Adultery is becoming a more popular sin as the nation grows and different cultures interact. Adultery is sexual intercourse between a married and unmarried individual. The consequences of committing adultery are more punishable to women than men. Depending on the women location, culture, and time period in the stories “Hell Heaven, No Name Woman, and The Storm,” committing adultery could be the cost of their life. In the story Hell Heaven, Boudi committed adultery by becoming emotionally connected to Pranab Kaku. Boudi was a Bengali woman. Bengali women are forced to marry whatever husband appointed to them rather they agreed or not. The religion practiced by most Bengali women are Islam and Hinduism. According to Islam’s Sharia Law, adultery
…show more content…
Since boudi wasn’t located in mainland Bengali anymore, she was safe. In America Boudi had more freedom because the vast majority of Americans are Christians and Christians don’t penalize married and unmarried individuals for being in public together. Boudi being a middle-aged woman, had the experience to see the best of both worlds. Boudi experienced strict Bengali traditions and later in her aduly years a more easy going culture, where she then lost control by getting attached to another man. However Usha never experienced the firm Bengali tradition because she was born in a country and era, where she wasn’t appointed a husband and had freedoms her mother didn’t; being around American guys, wearing American clothes, attending American universities, and sex without …show more content…
Death is coming. Death is coming, Look what you’ve done. You’ve killed us. Ghost! Dead Ghost! You’ve never was born.” (Abcarian, 2013, p.1080) No family member will want to claim Aiaa because she was pregnant by a man who wasn’t her husband and the consequences that would come to them if they continued to hide her; villages raiding the house. Unlike Aiaa, Kingston did have to worry about village raids and appointed husbands because she lived in a time period where adultery became common and was located in mainland America. She had the opportunity to date whatever guy she wanted rather they were “Chinese, Caucasian, Negro, or Japanese.” (Abcarian, 2013, p.1079). Mainland Chinese and Begali women who commits adultery have more punishable consequences than women that are from mainland America who does the
Since boudi wasn’t located in mainland Bengali anymore, she was safe. In America Boudi had more freedom because the vast majority of Americans are Christians and Christians don’t penalize married and unmarried individuals for being in public together. Boudi being a middle-aged woman, had the experience to see the best of both worlds. Boudi experienced strict Bengali traditions and later in her aduly years a more easy going culture, where she then lost control by getting attached to another man. However Usha never experienced the firm Bengali tradition because she was born in a country and era, where she wasn’t appointed a husband and had freedoms her mother didn’t; being around American guys, wearing American clothes, attending American universities, and sex without …show more content…
Death is coming. Death is coming, Look what you’ve done. You’ve killed us. Ghost! Dead Ghost! You’ve never was born.” (Abcarian, 2013, p.1080) No family member will want to claim Aiaa because she was pregnant by a man who wasn’t her husband and the consequences that would come to them if they continued to hide her; villages raiding the house. Unlike Aiaa, Kingston did have to worry about village raids and appointed husbands because she lived in a time period where adultery became common and was located in mainland America. She had the opportunity to date whatever guy she wanted rather they were “Chinese, Caucasian, Negro, or Japanese.” (Abcarian, 2013, p.1079). Mainland Chinese and Begali women who commits adultery have more punishable consequences than women that are from mainland America who does the