder suicide is a result of Albert not able to cope with the decline in his wife health. Articles have stated that since her stroke, Sandra has not been herself; Albert visits everyday and instead of seeing improvement, sees the physical and mental decline in his life’s partner. Perhaps it was an act of love, perhaps he did not want to see Sandra suffer he wanted to ease her of her pain and suffering, and like so many before his time, Albert did what he thought was best.
Gurhov is by some means defended for his view of women by relating his “bitter experience” and the description of his wife. (insert page 205 #2) He did not seek his wife, she was “found for him, when he was very young”. The reader is prone to dislike her with only a meager description. In a way, he was forced to marry this woman who evidently gave him a free pass to check out what he was missing. It is also revealed that Gurhov finds it difficult to socialize with the men in society, but (insert page 205 #3).
They are both unhappy because their husbands trap them, then they are happy because they are free from their marriage. In the end, they are sad again because Mrs. Wright was incarcerated, and Mrs. Mallard because her husband was actually alive. The relationship the women have with their spouse was a big contribution to the terrible lives they lived. Women could not own any property at the time, or get a divorce from their husband. In patriarchal societies
Edna also sees other men because she wants some attention and to feel loved. “Her marriage to Léonce Pontellier was purely an accident, in this respect resembling many other marriages which masquerade as the decrees of Fate.” On page 18 is a quote to show this. Edna’s selfish choices have caused her husband much grief. By doing what she wants to do, Edna is a strongly independent woman. Edna goes out and does whatever she wants.
This may be a theme/genre that Browning enjoys and writes a lot of. He may also be talking about his love for his wife; Elizabeth Barrett Browning. When the two first met, Browning was “lower-class” than his wife; as she was a very good and well know poet and he was not, this may have had some input into the story behind Porphyria’s Lover. He may have been writing it to convey his love of his wife and how he doesn’t want to let her ever leave him, and he would do anything to make sure she did stay with him until they died. Furthermore, both poems betray women as bad people.
“A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams is a portrait of the conflict between men and women in a masculine society that is dominated by the owners and leaders of the household, men. As a consequence, the play deals with women dependence on men. Similarly, to the way modern women rely on men in today’s world. The women in the play, Blanche and Stella, choose to fall back on men and depend on them to help them economically but also emotionally and sexually. Both women in the play, see male companions as essential to achieve happiness and they depend on men for both their living and self-image.
The main character suffers from depression. Her husband wants to help with her illness, but only helps make her worse by preventing her from enjoying what she loves the most. "There comes John, and I must put this away, he hates to have me write words. "(Gilman,Charlotte) John does not think that his wife should write, rather he wants her to rest everyday in the room with yellow wallpaper. The wallpaper however begins to take a toll on the woman’s life.
This scene is of Meursault receiving a telegram stating that his mother died, but he isn’t sure when. He shows no remorse over his mother dying, just notices the detail that he doesn’t know when she died. This indifference to the fact that his mother died could mean that he doesn’t care about his mother and that he believes that the human life is meaningless. The idea that human life is meaningless is a theme that is common in the novel. In the passage it embodies that Meursault is detached from society and is different from other people.
The audience was lead to believe that it was because of Mr. Wright that Mrs. Wright gave up her singing and nice clothes, however we see no evidence to prove this. Maybe it was because of Mrs. Wright’s decisions in life that lead Mr. Wright to be so unhappy. If she was the one that chose to change after their marriage and not wear nice things, to quit being sociable in the town, and to not take care of the home, then this may have been what lead Mr. Wright to be so unhappy. Mrs. Wright is portrayed to be the unbalanced character in this story. She is the one who killed her husband
Blanche’s intimacies created her downfall as they weren’t permanent. After Blanches husband committed suicide Blanche was alone and felt the need to be intimate with many men so that she wouldn’t be alone, she thought that the men were helping to detach herself from the horrors of her life and stop herself from acknowledging her guilt from her husband’s suicide; Critic Kathleen Margaret Lant claims ‘Williams does consider Blanche guilty for not saving her husband from his