Wife

The poem ‘For my lover, Returning to his wife’, captures the depressing realization of a mistress as she assesses her temporary role in the life of her married lover. The persona speaks from a place of anguish and often time compares herself to her lover’s wife through the use of metaphorical illustrations, similes and overly dramatized sarcasm. In analyzing this literary piece the persona should be set aside from the author so as to give the poem its truest meaning. Anne Sexton a renowned poet…

In America during the 1970’s it was not uncommon, actually expected, for a wife to do all the work around the house which includes the cleaning of the house, cooking dinner for the family, and taking care of the children and husband everyday. A wife, Judy Brady, knew all too well what life was like in the days when a wife was looked at as a resource instead of a loving and caring individual. In her essay “Why I want a Wife”, Mrs. Brady is able to connect to the audience using pathos by appealing…

FEFU : My husband married me to have a constant reminder of how loathsome women are. CINDY : What? FEFU : Yup. CINDY : That's awful. [...] I don't think anyone would marry for that reason. FEFU : He did. Cindy : Did he say so? EFU : He tells me constantly (Fornes, Fefu 1990, 8). Fefu's marriage is an unhappy one. She marries Philip due to need and desire; she confesses to her friend Julia, ''I need his touch. I need his kiss. I need the person he is. I can't give…

Curley's wife is called offensive names and rumors spread about her all the time. Not only that, but her husband, Curley, treats her like she is his property. She is not supposed to leave the house, or talk to the men on the ranch. The men in that ranch do not treat her like a regular human being either. They do not treat her with respect and, the worst part, is that they do not know a single thing about her. Although readers blame her for many of the novel’s tragedies, Curley’s wife is clearly…

In Chaucer’s Canterbury tales The Wife of Bath is deliberately described to fit a type of woman who is the opposite of what is considered traditionally desirable, or conventionally acceptable, for a woman in terms of behavior. On the other hand we are led to believe that she was very physically, especially in her youth, and the wealth that she has acquired through the years is alluded to by the garments that she wore. She is one of the two female storytellers, and is a very worldly experienced…

disaster and the Great Depression. Curley’s wife is a lonely misunderstood character in a ranch surrounded by men who discriminate against her and see her as a possession as she does not even have a name. In the novel, Steinbeck’s descriptions of Curley’s wife as a character represents how women were treated, he expresses the pressures and loneliness they faced and their low position in society. Steinbeck confuses the reader by presenting Curley’s wife as a very complex character, exploring the…

Of Mice and Men Loneliness is defined as “sadness due to being apart from other people”. Throughout John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men loneliness is portrayed by a multitude characters. However, Curley's wife and Candy are the loneliest people on the ranch. Although Curley's wife has Curly as a companion she’s extremely lonely and is constantly yearning for someone to show her attention. Her sexuality plays a large role in her isolation from the other characters. As the only female…

In both Chaucer’s Wife of Bath’s prologue and tale and Lanyer’s Eve’s Apology, there is an importance placed upon religion and the need to refute those religious-based claims that seek and have harnessed the biblical text to harm the image of women. Although Lanyer’s entire poem is hinging on this and Chaucer uses it more sparingly in just one specific section, the importance is not so far between them. Chaucer’s characterization of Alyson is multi-layered and one must remain careful as there…

The essay “Why I [Still] Want a Wife”, is written by Judy Brady and edited by Judy Brady. In this essay, Brady tries to have readers believe that all marriages are the same, and that all wives act and live in an identical manner. Although she does makes some agreeable points, this argument has a number of problems. The first problem is that she comes off very confrontational rather that informative. This makes possible readers feel as though she is arguing with them. This also leads the readers…

The Knight and his Young Wife The merchant’s tale is about a Knight that has just turned sixty and for some unknown reason has finally decided to get married. He then began to search for the perfect, young, beautiful wife. One day, January gathered all of his friends and told them about his intentions to marry, because he was growing ill and getting older. He explained to them that he wanted a wife no older than twenty. The men then gave him all different advice about his decision. The…