The Country Wife

The era of the 1950s, was an iconic era in american history. The american dream of freedom, self empowerment, and success was growing. After WW2, the soldiers returned and the generation of baby boomers began. The baby Boomer generation was born between mid 1950 's to mid 1960s, this was also the time where the Happy Homemakers were born. Women who stayed home and looked after the children while her husband provided. Family became a national priority, and women were taught that a happy marriage…

take over the role of a wife and a mother. Being his wife means cooking three meals a day, cleaning house, taking care of a baby, and also working full time to support family finances. Mrs. Kim could take over the role of his wife because she loved him so much. However, she wanted him to love her and thank her. Because Mrs. Kim lost her parents at a young age, she wanted to depend on a trustworthy and a reliable husband, and she wanted to be loved. They both want an ideal wife and husband, but…

Porter Alexander’s letters to his wife, Bessie, can serve this purpose. Through these letters, it it possible to trace his ups and downs throughout the war. The letter from August 5, 1861 is particularly interesting because it shows a stark contrast from his usual letters to his wife. In this essay, I will argue that, through Alexander’s letters, we can see signs of depression and exhaustion. This depression had subsequent effects on his loving relationship with his wife. Edward Porter…

The more we go to different countries, the more their tradition varies. As culture differs the wedding ceremonies differs too. The wedding is defined by a process through which the bride and the groom meet and know each other through cultural processes. . In Lebanon as a part of the Arab world, the Lebanese people proceed into the following: engagement, Katebktab, and wedding. On the other hand, in the United States the process of marriage proceeds into proposal and wedding. In my essay I will…

In the past centuries, marriage has been considered the union of two people out of love. That two people have to love one another to be married to one another. Marriage is a legally accepted relationship between two people as husband and wife for a lifetime. Marriage is a promise to support one another no matter what comes their way. Marriage is a commitment. Marriage is a mutual partnership. Marriage is not always out of love. Laura Brown from The Hours lives the perfect life, with a kind…

In the letter that Major Sullivan Ballou wrote to his wife Sara Ballou, there is an essence of love that Ballou portrays and speaks of for his wife but for his country too. From the Majors great love for being things, it has caused him to have conflict, for he knows that loving his country is causing him to possibly lose his life and not be with his family anymore. When the author wrote the letter to his wife, he knew that his time was coming as he said "Death is creeping behind me with his…

Throughout the novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, written by Khaled Hosseini, I was able to find many symbols that reappeared as I read this text. However, I believe the two important symbols that I came across that are potent to the development of the main theme, the dominance\ of men and the life of women, is when Mariam signs a contract for her marriage and execution. Another symbol that emphasizes the theme of this novel is Mariam’s and Laila’s burqa. To begin, I believe the burqa Mariam and…

In her essay titled “Why I [Still] Want a Wife”, Judy Brady argues that wives are automatically assigned the role of primary care taker and home maker in a traditional marriage. Brady states that in her marriage she is expected to earn an income while her husband pursues a higher education, she is expected to perform all parental duties exclusively, tend to all housework, tend to her husband’s sexual needs and desires with no regard to her own, and be a hostess all while keeping quiet and doing…

he told his wife that some of his friends will come for dinner tonight so make Briyani for them he said that and left. After four hours when he came back home from his work he saw that his wife didn’t cook Briyani for his guests’. He went into his room and locks the door and start beating his wife up with the belt until her blood came out of her body. There was a time when a wife asked her husband to go get the meat from the store and he refused to go so unfortunately, that wife had to go…

ingrained prejudice against women, and has been experienced by women around the world. In medieval times, misogyny enabled men to have the dominion over their wives, which gave them the control over the land, money, house, and more importantly, their wife. Male dominance was acquired through money and the undoubted belief that they were superior to their wives. In fact, there were even laws that allowed husbands to beat their wives; although, it was preferred to do so in the isolation of their…