"Rope," by Katherine Anne Porter, portrays a typical situation experienced by both married and unmarried couples. A situation that causes individuals to become angered and enraged over trite circumstances. There may be various causes of the situation. One such rationale is that Porter depicts the woman as experiencing inner turmoil. She is distraught by the concept of her move to the country a mere three days ago. Porter states, " her hair was tumbled, nose scarlet with sunburn, and already told she was a country born woman." Obviously she had contrived animosity about moving from the city. Porter portrays the woman as never fully resolving her problems, but becoming frustrated by any antagonistic situation. Porter writes, " had he brought the coffee? Gosh, no, he hadn't. Lord he"d have to go back now, even if it would kill him." Instead of understanding and dealing with the circumstance, the woman threatens that he must immediately retrieve the coffee and claimed the primary reason he forgot it was because he doesn't drink coffee himself. .
The other reason for the occurrence of the situation is the man's ability to flee from the circumstance. Porter states, "even though he did not drink coffee himself, he wandered eight miles there and back in the squelching sun in order to get the coffee." Instead of compromising and discussing the situation, the man cowardly avoids the issue and quells his anger by getting away. Meanwhile the woman has built up inner tumult that needs to be subdued, but the man is never around to facilitate. As you can probably determine, the situation is a "lack of communication." If both individuals discussed and resolved core as well as minute issues, circumstances like this story will decrease in occurrence. The "rope" simply aggravated deeper issues in the woman in which the man responded to. If both individuals" issues were not as accumulated, the miniscule rope would seem, well, diminutive.
