Gail Godwin's A Sorrowful Woman

The unnamed wife in “A Sorrowful Woman” by Gail Godwin is a dynamic character because in her relationships throughout the story, she reveals herself as a woman is overwhelmed by the responsibility of having a family at the beginning of the story and changes into a character who is accepting to her duties at the end. Throughout the story the unnamed wife could not decide what path she wanted to take in life. The weight of starting a family started weighing down on here and it started to affect the relationship she had with her son and her husband.

The biggest thing that bothered the woman was her son. In the story there was a passage that really the dynamic of her and her son. "I don't think I can see him anymore," she whispered sadly to the man. This showed the distain she had for seeing her son. She really felt like the duties of motherhood had become a full time job. She was sick of seeing her son. This was proven in the stories opening sequence. It was stated that ONE winter evening she looked at them: the husband durable, receptive, gentle; the child a tender golden three. The sight of them made her so sad and sick she did not want to see them ever again. This is a harsh thing for a mother …show more content…
Marriage is a spiritual communion to which two people. By separating herself from here family she is going against the core of the institution of marriage. The story states “ONE winter evening she looked at them: the husband durable, receptive, gentle; the child a tender golden three. The sight of them made her so sad and sick she did not want to see them ever again. Her feeling of distance towards her husband caused her to be very distant from him. This really made her husband to lose the obvious joy he had early in the story. She also get upset with her husband’s choice of house keeper. It infuriated to see someone find such joy in the tasks that brought her so much