Monday, September 2, 2019
Married To Be Alone? Essay -- essays research papers
Married To Be Alone? Although marriage is the symbol of two livesà ¡Ã ¦ union, in the real world many people experience it in the opposite way. Gloria Steinem says: à ¡Ã §The surest way to be alone is to get married.à ¡Ã ¨ In à ¡Ã §The Story of an Hourà ¡Ã ¨ by Kate Chopin, we can certainly realize how well the author describes the loneliness of a marriage. There is another short story that also reflects the same point of view in a relationship; it is William Faulknerà ¡Ã ¦s à ¡Ã §A Rose for Emily.à ¡Ã ¨ Both works serve as strong evidence for Gloria Steinemà ¡Ã ¦s opinion. In à ¡Ã §The Story of an Hourà ¡Ã ¨ Chopin implies an idea of that Mrs. Mallard lives as a prisoner. Maybe it is because she grew up in a society in which women used to be properties of men, she has not noticed that fact until she receives her husbandà ¡Ã ¦s death news. Marriage did not really unify emotionally her life with her husbandà ¡Ã ¦s. This can be seen in the lines, à ¡Ã §And yet she had loved him à ¡V sometimes. Often she had notà ¡Ã ¨ (8). She lived with this man, saw him everyday, slept by his side every night, but she did not even love him. Is that a how a relationship between a couple supposed to be? All those years she spent with her husband were as alone as being a prisoner; isnà ¡Ã ¦t that sad? But everything is solved (she thought so), as Mr. Mallard is dead, at last she can be liberated from that prison, à ¡Ã §Free! Body and soul freeà ¡Ã ¨ (8). This is not a usual expression of a woman whose husband has just died; here we can understand how alon e she has bee...
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