Many people commit adultery today. It is the theme of some novels, usually it is the women who seem to be mostly effected. Ironically
Gilman writing in 1905 portrayed women in a stronger and determined way. The story is simple without any confusions. There are only three main characters in the story which makes the story simple and easy to follow. Most of the story is situated in the house.
Turned is about a wife (Mrs. Marroner) who is hurt by her husbands (Mr
Marroner) unfaithfulness with the Swedish maid (Gerta).
Mrs. Marroner the wife is hurt by her husband Mr Marroner's deceit.
At first she blames Gerta for the hurt she feels but then she sees that Gerta was the victim and that Mr Marroner just used her. Mrs.
Marroner leaves with Gerta leaving the man, Mr Marroner alone which is unusual, it is always thought that in marriages where one couple commits adultery unusually the man is the first to step out of the relationship and leave, but in this case the woman leaves.
Gilman describes Mrs. Marroner as being the stronger half in the relationship. She was the one who left when she found out her husband had slept with the maid. She wasn't the one who stayed locked up indoors, for days weeping over their partner whom had left them.
The character Mrs. Marroner, a well educated woman, a teacher in her time is described as a proper woman, she has the mind of independence.
" her dignity, her self control, her pride."
She is a woman with high standards.
Mrs. Marroner before she found out about the affair thought of Gerta as being " helpless and confiding." She sees Gerta as a " little child" vulnerable to the world around her, so she being a teacher tries to educate her, to be stronger, less instinctive and more intelligent. When Mrs. Marroner read the letter which was not meant for her but for
Gerta, she refused to admit the fact that her husband was having an affair. This makes the story seem more realistic because that how most people especially women would react, but at this point this whole story turns.
After when Mrs. Marroner finds out about the affair she sees Gerta as someone who has come between her and her husband, but then she sees
Gerta as the victim and leaves Mr Marroner taking Gerta with her.
Gilman shows her attitude against women being victimised and how people stereotype women as being helpless people that need men to survive, so in contrast Gilman writes about how the women leave the men and showing how the husband could not live without the wife.
In her autobiography The Book of Margery Kempe, Margery Kempe tells the story of her spiritual journey in Medieval England over a twenty five year period. It recounts her quest to establish spiritual authority as a result in personal visions and conversations with Jesus and God that she has. It begins around 1393, with Margery’s self-acknowledged onset of psychosis that she calls as her spiritual crisis. In the work The Book of Margery Kempe, Margery shows symptoms of postpartum psychosis that causes her to directly communicate with numerous aspects of the divine.
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The Book of Margery Kempe is a spiritual autobiography dictated by the titular Margery Kempe. To this day, there is still much scholarly debate as to whether Margery should be considered a genuine spiritual mystic, a madwoman, or simply a fraud. Throughout her life, Margery had visions in which she talked to Jesus, Mary, and various saints. In many of these visions, Jesus very directly gives Margery advice regarding how she should live her life. Interestingly enough, Margery was and illiterate laywoman and so her slow evolution into a religious enthusiast garnered much suspicion from her contemporaries (and from modern readers as well!). The fact that Margery most often expressed her religious fervor through fits of crying, weeping, screaming,
How would a woman achieve the role of Saint during medieval times when their visionary legitimacy is questioned? For Margery Kempe, trying to prove herself as a viable candidate through martyrdom is a difficult task. Throughout her story, she is constantly having to prove herself to her community and to the church hierarchy, but it always comes at a cost. Consequently, Margery is ridiculed, taunted, and accused of many negative things, yet she stands firm in her belief that her gifts are real. The physical threats she receives, such as being burned, are all part of her performance. Although these gifts of visions and miracles are questionable, she is able to mold them in order to achieve her spiritual goals. In The Book of Margery Kempe, translated and edited by Lynn Staley, Margery gives the performance of a lifetime by using her visionary gift to spiritually manipulate her community and the church
The Scarlet Letter, a novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, shows the adverse consequences caused by adultery between Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne. Dimmesdale and Hester committed the supreme sin of the Puritan society they belong. They must both deal with the effects of the scarlet letter. Pearl, the daughter of the two lovers, continuously punishes Hester for what she has done. Dimmesdale can only see Hester and Pearl when others will not find out or see. Hester finds a way to support herself and daughter, and at the same time, puts a mark on the possessions of some who are a part of society. The sin of adultery created repercussions that were shared and individually experienced by Reverend Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne.
A sin is defined as any act regarded as a transgression, especially a willful or deliberate violation of some religious or moral principle. In The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale were forced to face the realities and hardships of committing a mortal sin in the eyes of a predominately Puritan society. Seven years after moving to America alone, Hester assumed her husband, Roger Chillingworth, to be dead and had moved on with the town minister—Dimmesdale. The two lovers ended up having a child out of wedlock, which ensured them the public scorn from their community. Hester, while raising their illegitimate child, Pearl, was ostracized by society and required to wear a scarlet letter, “A,” on her chest as a sign of her wrongdoing. Dimmesdale remained the unknown father of Pearl, by keeping his sin a secret from the townspeople. Because of their unique circumstances, Hester and Dimmesdale were ultimately affected differently by the same sin. Hester was audacious and accepting about the sin, while Dimmesdale was secretive and suffered.
John G. Fee, a Christian leader and abolitionist, founded Berea College in 1855 (Baskin 109). His basic goal for the school was for it to be an interracial, Christian school where the white and Negro communities could be equal (Nelson 64). However, in 1892, President William G. Frost shifted Berea College’s original and primary goal in reaction to the realities of power and demand. Before coming to Berea, Frost was indeed not racist, in which we saw through early evidence. Yet, it was noticed through certain decisions his position had changed on the topic. But first, you must know the history of Berea before you can clearly understand President Frost.
Throughout The Scarlet Letter, the effects of guilt and sin are evident within the lives of Dimmesdale and Pearl. Chapter twenty-three in particular is able to portray the negative effects that Dimmesdale’s sins have had on his life. As Hester and Pearl are standing on the scaffold, Dimmesdale turns to them and says, “‘Is not this better,’ murmured he, ‘than what we dreamed of in the forest?’” (304; Ch. 23). In this moment, Dimmesdale reveals his internal struggles to Hester and Pearl. The sin that Dimmesdale committed has caused a constant sense of guilt to be instilled within him. This guilt was so intense that readers are able to infer that he carved a scarlet letter into his chest, and ultimately died due to the overwhelming sensation his
The Arabian Nights, translated by Husain Haddawy consist of entertaining tales within a story which acquired centauries to accumulate. Some of the tales regard women as possessions, therefore leaving women to use their sexual femininity to subdue men for means of survival. The story goes on to explain how men and women had forbidden sexual relations with concubines, slaves, and lovers. Some religions and cultures accept infidelity and fornication as part of their normal sexual practices, however, in The Arabian Nights sexual practices come with harsh penalties which generate havoc and disfigurement on humans, impacting their lives and relationships.
Writers have different motivations on why they decide on what they write about. It must be something that will grab the reader’s attention and make them want to read their works. Often writers include situations that are not considered appropriate for the era when the piece was written. Some subjects are too sexually explicit. In two such short stories, Kate Chopin’s “The Storm” and Anton Chekhov’s “The Lady with the Little Dog,” both writers chose to involve adultery in their stories. Whatever motivation there is to cheat on a spouse, there is not an acceptable reason to do it. This controversial subject was not common and both authors chose to break the rules. Although equally successful in their writings, Chopin’s “The Storm”, was not published until many years after her death.
“Forgiveness or breakup: Sex differences in responses to a partner’s infidelity” is a study that was conducted by Todd K. Shackelford from Florida Atlantic University in Davie, David M. Buss from the University of Texas at Austin, and Kevin Bennett from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. The purpose of this research was to test the sex differences in response to two different types of infidelity (emotional and sexual). Forgiveness and breakup were the two separate responses to infidelity that this study
When my parents first told me that it would be a good idea for me to read Tuesdays With Morrie, my perception of the memoir was that it was an account of an old man dying. This did not seem, to me, to be the most interesting topic to read about. I reluctantly began the book and soon became quite involved with the novel’s insightful progression. I initially thought I would construct a typical review of the novel and hand it in for a good grade. I then asked myself if I would learn anything by writing a summary. Two answers became evident. The first was that, of course, I would learn how to write yet another book report. The second was that I would not benefit at all from simply summarizing the memoir. I came to the conclusion that by focusing my paper on that which Morrie so eloquently taught the reader, both me and my teacher would gain insight and understanding about living life to it’s fullest.
The research aims to test whether the infidelity idea is an organized pattern and whether non-experts’ conceptualizations of infidelity are consistent with researchers’ presentation of the subject. The purpose is to conclude which are the features of infidelity alleged as central and which are considered peripheral in the subject´s concept. Crossways studies´ results indicated that infidelity is organized in accordance by how some individuals´ process the information through some memory tasks and narratives describing their experiences on the subject. Also, authors Blow et al, 2005 have notice mainly three forms of infidelity: emotive only, sexual, and composite, which means both of them. One-night- stands and Internet types against work relationships
One of the most treasured and cherished virtues any human beings can possess is honesty. William Damon is a professor of education at Stanford University, director of the Stanford Center on Adolescence, and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. In his essay, “The Death of Honesty” which was published by the hoover institute at Harvard University in 2012, Williams explains how dishonesty has been accepted in the world of today. He discussed the increase in the “death of honest.” William Damon utilized logos to convince his targeted audience on the current state of honesty within one’s professional, religious, political, academic and personal links. This essay appeal to varieties of people among which includes young and old adults,
Throughout the story, the reader is called to trust the narrator although it is clear she is going crazy, for she is the only telling the story. Gilman is able to develop the theme through this character’s point of view by showing that the narrator has no choice in the world in which she lives-- she must obey the men in her life above all else. If Gilman chose any other perspective, the story would not have been able to portray the woman’s oppression as well, because the reader would not have been able to see into her mind as it slipped away well into insanity.