The section in the Language of Literature text entitled "from The Exeter Book" includes three poems requiring analysis. Write a specific and thoughtful response to each posting using standard English. Only complete paragraphs will be posted.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Conjecture
What do you think would happen if the wife's husband returned?
The wife would not be able to overtly express her bitterness and anger at him without incurring severe punishment on her part that would be legally allowed or overlooked by most people - perhaps she would attempt to covertly kill him so that she could avenge herself, or run away from him to avoid having to interact with him ever again. Or, she would accept his return and attempt to ignore the bitterness in her heart for the sake of gaining his affection again. The last option is most likely, considering the time period, but it is difficult to say definitively that it would have happened.
If the wife's husband were ever to have returned, one would believe that the wife would not hesitate to avenge herself in many ways. After all, this is man abandoned her to live in a cave in the middle of a forest where her only companion during that time was "her dreams." During this time that this man was away from his wife he was likely with some number of whores and other women, to add the the misery of the wife (who did reference sleeping with other men herself). One thing that literature has taught us is that regardless of when it is, people react the same way to the same things, such as this extreme case of presumed adultery. The woman will likely murder husband for a combination of being unfaithful to her and for forcing her to live in a cave for however long she lived there.
If the wife's husband were to return the reader believes that the she would be much happier. Every woman deserves a man that can guide and protect her. The wife would no longer be lonely because he will there with her, he might not listen but atleast he will be there for her to talk to. If the husband returns she would not have a lot to worry about because the husband is the provider for the family.
Most likely if the wife's husband return, she will somehow try to kill him in some currupt way. After her husband abandoned her, she was left lonely, bitter, and venegful. An angry women who is unfamiliar of her husband's where abouts is most likely to assume a various amount of things. Infedeliyt being one of them. By the way her mind and heart is, if she get the chance she would most likely make an attempt to kill him.
There are numerous things that could happen if the wife's husband returns. The wife, from her past hardships would seek revenge in anyway she can. She would do everything in her power to make her husband feel the suffering she has been enduring. Maybe causing him to suffer would help resolve her bitterness and possibly resolve their marital problems.
Depending on the circumstances of how the husband returns to his wife, the outcomes will be different. If the husband returns being apologetic and looking for her forgiveness, he may end up being hurt severely albeit physically or emotionally. Due to those injuries, he could die. However, if he is lucky, she may not want anything to do with him and ignore him completely.
If the wife's husband should return, though he never really left, because of the chauvinistic mindset of the Medieval times, the wife would not be able to do anything that she wanted to happen to her husband. Any action against the male in a male oriented society, would almost certainly incur the wrath of society, even more so, than being the promiscuous woman that she hinted at.
If the woman's husband would return many events would happen. One event that would happen is the woman would be happier because she is no longer alone where she is. She would enjoy the fact that he would suffer the same pain as her. Although she would be happy that he is there with her, the woman would beg her husband to get away from the place that he has put her. She would force him to let her see her family and to be back where she belongs.
Upon the return of the wife's husband many outcomes are pssible. One being that the wife will seek to get revenge against him because has been gone for such a long time and she's experienced multiple hardships while on his journey. Whether it be physically or emotionally, she would probably want him to sufer the same way she did. On the other hand, if he were to come back telling how he was in despair, fiend to be with her, or just say something about how dreadful he was without her, possibility she would accept him.Though accepting him, it wouldn't be as if he was never gone,he would still have to earn his way back into her heart,slowly but surely. There's also the possibility that she would just disown him all together.
If the wife's husband were to come back, the wife would try to reciprocate the same pain and misery as she felt onto him. Because the way that she was speaking in the last five to ten lines showed that she wanted him suffer, as she was suffering when he left her. But one would consider this thought because of times today, in the Medieval Period the women really didn't have rights to do anything, it would be hard to retaliate.
It's quite difficult to predetermine what the wife's actions would be if her husband were to return. She might seek to exact revenge on him somehow but on the other hand might actually be content with his presence once again in her life and regret her thoughts and actions in his absence. She surely suffered a great deal from loneliness and lack of help, but love has a way of resolving even the deepest of conflicts.
If the wife's husband were to ever come back, the wife would most likely try to kill him. In the poem, she laments her current situation. She doesn't believe that she should be held accountable for what she did in her moment of weakness because her husband left her alone for so long, and she is upset that he exiled her to live in a tomb-like cave in the woods. At the end of her lament, she seems spiteful and hopes that he feels the same pain that she feels because of him, which shows that she wants revenge, and if he showed up, the only thing that she could possibly do to get that revenge would be to murder him since she can't actually make him fall in love with someone and have them treat him the way he treated her.
Though she may seem stricken by grief and hardship, one can concur that the wife would gladly take her husband back if giving the chance. She loves him very much, though loathes the fact that he has left her and drifted away. However, she loves him, and at the same time, wishes him pain and misery. Through it all, one is leaf to believe the wife would find his being with her, much relieving on her behalf, as she seems emotionally detached from the world.
Well, one may also believe if the husband returns the wife will confess to the things she's done. As it states in the poem "Then I went forth a friendless exile to seek service in my sorrows need"(Wife Lament 9-10). This implies that the wife went out and pleased her needs. By that action she seemed to offend her husband because it states "My lord commanded me to move my dwelling here"(Wife Lament 15), basically telling her to leave. Even the title "The Wife's Lament" Tells us that she's done something. the Meaning of lament is to feel or express sorrow or regret for.Therefore, this states that she's regreting something that she's done
If the wifes husband were to return she would probably try to kill him. She would have wanted him to feel the same pain as she did. She wanted him to suffer just as how she felt when he left her. She could not accept the fact that he had left her and to ease the pain she would have wanted him to feel the same as she did. So she thought that killing him would make her feel much better.
One would think after the many years of loneliness she endured, the wife would and her husband would have an argument should he happen to return. Otherwise, she would ignore him completely in an attempt at vengeance. though, were this one in that particular situation, one could also believe that she would murder him after an initial silent treatment so as to throw off any suspicion.
The wife would not be able to overtly express her bitterness and anger at him without incurring severe punishment on her part that would be legally allowed or overlooked by most people - perhaps she would attempt to covertly kill him so that she could avenge herself, or run away from him to avoid having to interact with him ever again. Or, she would accept his return and attempt to ignore the bitterness in her heart for the sake of gaining his affection again. The last option is most likely, considering the time period, but it is difficult to say definitively that it would have happened.
ReplyDeleteIf the wife's husband were ever to have returned, one would believe that the wife would not hesitate to avenge herself in many ways. After all, this is man abandoned her to live in a cave in the middle of a forest where her only companion during that time was "her dreams." During this time that this man was away from his wife he was likely with some number of whores and other women, to add the the misery of the wife (who did reference sleeping with other men herself). One thing that literature has taught us is that regardless of when it is, people react the same way to the same things, such as this extreme case of presumed adultery. The woman will likely murder husband for a combination of being unfaithful to her and for forcing her to live in a cave for however long she lived there.
ReplyDeleteIf the wife's husband were to return the reader believes that the she would be much happier. Every woman deserves a man that can guide and protect her. The wife would no longer be lonely because he will there with her, he might not listen but atleast he will be there for her to talk to. If the husband returns she would not have a lot to worry about because the husband is the provider for the family.
ReplyDeleteMost likely if the wife's husband return, she will somehow try to kill him in some currupt way. After her husband abandoned her, she was left lonely, bitter, and venegful. An angry women who is unfamiliar of her husband's where abouts is most likely to assume a various amount of things. Infedeliyt being one of them. By the way her mind and heart is, if she get the chance she would most likely make an attempt to kill him.
ReplyDeleteThere are numerous things that could happen if the wife's husband returns. The wife, from her past hardships would seek revenge in anyway she can. She would do everything in her power to make her husband feel the suffering she has been enduring. Maybe causing him to suffer would help resolve her bitterness and possibly resolve their marital problems.
ReplyDeleteDepending on the circumstances of how the husband returns to his wife, the outcomes will be different. If the husband returns being apologetic and looking for her forgiveness, he may end up being hurt severely albeit physically or emotionally. Due to those injuries, he could die. However, if he is lucky, she may not want anything to do with him and ignore him completely.
ReplyDeleteIf the wife's husband should return, though he never really left, because of the chauvinistic mindset of the Medieval times, the wife would not be able to do anything that she wanted to happen to her husband. Any action against the male in a male oriented society, would almost certainly incur the wrath of society, even more so, than being the promiscuous woman that she hinted at.
ReplyDeleteIf the woman's husband would return many events would happen. One event that would happen is the woman would be happier because she is no longer alone where she is. She would enjoy the fact that he would suffer the same pain as her. Although she would be happy that he is there with her, the woman would beg her husband to get away from the place that he has put her. She would force him to let her see her family and to be back where she belongs.
ReplyDeleteUpon the return of the wife's husband many outcomes are pssible. One being that the wife will seek to get revenge against him because has been gone for such a long time and she's experienced multiple hardships while on his journey. Whether it be physically or emotionally, she would probably want him to sufer the same way she did. On the other hand, if he were to come back telling how he was in despair, fiend to be with her, or just say something about how dreadful he was without her, possibility she would accept him.Though accepting him, it wouldn't be as if he was never gone,he would still have to earn his way back into her heart,slowly but surely. There's also the possibility that she would just disown him all together.
ReplyDeleteIf the wife's husband were to come back, the wife would try to reciprocate the same pain and misery as she felt onto him. Because the way that she was speaking in the last five to ten lines showed that she wanted him suffer, as she was suffering when he left her. But one would consider this thought because of times today, in the Medieval Period the women really didn't have rights to do anything, it would be hard to retaliate.
ReplyDeleteIt's quite difficult to predetermine what the wife's actions would be if her husband were to return. She might seek to exact revenge on him somehow but on the other hand might actually be content with his presence once again in her life and regret her thoughts and actions in his absence. She surely suffered a great deal from loneliness and lack of help, but love has a way of resolving even the deepest of conflicts.
ReplyDeleteIf the wife's husband were to ever come back, the wife would most likely try to kill him. In the poem, she laments her current situation. She doesn't believe that she should be held accountable for what she did in her moment of weakness because her husband left her alone for so long, and she is upset that he exiled her to live in a tomb-like cave in the woods. At the end of her lament, she seems spiteful and hopes that he feels the same pain that she feels because of him, which shows that she wants revenge, and if he showed up, the only thing that she could possibly do to get that revenge would be to murder him since she can't actually make him fall in love with someone and have them treat him the way he treated her.
ReplyDeleteThough she may seem stricken by grief and hardship, one can concur that the wife would gladly take her husband back if giving the chance. She loves him very much, though loathes the fact that he has left her and drifted away. However, she loves him, and at the same time, wishes him pain and misery. Through it all, one is leaf to believe the wife would find his being with her, much relieving on her behalf, as she seems emotionally detached from the world.
ReplyDeleteWell, one may also believe if the husband returns the wife will confess to the things she's done. As it states in the poem "Then I went forth a friendless exile to seek service in my sorrows need"(Wife Lament 9-10). This implies that the wife went out and pleased her needs. By that action she seemed to offend her husband because it states "My lord commanded me to move my dwelling here"(Wife Lament 15), basically telling her to leave. Even the title "The Wife's Lament" Tells us that she's done something. the Meaning of lament is to feel or express sorrow or regret for.Therefore, this states that she's regreting something that she's done
ReplyDeleteIf the wifes husband were to return she would probably try to kill him. She would have wanted him to feel the same pain as she did. She wanted him to suffer just as how she felt when he left her. She could not accept the fact that he had left her and to ease the pain she would have wanted him to feel the same as she did. So she thought that killing him would make her feel much better.
ReplyDeleteOne would think after the many years of loneliness she endured, the wife would and her husband would have an argument should he happen to return. Otherwise, she would ignore him completely in an attempt at vengeance. though, were this one in that particular situation, one could also believe that she would murder him after an initial silent treatment so as to throw off any suspicion.
ReplyDelete