Mavis Gallant's "The Chosen Husband" and feminist marriage in literature

¶ … Husband --Mavis Gallant

Marriage often takes center stage in a woman's life,. However, this is rarely with satisfying results. In keeping with that idea, The Chosen Husband is a story about a woman that have to endure bad marriages. At the same time, the story forwards the idea that a woman can have a feminist attitude when it come sto marriage.

Carette unconsciously yearns to live vicariously through her daughter and her happiness. She remains an innocent widow all of her life, going forward from when she was a mere forty-five years old. Carette experienced a "widowhood strictly observed" that "had kept her childish, not youthful." After she losing her husband, she turns into a very selfish and self-centered person. Carette places all of her attention towards looking for a rich husband for her daughter and she also encourage her daughter to marry widowers.

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Marie got married to Louis. He was hand-picked for her by her mother and her sister. She is like a doll that is controlled by her two family members. She is a victim in the marriage to Lewis. In addition to he is not only getting an engagement ring, she also ends up getting a marital ring that used to be belong to a woman that has since passed. Her husband will be required to serve in the military. As such, it is entirely likely that she will become a widow like her mother did before her.

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Berth, unlike Marie and her mother, helps her sister to get married and support her entire family. In other words, she is sacrifices herself for her sister and her mother. The narrator wants to make comparison with these two and how one takes after her mother while the other does not. Women in this family have a bad time when it comes to marriage. with marriage but she was only one do not need commit arranged marriage and she is able to find whom she love and who she love. She was interest in love, and relationship rather than marriage. Narrator shows perspective of women can be feminist through Berth as a character.

The women in this story show power, leadership and the choices they decide to make as it relates to their marriage.

Doll queen --Carlos Fuentes

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Carlos was quite fond of a woman and her name was Amilamia. Although starting to fade, he clung to those memories and sought to journey and find her yet again. However, he is shocked to learn that he cannot resume or rediscover the memories and relationship that he once had. He becomes discontent with his current life and about falling short when it comes to rekindling his past joy. As such, his journey starts with excitement but it ends in a pit of disappointments and sorrow.

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Carlos is a twenty-nine-year-old bachelor who has a nice career as a professional. Although his life is pleasant, he feels that it is missing something. He yearns for an excitement that is currently missing in his life. This leads to him being curious about a woman he once loved. However, they have been apart for some fourteen years and she has grown up and changed a lot since then. In retrospect, Carlos comes to the conclusion that he regrets parting ways with her so many years ago.

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