1. The Wife's Resentment by Delarivier Manley
To add to her troubles, her husband and lawful master, growing increasingly weary of his wife and easily influenced by the insidious rumors running rampant, "forgot he had married her; and hearing so many people talk of her as a mistress he kept, he imagined it was so"(153) and chooses to get married again - this time to an heiress. ... If acting a certain way rather than truly being that way is the only way for a woman to find favor in the rigid restraints of society, the flaw then lies directly with the social, societal system that fosters such false standards of living and demand...
- Word Count: 1986
- Approx Pages: 8
- Grade Level: Graduate
