An Ideal Husband

Griselda is described as the ideal women in parts of the story and then they describe her as a bad women. In the beginning she is described as the poor village girl. Then she becomes the loveliest lady and changes the way people view her. At the end she is described as a selfless person. On the other hand, they also describe her poorly in some parts that make her look bad. First, the beginning of the story she is reported as the poor village girl. “…The spotted her carrying water back from the spring

your heart's desire- husband, house, and a happy, peaceful home; for there is nothing better in this world than that man and wife should be of one mind in a house.” (Homer, E. Rieu Victor, Odyssey, Book VI, p. 4). Throughout Roman antiquity the Romans followed strict guidelines when it came to marriage. Along with Rome, many other societies, such as Greece and Germania, followed their own unique marriage ideals. Rome, however, saw themselves as having similar marriage ideals to Greece, but not to

are often held to different standards than men and an ideal woman is hard to describe, even harder to find. This paper will explore the views and expectations of how woman are portrayed in the sixteenth century. In Cinthio’s, The Unfaithfulness of Husbands and Wives, Story Seven, an ideal woman was said to be faithful and a faithful woman would rather commit suicide than to commit adultery (Cinthio 32), while in Shakespeare’s Othello, an ideal woman is said to breastfeed and inquire about useless

Shakespeare’s Othello Desdemona epitomizes the ideal wife, while Emilia portrays opposite qualities although both women love their husbands. Through this story, and many others, a reader may learn how authors of medieval literature viewed women in their time, forever encapsulated in literature. Even in the beginning of Othello, one can tell that Desdemona is madly in love with Othello. She epitomizes the ideal wife by pledging her love and allegiance to her husband over anyone else, including her father

manipulative tactics, she was able to create a lifestyle profitable for herself instead of serving her husbands. By analyzing her behaviour in comparison to societal norms, it can be seen that she not only defied her role as a wife in relation to her husband, but she defied her role as a wife in bearing children. Through comparison of the ideals for English wives of the 14th century in relation to their husbands to the Wife of Bath’s marital relationships, it can be seen how she stood as a societal deviant

shrew for her snarky attitude. Throughout the play, Petruchio, her suitor, attempts to transform Kate into the ideal wife. The plot of The Taming of the Shrew illustrates Kate’s transformation from an ill-tempered woman to an obedient wife. In the beginning, Katherine was the less desirable from her sister, Bianca, because she was aggressive and disobedient; therefore, she was not the ideal wife; she was also rebellious With her actions and attitude, she

life, but their struggle is weaved into all of these texts, where in hindsight we can read them and see how belittled women were. These stories, written by men, all seem to have the same theme that a woman’s only value lays in her loyalty to her husband. Women in these times did not have a chance to speak out or think for themselves because they were not allowed. I looked specifically at three women from three stories, across culturally different times and societies. I chose Sita, from the Ramayana

During the ninetieth century and at the dawn of the twentieth century, the Victorian era was established and created the ,”true woman,” defined as the domestic ideal woman, which contributed to domestication of these females. At this time period women were viewed in society through the private sphere which held the majority of females and were mainly involved in family life and domestic labor. In contribution to this era women were looked down upon for having individualistic views, but the most significant

The idea of the ideal wife is a woman who is happy with staying home all day, tending to the home, caring for the children and husband. A woman's success in patriarchy is measured by how happy she makes her husband and how well the home life is portrayed to be. These ideas were strongly portrayed in a popular shows in the 1950s. Shows such as Leave it to Beaver, Father Knows Best, and I Love Lucy allowed audiences to faithfully watch the TV and subconsciously absorb what they saw. They are each very

together to convey her message and bring relevance of her art across many cultures and generations. The Ramayana by Valmiki on the other hand is a very traditional epic which depicts the ideal of every relation, one ideal example being the wife of Rama, Sita. Idealistically, a wife in Indian culture is to stick to her husband no matter how harshly she is treated by him, she should be calm in every situation and