Infidelity can cause psychological and sociological issues. In Jhumpa Lahiri’s short story “Interpreter of Maladies” and “The Lady with the Dog” by Anton Chekov these issues don’t effect only the family, but the cheater themselves. Megan Sweeney and Allan authors of “Infidelity, Initiation, and the Emotional Climate of Divorce: Are there Implications for Mental Health?” points out that “[a]dultery is one of the many key factors on a stressful dysfunctional family.”(297). And also stated by Olivia Leeker, and Al Carlozzi authors of “Effects Of Sex, Sexual Orientation, Infidelity Expectations, And Love On Distress Related To Emotional And Sexual Infidelity.” “Women are shown to have higher rates sexual infidelity.” than men (69). In both “Interpreter
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She feels that she betray her husband who she loved Mr.Das. Ms. Das betrayed her wedding vows on her wedding day to be faithful to Raj her husband by cheating with a family friend years ago when Mrs. Das says “He made love to her swiftly in silence…without the meaningful expressions and smiles Raj always insisted on afterward.” (460). Mrs. Das betrayed Raj by thinking of him while having sexual intercourse with the family and comparing both sexual experiences. Another example of Mrs. Das betrayed Raj by giving birth to another man’s son. Lahiri states “Every year they exchanged Christmas cards with Raj and Mina, each couple tucking photos…. he did not know that he was Bobby’s father.” (460). Mrs. Das betrayed her husband by having her son be fathered by someone who wasn’t her husband. Anna also has a sense of betrayal to her husband by cheating with Gurov who is also married when Chekov states “Anna Sergeyevna and he loved each other like people very close and akin, like husband and wife… why he had a wife and she a husband;” (270). Anna betrays by being married but falls in love with another man. As Megan Sweeney and Allan authors of “Infidelity, Initiation, and the Emotional Climate of Divorce: Are there Implications for Mental Health?” states “Cheating cause the individuals to experience the emotion of betrayal.” (297). In which …show more content…
Das and Anna experience the sense of seclusion. Mrs. Das sense it from her family and friends. She wasn’t able to tell her secret to her friends, her family nor her husband for eight years. Mrs. Das says to Mr. Kapasi “Don’t you see? For eight years I haven’t been able to express this to anybody, not to friends, certainly not to Raj.” (Lahiri 460) She feels alone because she couldn’t tell no one she trusts about her secrets. In “The Lady with the Dog” Anna secluding herself by not being with Gurov and forcing herself to stay with her husband. Anna says “And I wanted to forget, to forget you.” (Chekov268) Anna is creating space between herself and lover Gurov by trying to forget about their relationship and
She feels that she betray her husband who she loved Mr.Das. Ms. Das betrayed her wedding vows on her wedding day to be faithful to Raj her husband by cheating with a family friend years ago when Mrs. Das says “He made love to her swiftly in silence…without the meaningful expressions and smiles Raj always insisted on afterward.” (460). Mrs. Das betrayed Raj by thinking of him while having sexual intercourse with the family and comparing both sexual experiences. Another example of Mrs. Das betrayed Raj by giving birth to another man’s son. Lahiri states “Every year they exchanged Christmas cards with Raj and Mina, each couple tucking photos…. he did not know that he was Bobby’s father.” (460). Mrs. Das betrayed her husband by having her son be fathered by someone who wasn’t her husband. Anna also has a sense of betrayal to her husband by cheating with Gurov who is also married when Chekov states “Anna Sergeyevna and he loved each other like people very close and akin, like husband and wife… why he had a wife and she a husband;” (270). Anna betrays by being married but falls in love with another man. As Megan Sweeney and Allan authors of “Infidelity, Initiation, and the Emotional Climate of Divorce: Are there Implications for Mental Health?” states “Cheating cause the individuals to experience the emotion of betrayal.” (297). In which …show more content…
Das and Anna experience the sense of seclusion. Mrs. Das sense it from her family and friends. She wasn’t able to tell her secret to her friends, her family nor her husband for eight years. Mrs. Das says to Mr. Kapasi “Don’t you see? For eight years I haven’t been able to express this to anybody, not to friends, certainly not to Raj.” (Lahiri 460) She feels alone because she couldn’t tell no one she trusts about her secrets. In “The Lady with the Dog” Anna secluding herself by not being with Gurov and forcing herself to stay with her husband. Anna says “And I wanted to forget, to forget you.” (Chekov268) Anna is creating space between herself and lover Gurov by trying to forget about their relationship and