Women and their men
In todays society numerous women are becoming completely independent from men. Just ask any young woman you come across how they feel about a man in their lives and often times a response confirming the lack of a need or even desire of a man present will be returned. Of course the lack of good men available adds to womens negative feelings towards us. For those women who wish to engage in relationships their overall hapinness can sway either way. It's a known fact that some relationships are good and some are bad. The three women I will discuss each posess different ideas of what makes them happy in their relationships.. In each scenario the men in these womens lives have a great effect on them and taught them valuable lessons to learn from. The first of these women is Louise Mallard in Kate Chopin's The Story of an Hour. Louise is one of those women who is stuck in a boring marriage. Her husband Brently supported her financially and did nothing negative towards his wife. But he left her only content with their marriage. Once she learned of her husbands death Louise felt as though a great burden had been removed from her shoulders. "She said it under her breath over and over, "free, free, free""(Chopin, 243). Mrs. M
Zora Neale Hurston's character Missie May in The Gilded Six- Bits not only has a loving husband but also has a man on the side. It is not that she is dissatisfied with her husband Joe, for she loves him dearly. They have an incredible relationship with a strong bond between themselves. Often they played a special game that displayed a great deal of affection and enjoyment of each others company. "... the two were a furious mass of male and female energy. Shouting, laughing, twisting, tuning, and Joe trying, but not too hard, to get away"(Hurston,325). Missie May would do anything to please Joe and eventualy would sell her body to do just that. "Youse a pritty man, and if Ah knowed any way to make you mo' pritty still Ah'd take and do it"(Hurston, 327). Homer would be the first and last man, besides her father, in Emily's life. "...and we knew that with nothing left, she would have to cling to that which had robbed her...(Faulkner, 317). Emily was not willing to loose yet another man she loved. Even though it was known that Homer Barron had no interest in her, or any other woman, she persisted to keep him in her life. "...Homer himself had remarked-he liked men, and it was known that he drank with the younger men in the Elks' Club-that he was not a marrying man"(Faulkner, 318). Emiliy's dependency upon and sudden loss of her father left her unable to loose another man. She needed the love of the man currently in her life and could not survive the loss of, or even the thought of the loss
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Approximate Word count = 1020
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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