Rebecca West "Indissoluble Matrimony"
This was a story that had all the elements that one does not want to have in their marriage, a husband who tries to be dominant figure in the relationship but who is clearly not, and a wife who comes off as a bit of as a bit too dominant for a wife. this story spoke to me because when i was younger i my favorite aunt was had an abusive husband and every weekend while i was there, he would beat her mercilessly. and they would fight with pots and pans and all that other stuff, so the brutality of the fights of George and his wife. its very ironic that they are obivously different in prsonalities, yet they still sleep in the same bed and remain married because marriage is supposed to be an unbreakable bond. The themes that are most prevelent to me here are: Control, Marriage, Confinement because both are trapped in this un-compatable marriage. In a way i guess its okay to have fights once in a while in a marriage, but its not okay to fight continuously and although its not exactly clear to me if Rebecca West, the author meant for the fights to be physical, verbal, mental, or metaphorical, a fight is still a fight. and im not entirely sure if one of the spouses is bi-polar and if that what causes the fights or if its some other disorder. because the wife still welcomes her husband after these brutal fights.
Anais Nin "Birth":
This story spoke to me the most perhaps because, im a pre-mature baby, myself, i was born 7 months premature and was put in an incubator bottle and the doctor told my mother i would not survive..lol 22 years later here i am, he also told here i might be short, but i turnd out okay, but any way, i felt for this lady because it is sad to go through the process of a premature labor and the stress only to find out that one has a still-birth. from the title i knew that the story would not be of a traditional nature, it is a kind of depressing story and i felt really sad after i read it. the themes here are very easy toidentify: Death, Life, Birth, Depression, and persiverance. In my case, i am glad that when the doctor asked my mother if they should consider euthanasia, she said hell no. they wanted to mercifully and painlessly put me to death. Thankfully with t he grace of god, i stand here today with good health and its all because my mother beleived in me.
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I disagree with your assertion that it is wrong for the woman to be more dominant in a relationship. A husband, given the patriarchy we live in, will naturally have some form of dominance over the woman. Allowing a woman to express her opinions and disagreements openly and forcefully can be a rewarding experience for the woman, and I strongly believe a husband should nurture these types of experiences in order to avoid animosity in the relationship.
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