The Tall Woman And Her Short Husband Analysis

As human beings, we often think that the only beauty in life is how something/someone looks, when in reality what 's on the inside might be beautiful. “Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it” (Confucius). “Poor Fish” and “The Tall Woman and Her Short Husband,” relate to this quote from Confucius though society and people’s virtues. In “Poor Fish,” a sad sap of an Italian man meets a maid named Ida, who falls in love with him. The man tries to look strong and brave, but he is put down by a couple at the circus in front of Ida. This, however, doesn 't affect their love for each other. In “The Tall Woman and Her Short Husband,” a tall woman marries a short and wealthy man, but the people in their neighborhood find the relationship …show more content…
In “Poor Fish,” after the man gets humiliated in front of his lover, Ida, Ida still loves him and stands by his side. “... I fainted, and when I came round I found myself at the First Aid post, with ida sitting beside me holding my hand” (Moravia). This really shows how strong their love is. The man might not be the best-looking guy around and he might not be the strongest, but that doesn’t stop Ida from loving him. “A person is most likely to be attracted to others who are similar in physical attractiveness than to those who are notably more attractive or noticeably less attractive” (Bernstein, Scrull, Roy, and Wickens). As those psychologists put it, people are attracted to the people who are similar to them. It doesn’t matter if they are ugly to others standards, to them they are …show more content…
In “Poor Fish” and “The Tall Woman and Her Short Husband,” there are a lot of different elements of humanity that are shown. Society shows the more evil side of humanity, while the couples show the positive side of humanity. Having a society that is very negative towards what they perceive is weird or unattractive can make a lot of couples have a stressful relationship, but couples who see the true beauty in each other can persevere. In “Poor Fish,” there was a couple that antagonized and insulted the man. They pushed the man onto an elephant and knocked him out right in front of Ida. This couple shows the side of humanity that is vile. Though the man and Ida, weren’t phased by the couple and continued to love each other because they understood each other 's true beauty, which shows the marvelous aspect of humanity. In “The Tall Woman and Her Short Husband,” society also showed the evil side of humanity, while Mrs. Tall and Mr. Short showed the positive side. Society pestered Mrs. Tall and thought she married Mr. Short just for his money. Society didn’t understand and thought it was weird that a tall woman would marry such a short man. When Mr. Short was taken away society thought for sure she would leave him and remarry, but she showed the positive side of humanity and stayed loyal to the man she loved. Whether it was