The time period seemed to be around the early 1900's to mid 1900's, so during that time women were subjected to follow a mans order, or for better words be the perfect housewife. Her sinful actions of lust would have caused her marraige at the moment but it wouldn't really matter when she isn't happy about her life. The shock that she didn't just leave and instead stayed with her husband planning affairs behind Henry's back. Elisa should have just walked out and left her miserable life behind.
I'm coming from a guys view, but if I was unhappy about my life I would change it for the better, and of course it takes two to make a relationship work. If a marraige gets to a point where no matter how much your spouse is giving you and you still don't have anything left for that spouse then you might as well divorce and start again. I am young but still, I would start again and find a more exciting life for me inspite of my spouse decision. I would not want to be on a sinking marraige my whole life and then decide that my current marraige isn't enough for me.
Works Cited
Steinbeck, John. "The Chrysanthemum." Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing. Ed. Edgar V. Roberts. Longman, New York. 2011. 411-417. Print.
Nice topic Ze! (:
ReplyDeleteIn my ways of belief, I'm not sure if I would want to divorce and start over just because the marriage wasn't what I thought it would be. The thing about guys (no offense) is that they can do almost anything they want and still get with barely any cost. That's just how society work. But for girls, we have to face drama, people talking about us, name callings, and all the other wonderful things that we have to go through before we could make such a big and hasty decision.
In today's society, guys rely too much on girls being the perfect housewife. When the husband comes home he wants food already set on the table, his laundry done, the house sparkling clean and all of the above. It's like men has a role in their head of what the wife should be like and if their wife isn't being what they think she should be then they go out and find a new one because they think that have made a mistake.
It's difficult to understand your spouse but I think it takes a life time to figure them out and learn to love every little bit of who they are. It's not about having fun in the marriage, it's not about being "satisfy", it's not about what we want, it's what they want. And when we could love them unconditionally and not be selfish about the love that we give them then we would never have the thought in our minds, if we're happy or not.