Her husbands, all five of them were teased with sex, but they had to provide luxuries that she desperately craved for. The underlying theme of The Wife of Bath relates to power struggles rather than spousal equality in marriage. The Wife of Bath gives an insight into a hard working semi-independent woman of the Middle Ages. She is semi- independent because she is dependent upon her husbands for material goods. "In the words of the Wife of Bath, God has given women three talents- deceit, weeping, and spinning" (Power 118).
Money in The Great Gatsby Daisy Buchanan, Tom Buchanan, Jordan Baker, and Jay Gatsby were your typical 1920’s socialites In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. These characters battle greater love for money or a love for each other. Daisy has spent her whole life being a rich, spoiled socialite. So when she met Gatsby before he had made his money she knew she had to block out her feelings for him. Daisy had been raised to marry for money and keep her family’s name involved in old money and lavish events.
Katherine first conveys her message by describing the state of marriage life in those days, this is evident when she says: “A married state affords but little ease/ the best of husbands are so hard to please.” This warns unmarried women that marriage can only afford some ‘ease’. The word ‘afford’ shows that marriage cannot give you any more than ‘little ease’ as it cannot afford any more. As a woman, every woman dreams of a husband who is caring and understanding. These characteristics are classified as being the ‘best’ husband, but Katherine addresses to the unmarried women and tells them that their dreams might come true, as in, they might find the ‘best husband’ but the husband’s demands will be really high, and they would not be
When Tybalt is killed, Lady Capulet, Lord Capulet, and Paris think she is unhappy because of her cousin’s death, which makes Paris respond to this conflict by scheduling the wedding earlier to make Juliet happy again, and that’s one of the biggest conflicts since she told Friar Lawrence she would rather do the most dangerous things than marry Paris. Paris is a very kind-hearted man who treats Juliet like she’s very delicate, he still loved her even though she denied it when he called her his wife. Although he is arrogant, he loves Juliet and he treats the Capulets with admiration and formality, he highly respects Friar Lawrence and gets annoyed with Romeo at the end because
Without the feud, Juliet would be free to marry Romeo with no problem. The Capulet-Montague feud caused many problems in the lives of Romeo and Juliet. When Juliet is told by Capulet to “get thee to Church on Thursday, or never look me in the face” sparks many disagreements between the family and confusion for Juliet. Although Capulet had no idea of Romeo and Juliet’s marriage, he should have been more kind and less forcing when presenting Juliet with the offer. If this was the case, Juliet may not have felt so driven to take the potion and fake her death.
“Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, it might have been.” -Kurt Vonnegut. After reading Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, all one can think about is what might have been. Set in Verona hundreds of years ago, two rival families continue to fight because of an “ancient grudge” (Prologue.3) Two teens, Romeo and Juliet, fall in love, defying their families rules. After only a couple of days, their love cause both of their deaths. Friar Lawrence was the cause of their deaths for his irresponsibility and lack of urgency to solve the conflict he started.
After Romeo soon learns about his banishment, he is told by Friar Laurence to go visit Juliet one last time; he responds by saying “It were a grief so brief to part with thee. Farewell.” (3.3.192-193). Thoughtless and stubborn, even though his “undying love” for Juliet affects him, Romeo does not realize that going to Juliet’s house can lead to dire consequences. To avoid these consequences, he could have left Verona immediately. During a tremendous argument between Juliet and her mother, Lady Capulet claims that Juliet must marry Paris, an innocent, charming man who wants to marry her, but she refuses and shouts, “ He shall not make me there a joyful bride…I will not marry yet; and when I do, I swear it shall be Romeo” (3.5.132-137).
Explore the way Shakespeare presents Juliet’s changing relationship with her parents during the course of the play: Juliet’s relationship with her parents changes during the course of the play; she is shy, obedient and behaves in a way that is typical of a wealthy daughter of the time. By the end of the play she is disobedient and becomes very independent. Women of this time were a lower class to men and all men owned their wives and children and to see a women even speak without a males consent to do so was surprising. The first time Juliet introduced to the audience is when Paris asks lord Capulet for his daughters hand in marriage: An audience of Elizabethan time would see this as a great opportunity for Juliet and the Capulet family, but lord Capulet explains to Paris that Juliet is too young. ‘ we let two summers wither in her pride, then we may think of her ripe to be a wife’ these are lord Capulet’s words to Paris telling Paris to wait two years before marriage will even be considered.
The parts that bother me the most was about the wife giving sexual need to their spouses. Men think is an obligation of their wife’s to satisfied them whenever they want and that only them can feel pleasure, “I want a wife who is sensitive to my sexual needs, a wife that makes sure I am satisfied”. Making women feel like an object. Brady obviously wants to prove a point that women are undervalue, and that men feel women are replaceable. and this is shown on the essay when she writes this ”If, by chance , I find another person more suitable as a wife than the wife I already have, I want the liberty to replace my present wife with another one” Really, is sad but is the truth, men do think women’s are objects they can’t take and leave when they want and demand things and expect to received without giving.
Despite this, Shylock agrees to loan Bassanio the money with the condition that if the loan is not re-paid, Shylock is entitled to a (literal) pound of Antonio's flesh. Despite Bassanio's objections, Antonio agrees to the summary of Shylock's conditions. Meanwhile, Portia and her lady-in-waiting, Nerissa are upset to learn the terms of her father's will with regards to her marriage. Her future husband must pick the correct of three caskets in order to marry Portia. Portia is in love with Bassanio and fears he won't pick the correct casket.