Husband

methods of treatment lead to his wife’s lunacy. Being an extreme rationalist, John dismisses all of his wife’s traumas and horrors, and places fault on her “false and foolish fancies”(340). His wife even expresses discomfort in the fact that her husband, “John is a physician,” and states it as a reason I do not get well faster”(331). John is also incorrect in his diagnosis of his wife’s condition and because of his rational “he does not believe” his wife can be sick (331). His wife “disagrees…

New environments with new people and new love can be terrifying, especially if said love is a mystery with an unknown past. A newlywed couple seems happy, until the wife notices her husband’s unexplainably large hand. It holds her attention and scares her all at the same time. Similar to the way she feels about men, she knows they like to be in control, she disagrees with that, but she still wants a relationship with a strong, submissive man. Colette shows this theme in her short story The Hand…

Penelope knows that her guest is in fact her husband. When Odysseus dresses himself as a beggar, it creates dramatic irony for a short time because the reader knows who the beggar is but Penelope does not until later. This is important because she might find a way to help him with his plans or she could ruin them. When Odysseus arrives at the palace the suitors are anxious for Penelope to decide on a husband. She has been putting off choosing a husband for years until Odysseus arrives dressed as…

at the see. Ednafelt her soul will find peace and end her life at the see. Kate Chopin effectively describes how social pressure on women’s independence leaves no choice of finding it through the commitment of the suicide. Edna first thinks of her husband and children, defiantly asserting, “They need no have thought that they could posses her, body and soul” (Chopin 137). Next images her mentor, Mademoiselle Reisz, criticizing her in these final moments of weakness…. hoping Doctor Mandelet…

fails to pay back a loan that made it possible to keep her husband alive. Throughout the play, Nora has to deal with these decisions by herself. Nora Helmer is considered to be childish, not only from the way she handles the difficulties that face her, but also the way she handles herself in her own household. The environment that Torvald creates inside the household has a role to play in Nora’s childish behavior. Nora also allows her husband to treat her like a child. Nora’s actions in…

of the men is to convict Mrs. Wright, commonly referred to as Minnie Foster in the past, of murdering her husband Mr. Wright. The lawyer assisting in the search says if they can find any evidence of anger or sudden change in mood in Mrs. Wright, then they can solve the case. Although Mrs. Wright claims to have been asleep during her husband’s murder, the women conclude she strangled her husband, Mr. Wright, as evidenced by the broken birdcage,…

written during a depression; a time in which women were housewives who reared children and maintained the household while their husbands worked. Harvested produce was preserved by the women for the winter months. The following summary entails the potential struggles that Mrs. Wright faced, both mental and physical, as foretold during an investigation of the murder of her husband. The story unfolded without even showing the main character at all. Mrs. Wright, the prime suspect, was detained at…

Introduction Living in nineteen century England where women were oppressed victims of a patriarchal society, subordinate first to their fathers and, then, to their husbands, Emma’s wealth and her indulgent father allow her a sense of independence few women had. Unlike most female characters of her time, Emma does not wish to get married and swears to stay by her Father’s side. Emma does not seek love, but is much more interested in protecting her position in the patriarchal social hierarchy.…

prior to the events that unfold in “A doll House” Nora took an illegal loan from Nils Krogstad, a lawyer at the town’s bank, for a substantial sum of money. While Nora did take the money to “save her husband’s life” she couldn’t tell said husband(1.415). Nora’s husband, Torvald, has a great aversion to debt and borrowing; “There can be no freedom or beauty about a homelife that depends on borrowing and debt“(1.21).…

Even as Elizabeth is being cold towards her husband, the subtext of her dialogue seems to be pleading with him to fight for her. In act two, Elizabeth prompts John to alert the courts of Abigail’s treachery. While the desire could have been result of Elizabeth’s value on justice or strong moral compass…