Category: Marriage

Eighteen-year-old Alison is one of the main characters in The Millers Tale. She is married by arrangement to a much older man, a carpenter named John. Alisons youth is displayed in her appearance and actions. She feels she is too young to be married to an older man and should be out having fun and …

Kate Chopin’s The Awakening is a work of fiction that tells the story of Edna Pontellier, Southern wife and mother. This book presents the reader with many tough questions and few answers. It is not hard to imagine why this book was banished for decades not long after its initial publication in 1899. At that …

In the novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston shows howthe lives of American women changed in the early 20th century. Zora NealeHurston creates a character in her own likeness in her masterpiece, Their EyesWere Watching God. By presenting Janie’s search for identity, from herchildbirth with Nanny to the death of Tea Cake, …

Freedom in “The Story of an Hour”Mrs. Mallard’s overwhelming response of “free, free, free!” upon hearing of her husband’s death reflects the attitude of many nineteenth century women. During this time, highly restrictive gender roles forbade women to live as they saw fit. In “The Story of an Hour” Kate Chopin allows her audience to …

A Streetcar Named DesireBy: Tennessee WilliamsOne of the main themes expressed by Tennessee Williams in his play, A Streetcar Named Desire, is to condemn those who display cruelty and harshness in their treatment of others, especially those who are weak and vulnerable. Three characters who demonstrate these insensitive qualities are Blanche, Mitch, and Stanley. Whether …

The Scarlet LetterThe Effects of Sin on Hester PrynneNathaniel Hawthorne believed his task was to analyze the effects of sin, whether thought or committed, on the human heart and mind. Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, deals with many themes, the most powerful being sin. In this novel, Hester Prynne becomes a highly respected person in a …

d Out About Living ForThemselvesJanie Crawford evolving selfhood through three marriages. Fair-skinned,long haired, dreamy as a child, Janie grows up expecting better treatment thanshe gets. Living life as one man’s mules or another man’s adornment. Janie isone black woman who does not have to live in lost sorrow, bitterness, fear, orfoolish romantic dreams, for Janie …

Pre-Marital Sex:Is It Worth The Wait?Pre-marital sex, young Catholics know it is wrong. So why do they do it? Most teenagers have heard or coined the phrases “everyone’s doing it.” “If you loved me you’d do it” and also “It’s okay I have a condom.” Sex before marriage can be harmful to your body, your …

Crossing the porch where we had dined that June night three months before, I came to a small rectangle of light which I guessed was the pantry window. The blind was drawn, but I found a rift at the sill.Tom and Daisy were sitting across one another at the kitchen table. They were engaged in …