Consequencs of Mental Abuse
There are many derivatives of abuse. Most readers would consider abuse to be physical, but some of the most damaging abuse is emotional. Emotional abuse can cause women to rebel against their own sanity and explode with irrational behavior. In Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour," Louise Mallard's reaction to her husband's death results from the emotional lapse between Louise and her husband. Minnie Wright in "A Jury of Her Peers," written by Susan Glaspell, suffers such mental "'stillness'" that the only way to feel alive and regain what is left of her once free spirit is to kill her husband (300). William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" details how the oppression of her father and disrespect of her lover prompt Miss Emily to create her own reality. All three short stories depict accurately the devastating consequences of emotional abuse. Louise Mallard in "The Story of an Hour" realizes the emotional neglect and bondage of her marriage to Brently. Brently has "kind, tender hands," which alludes to the fact he is not physically abusive. Chopin further describes his face to never look but "save with love upon" Louise (186). Though Mr. Mallard means no intent of abuse, there is a substantial l
Today's society is much different from that depicted in these works. Women have the financial abilities and opportunities not available to those of earlier years. The oppression and neglect of a woman's mind is a devastating mistake. Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" clearly illustrates the burden of abuse upon Mrs. Mallard's spirit. Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers" graphically reveals how mental abuse can cause such affliction that murder seems justifiable. Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" reveals how the power of hurting the spirit so badly can cause a person to create her own reality. All three heroines eventually react to the mental abuse, and consequences are severe. The mental abuse present in these fictions allows for a deeper insight into the damage that may occur. They are timeless reminders of injustices long ago. Poor Emily Grierson's lot in life establishes her with a very dominating father. The relationship seems almost incestuous. A picture of the young Miss Emily and her father display "Miss Emily a slender figure in white in the background, her father a spraddled silhouette in the foreground , his back to her and clutching a horsewhip"(241). He torments Emily's mind into a world that cannot change by driving away "all the young men" (242). After her father's death, she looks
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