Dinah Binding Means

Instead she is not stuck with the job of a housewife on a ranch with no other female companions with a husband that doesn’t pay her enough attention. Which could be because he’s spending all of his time ‘looking for her’ and vice versa. In these next quotes she says how her future could have been much different if she hadn’t married Curley, and even how she regrets her decision to. “Nother time I met a guy, an' he was in pitchers. Went out to the Riverside Dance Palace with him. He says he was gonna put me in the movies." She could have had a nice money-making glamorous future."Coulda been in the movies, an' had nice clothes- all them nice clothes like they

Sara watched each of her sisters give up their loves for their Father and marry someone who gave money to him Sara knew that was not what she wanted for herself. It was one of the numerous causes that made her leave home. Being a young woman of marrying age in the 1920s, and being in poverty meant that someone would be lucky to be married and have children with a roof over their head. Sara wanted to have an education; she wanted to learn or herself, not to have a husband teach her what she needs to know. Seeing how her sister is in marriages caused to fulfill her dreams of wanting a real love because Sara felt that is she was educated maybe one someone will love her for being smart and not just being a female.

Gawain is willing to put his welfare on the line to save his king and friend. He says that he would be a coward and without honor if he lets King Arthur die knowing that all he must do to save him is to marry a woman, although she is quite disgusting.

However, the gender roles and power relations between the wife and Gawain are further complicated when considering the wife’s loyalty to her husband. If she is merely following his orders and offering her body to whom ever he commands, then she is undoubtedly submissive. Clearly the wife’s actions are in line with her husband’s plans. In the end he tells Gawain, “And the wooing of my wife—it was all my scheme!” Despite this fact, it is uncertain wheatear the wife is forced to join

trying to impress boys, marrying at a young age was not the Esperanza she wanted to be. She

There are various customs and traditions for marriage in United States based on varying factors such as culture, social norms, and religion. There are no unique practices because most of practices are derived from other cultures. The marriage practices and customs revolve around wedding attire, before wedding, wedding ceremony, reception, and after wedding. White bridal dresses are worn with a veil in weddings. However, those not wedding for the first time can choose any color of bridal dresses apart from white. Before a wedding, most have bridal showers where the bride receives gifts from the guests. Preparation takes considerable time to plan a wedding. In a wedding, groomsmen and bridesmaids are included (Lilian, 2013). The bride’s father walks the bride down the aisle to indicate approval of the groom. “The typical 21st century wedding can now feature a supporting cast of stepparents, half-siblings, Dad's new girlfriend and her kids, the bride's first stepfather and his new wife, and sometimes even the bride and groom's ex-spouses” Wedding cakes are used and couples kiss as a form of endearment. Cakes are seen symbols of fertility. It is a custom for the newly married woman to

When the Natives invaded Lancaster, she was but useless when it came to trying to save her family. Without her husband, there she felt useless and incapable of keeping all of her family alive. One by one most of her family was killed off which only left her a few kids (that she knew of) that managed to survive.

Kingsolver explains that when she was young, she would play with paper dolls that she had made. Imagining how her life would be as she grew up. When the time came, she found herself in a very different life than what was imagined. Her life turns to the point of what do I do now. Her husband was not the person that she thought that he was. He was a different person, loving men instead of women. Life changed for her, she now was

She wanted to be married and live flamboyant, but she was not allowed to do that.

Janie's grandmother was one of the most important influences in her life, raising her since from an infant and passing on her dreams to Janie. Janie's mother ran away from home soon after Janie was born. With her father also gone, the task of raising Janie fell to her grandmother, Nanny. Nanny tells Janie "Fact uh de matter, Ah loves yuh a whole heap more'n Ah do yo' mama, de one Ah did birth" (Hurston 31). Nanny's dream is for Janie to attain a position of security in society, "high ground" as she puts it (32). As the person who raised her, Nanny feels that it is both her right and obligation to impose her dreams and her ideas of what is important in life on Janie. The strong relationship between mother and child is important in the African-American community, and the conflict between Janie's idyllic view of marriage and Nanny's wish for her to marry for stability and position is a good illustration of just how deep the respect and trust runs. Janie has a very romantic notion of what marriage should be. "She saw a dust-bearing bee sink into the sanctum of a bloom; the thousand sister-calyxes arch to meet the love embrace . . . so this was a marriage," is how the narrator describes it (24). Nanny's idea of a good marriage is someone who has some standing in the community, someone who will get Janie to that higher ground. Nanny wants Janie to marry Logan Killicks, but according to her "he look like some ole

Instead, she kept on fighting for her children. She never cared for herself, ignored her own needs and devoted herself to Troy and the children. She did the duties of a wife by preparing meals and ensuring cleanliness. She gave advice to her husband not to drink too much, constantly insisted other’s stay for dinner and wanted nothing but the best for her children, all because she cared so much for them all but not for herself.

As a former slave, Nanny had a rough upbringing: she worked at a farm and, at one point, was even raped by her master, later on giving birth to her daughter. Due to all of this, Nanny dreamt that Janie’s mother, her daughter, would have a different fate, as proven by Nanny saying the following about Leafy, her daughter: “Ah was ‘specting’ to make a school teacher outa her.” (Hudson, pg. 19). When Nanny’s plans for her daughter are not fulfilled, she transfers her dream of a better future to her granddaughter, who was born out of her mother’s rape. Nanny’s view of marriage is clear in the following phrase said by her: “Tain’t Logan Killicks Ah wants you to have, baby, it’s protection.” (Hurston, pg. 15). Clearly, Nanny doesn’t see Janie falling in love with Logan (Nanny has no intention of providing Janie with a husband in the love-sense), the only thing Nanny wants is a marriage that will provide Janie what neither her nor Leafy had: protection and a chance at a stable life. Seeing as though Logan Killicks owned land and had some money, he would be able to provide Janie with long term protection. To reinforce Nanny’s belief of protection over love, as said by Nanny herself: “Ah wouldn’t marry nobody, though Ah could have uh heap uh times, cause Ah didn’t want nobody mistreating mah baby.” (Hurston, pg.

Women during this time period were only supposed to be in the house doing chores. Curley’s wife had more expectations. In her future she wanted to be a Hollywood star. As she grew up reality caught up with her. She got married and society only saw her doing household chores. In every man’s mind, women did the chores while they work. Curley’s wife’s dream suddenly went down the drain. Curley never paid her any attention and that’s when she started getting flirty with the ranchhands. All the ranchhands saw her as a slut, but all she wanted was to be noticed. She was lonely and wanted to socialize. She wanted someone to hear about her dream, but no one would. Society had it set that women were in charge of the house and only the house. They weren’t supposed to be out and about making big names for themselves. That’s why Curley’s wife’s dreams never came true. She was outcasted based on her

She could either marry Boyer and be an unhappy minister’s wife or be free to experience the happiness and freedom she longed to for a period and then settle down when she was ready (Foster). In trying to attain the latter, she was ridiculed and talked about in

His objectification of the Lady has been commented on by Catherine Cox as well. She says “he adduces the Lady as an Eve-like temptress, thereby restoring his proper gender role, the victimized hero… But only if his… Foe is a woman of compelling sexual attractiveness” (Source H). It is only acceptable for Gawain, as a male, to fail because he is entrapped by an alluring woman. Misogynistic ideals would be that the male wouldn’t show weakness, but Gawain insists that the only reason he reneges the Lord was because of his wife.