Marital Infidelity In The Second Wife By Baram Alkali

See bases the story of the book behind the three women who wrote The Three Wives’ Commentary. The book is split into three different parts, one part for each wife. The first wife, Peony, is the first to be brought to the light. She grew up in a wealthy family and was born after the fall of the Ming Dynasty. Peony is soon to turn 16 and is already betrothed to a suitor that her father has chosen for her, as followed by tradition. She is infatuated by the opera: The Peony Pavilion, which she is granted to observe, along with the rest of her family, behind a curtain, since at the time, unmarried women were not supposed to be seen. All she was allowed to do was read about the opera, but when she is given the opportunity to see it for herself, she becomes extremely enthusiastic. She becomes so mesmerized and entranced by the opera that she had to take a step outside to calm herself down. While she takes a walk outside, she meets with a male stranger also decided to step out during the opera. Peony knew she wasn’t supposed to be speaking with any male that wasn’t within her family, but she fell for him the moment she saw him. The opera was so long that it took three nights to perform, so they agreed to meet each other on each night. They both knew they were to be wed to another since they were both betrothed at the time, but little did they know they were actually betrothed to each other.

This came as a huge blow to Ira’s livelihood, throwing her into despair, as a woman’s worth in this society heavily depends on their ability to bear a child- and a male one, at that, as even female infants are viewed as less valuable than the male. Ira even says herself, “Neighbors, women… and I a failure, a woman who cannot even bear a child." (Markandaya 50), reflecting the view society has of her, as a woman. This is not only a violation of basic human kindness, but also a cause of further financial problems as Ira herself counts as one more mouth to feed during a time of great struggle; When she eventually is able to have a child, that adds

As Oekeke awoke, he shifted in his bed with a pain coming from his chest. It wasn’t a pain that made you clench up and scream, he knew from that moment something was very wrong. He tried to open his at last, from when he awoke his eyes were still weary but it seemed as though he was stuck in time. His heart pumped faster and his mind was propelling from left to right to across the back and back. All he could think of was his family, but with such confusion he could hardly focus on the realty of his situation. It was a sensation he’d never felt ever before, and as he saw his life flash by him he knew the only thing he could do was to wait it out. The old man finally grasped control of his life covered in sweat and disorientation. He asked

It is a kind of freedom which satisfies and relaxes and rejuvenates one and sets one free from one’s anxieties. Nobody sees them doing it but she avows it to her fiancé. By so doing Olanna breaks the statuquo. Olanna, fiancée to Odenigbo known to everybody in the University of Nsukka dares sleep with another man and say it openly to her future husband. Her action would not have had any importance if she had not informed Odenigbo. She informs him purposedly ; to let him feel what she has felt when he did the samething with Amala. Here, Adichie uses her feminist weapon to charter such denigrating and degrading treatments meted out to women by their lover. Olanna has reached her goal because Odenigbo is upset and frustrated at hearing her love affair with Richard. He is obliged to forgive her the way she did to him. Adichie puts Odenigbo in the same condition he has put Olanna in to show that men through patriarchy should stop ill-treating women and that like men women have a conscience, feelings and a soul. The situation reminds me of a custom in Things Fall Apart where the woman should say publicly how many men have slept with her since her fiancé has first expressed the desire to marry her (TFA ; 11). Nobody asks such a question to men simply because patriarchy has made people believe that men are superior to women and should not be controlled. Adichie by making Olanna sleep with Richard is making a clarion call for the

Regardless, her poor emotional state is proven through many lines in this lai, especially when she tells the knight “I grant you my love and my body” (115). She has finally come up with a method to “get away” from her husband in this decision. Throughout the rest of the story it is not once said that the wife came to love her new husband or her family, on the contrary, she does not seem happy in the following scenes. However, being afraid of her husband and his emotional violence, it is rational that she would try to find safety with someone else, even if that means giving away her “love,”—likely the appearance of such rather than actual love—and her

The Other Wife is a short story written by Sidonie Gabrielle Colette. Colette is credited for challenging rigid attitudes and assumptions about gender roles. “The Other Wife” is about a French aristocrat and his second wife has a brief encounter with his ex-wife in a restaurant. The story’s point of view is 3rd person omniscient. An analysis of how France 20th century gender roles influence the multiple personalities of a husband, wife, and ex-wife.

From a young age, the daughter will soon endure the burdens of what a woman will encounter throughout her lifetime of domestic duties and will not be able to gain the knowledge and opportunities that the son of the family will encounter. As the girl matures she is mostly ushered into the life of becoming a doting wife with a husband and family or in turn of following the path of becoming a nun. The traditional world of Tibet would seemingly push the woman into making the choice of husband and family which is an important aspect of the society. Once married, which are normally arranged the Tibetan woman is already a man’s gain for him to be successful in his own journey to further his status and/or wealth.

Slam went the prison door because the poor man missed Sunday mass. Back when Puritan laws were enforceable by the town people had to go to Sunday mass every week, today millions of people who are Christian do not go to mass on Sunday. Today’s society is not an extent of its Puritan roots. It promotes extravagant behavior. Society rewards being lazy and not hardworking. It ignores adultery. America is not an extent of its Puritan past because it promotes interracial marriages, helps the lazy and provokes adultery.

“And we are not going to say one more word about murder” (D’Amato). Angered by his children’s interest in the murder that took place in the Motel 66, Donald states that further inquiries into the matter will not be tolerated. Completely stonewalling the matter hides Donald’s fear of the truth: his wedding night and the morbid turns that followed. Barbara D’Amato’s short story “Motel 66” features a motel that the main characters return to over a period of twenty-seven years. This motel serves as a breeding ground for a succession of lies meant to conceal the adultery and murder that happened on one eventful night. As the plot unfolds, D’Amato masterfully hints at the conclusion while abstaining from providing the reader with the final,

The Holocaust was one of the most horrific events, to ever occur in history. Hitler and the Nazi party started a genocide that killed millions of people because of their ethnicity. The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman tells the perfect story of how life was like during the Holocaust period, through a woman and her family. The main characters in the book are Antonina, the wife and mother, Jan, the husband, and Rys, the couple’s son. The Nazi’s invaded Poland, and took over the Jan and Antonina’s zoo. Throughout the whole novel, Jan and Antonina Zabinski play an active role in the underground network of both hiding Jews and taking care of animals within their Zoo. The main character, Antonina, finds herself managing various relationships during the novel, she’s a zookeeper, a wife, and a mother as well. Throughout the course of the novel, she reveals aspects of her relationship between the animals, and her husband.

There are social restrictions, as well as the threat of rape and murder, that regulate women’s sexuality throughout the novel. Women are taught to tuck away their sexuality and forget about it, and anyone who opposes could face becoming a social outcast. Laila feels this pressure after her first time with Tariq, “And now the shame set in, and the guilt, and upstairs, the clock ticked on, impossibly loud to Laila’s ears. Like a judge’s gavel pounding again and again, condemning her (Hosseini 183)”. Through the words, “judges gavel […] condemning her,” it is obvious that Laila has been socialized to believe that sex is a crime, and her emotions afterwards are the same as if she had broken a law.

Anila “committed the ultimate sin:(she)... met a boy, who, like (her), was becoming increasingly skeptical of repression in the name of race, class and religion”(Batool, 2010, p. 1). She then fell in love. If this boy was as well off as her it would not have been an obstacle but he was a poor non-Syed boy. Anila’s parents were furious with her but Anila could not help herself. She married the boy in secret. When her mother and brother discovered this they set up a trap to bring her back home and kill her. She got away. Unlike Aqsa Parvez who will be remembered for courageously standing up for herself. Elizabeth was considered to be like a tool to the boys of her house. After she finished reading a book called “The Feminine Mystique” she “found she weren’t alone”(Wilson, 1990, p. 3). She discovered that there were other women out there that did not like the way they were treated. She thought the best way to make her husband Lester understand was to leave to show how much she really did and how much he needed her. After leaving for approximately a week she came back and stood up for herself when Lester started yelling at her. Elizabeth's life was then turned upside down. Lester started calling her Elizabeth instead of women after she stood up to him and said “My name...is Elizabeth”(Wilson, 1990, p. 3). Since he was actually scared that she would leave again he listened and

The discussion of the Wife’s five husbands describes her evolving role as a woman and how she overcame the most ridiculous obstacles to maintain this idea or illusion of marriage. The Wife’s depiction of her marriages was that three were good and two were bad. The initial marriages were to older rich men where she kept up this idea of marriage in order to receive money, but was not faithful by

Spiritual adultery occurs when a Christian falls in love with things of the world. I remembered when I was in a courtship with my wife; we deliberated on how to sustain a lifetime partnership.

“‘I Can’t-we must-I mean it is impossible for me to marry Nweke’s daughter.’ ‘Impossible? Why?’ asked his father. ‘I don’t love her.’ ‘Nobody said you did. Why should you?’ he asked.” This following conversation takes place between Nene and his father in a rural town in Nigeria within the fictional story of “Marriage Is a Private Affair.” The following short story, written by Chinua Achebe, features young Nene and his adventures in the conflict between tradition and progression in the concept of arranged marriage. Although incomprehensible to many young Americans, arranged marriage is common throughout the world and its pros and cons will be examined along with the impact that it has on Nene’s relationship with his father throughout the acclaimed