Maria, the main character of the short story, The Daydreams of Drunk Women by Clarice Lispector, portrays the importance of self-esteem in the today’s ruthless world bound by society’s demands. Basically, Maria is an unhappy woman and she got married to escape poverty. This story gives an example of mostly many women who are convinced by the society that she should marry a man who can provide comfort and security rather than love. The story unfolds the characteristic of the protagonist from a respectful simple woman to shameless women. A drunk person is entirely responsible for their actions while drunk. It may be true they wouldn't have made the same choices if they weren't drunk, but they are the person who made the choices. In this story, Maria goes through an emotional transition from her reality to the dream world in search of happiness.
Children's generally symbolizes joy and happiness. But, she was not happy that she had Children because when they were away she took an advantage and stayed in bed all day.
Taking care of other before yourself symbolizes how good human being you are. The first responsibility of a housewife is to take care of her …show more content…
She starts to lay in bed all the time and only time she woke up was to go the bathroom. Even when her husband was back from the city she started to neglect the reality and live in a dream. Maria is screamed at her husband and does not do the regular duties of household and when he comes to kiss her she reacted rudely and even said: "Go to hell!" (1556). Her husband is a true gentleman because she was not doing anything she was supposed to do so, instead of scolding or fighting with her, he says "you're ill, my girl."(1556). That means he genuinely cares a lot for her and also the answer shows his politeness.Since she's unhappy about her marriage and the current situation in life she's had so many mood swings and couldn't figure what shall she
Children's generally symbolizes joy and happiness. But, she was not happy that she had Children because when they were away she took an advantage and stayed in bed all day.
Taking care of other before yourself symbolizes how good human being you are. The first responsibility of a housewife is to take care of her …show more content…
She starts to lay in bed all the time and only time she woke up was to go the bathroom. Even when her husband was back from the city she started to neglect the reality and live in a dream. Maria is screamed at her husband and does not do the regular duties of household and when he comes to kiss her she reacted rudely and even said: "Go to hell!" (1556). Her husband is a true gentleman because she was not doing anything she was supposed to do so, instead of scolding or fighting with her, he says "you're ill, my girl."(1556). That means he genuinely cares a lot for her and also the answer shows his politeness.Since she's unhappy about her marriage and the current situation in life she's had so many mood swings and couldn't figure what shall she