Meaning #1: Brady's definition of a wife is something along the lines of a servant that is called a wife and has no say in anything in the house.
Purpose and Audience #1: I think Brady wrote this essay to attack society's attitudes toward women. She tried to provide a fair and realistic definition of what people view women as and why men want a wife. In the introduction of the passage it says that she was” Writing after eleven years of marriage, and before separating from her husband, Brady here pins down the meaning of the word wife from the perspective of one who lives the role” shows that her marriage could have changed her view on the word “wife” and she became more aware that it was every male.
Purpose and Audience #3: I was shocked
Purpose and Audience #1: I think Brady wrote this essay to attack society's attitudes toward women. She tried to provide a fair and realistic definition of what people view women as and why men want a wife. In the introduction of the passage it says that she was” Writing after eleven years of marriage, and before separating from her husband, Brady here pins down the meaning of the word wife from the perspective of one who lives the role” shows that her marriage could have changed her view on the word “wife” and she became more aware that it was every male.
Purpose and Audience #3: I was shocked