Wife

dangerous war ever. Nothing was more beloved by Nevanos than his wife Thesaea. She sat on an ivory throne, obtained from Nevanos’ travels to Africa, and wore a crown with jewels from his expeditions to Asia. She beautiful golden hair , locks curling behind her ears and falling down to the purple silk of her cape. One day, after Nevanos came back from defending Craigeria from invaders on the far off western border, he discovers that his wife has been taken.…

finding for herself and a world dominated for the male. “The Story of an Hour” is an inspiration in Kate Chopin’s life and the protagonist (Louise Mallard) is a representation of her mother Eliza O’Flaherty. A story in which an unhappy wife is suddenly widowed, becomes rich and lives happily ever after— Eliza O’Flaherty’s story— would have been too much radical, far to threatening, in the 1890s. But if young Kate’s father, irritated by her chatter or her defiant curiosity, was…

external will would continue to bend hers. Recognizing that this story takes place in a time before now, when a never married woman is afforded the same opportunities as men, further saves the protagonist from being identified as perhaps a thoroughly bad wife. As the reader continues following Mrs. Mallard’s thoughts and emotions, Chopin continues the immediate contrasts. The reader learns in one sentence that Mrs. Mallard recognizes she will weep at the sight of her husband deceased yet…

Are Washington Irving’s writings misogynistic or just in line with the times? Washington Irving and his writings are often categorized by their dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women. Washington Irving’s works are a combination of both the dislike of women as well as in line with the times of the American Revolutionary Period. In Irving’s time of writing, women were in the background and were subservient to men rather than being equal to men. If the stories were written…

didn’t even involve anyone they knew. Mrs. Mallard (the wife) mourns over the loss of her husband. Richard (friend to Mr. Mallard the husband) goes to tell Mrs. Mallard the sad news of her husband’s death. She has a heart condition that makes her heart weak so Richard wants to tell her as gently as possible. Richard is sad because he had to find out from the newspaper that his friend was dead. He then remembers that Mr. Mallard had a wife with a heart condition so he went to tell her before…

are both very prominent. Two of the novel’s main characters are mothers, although their views on motherhood are not alike at all. Throughout the novel, Adele and Edna are compared to show how Adele surpasses the societal ideals of what a mother and wife should be, and how Edna defies those standards and refuses to let motherhood consume her life. One of the ways that this is achieved is by the use of the term “mother-woman” and applying it to both of the mentioned female characters. The term…

exchanges in dialogue between he and Olive. The dialogue between them is from this past time, too. It shows readers what Henry acts like when interacting with his wife. However, this is the man Olive sees frequently. On page five, after Olive learns Henry has hired Denise to work at the pharmacy the conversation between them reads: “‘Mousy,’ his wife said, when he hired the new girl. ‘Looks just like a mouse.’... ‘But a nice mouse,’ Henry said. ‘A cute one’” (Strout). On the next page, a few…

was born to the president of the village, she is readily accepting a life-partner from a lesser-income group. At first she was sad, but, she proves to be faithful wife as well as mother till the…

While in the bunkhouse, a few of the men including George begin to talk about Curley and his wife. “Well that gloves fulla Vaseline.” “Vaseline? What the hell for?” “Well I tell ya what, Curley says he’s keeping that hand soft for his wife.” (27) Ever since Curley and his wife were introduced in the novella, Curley’s wife has been a piece of property. One may argue that Curley “keeping a hand soft for his wife” is not sexualizing her but in fact he is trying to please her. In today’s society one…

“The Yellow Wall-Paper” talks about a woman going mad and “Eros Turranos” seems to talk about a wife complaining about her husband and committing suicide at the end. Both stories seem different from one another, but they share one thing in common, an unhappy marriage. Even though the narrator in “The Yellow Wall-Paper” seems to love her husband and the wife in “Eros Turranos” never left her husband, neither marriage seemed to be a happy marriage, however, for different reasons. John, the…