The Portrayal of the Relationship Between the Sexes in the...

The Portrayal of the Relationship Between the Sexes in the Short Stories of Chopin and Hardy In Desiree’s Baby, Desiree is a young woman who had just has a baby with her husband Armand. I realized that Desiree was a young mother as ‘it seemed but yesterday that Desiree was little more than baby herself. Desiree must be a fair young looking mother as Chopin describes Desiree to be a beautiful and gentle, affectionate and sincere. When Armand, a rich wealthy slave owner falls in love with Desiree, Chopin uses a simile to show how violent and powerful his love is for Desiree as if struck by a pistol shot. His love is violent and powerful because it is being compared with a gun. Nobody in reality†¦show more content†¦Hardy indicates that Randolph is becoming up himself, as he is better than his mother. Therefore, Sophy feels very lonely in the house as she has no one to converse with Hardy continues the story by bringing back Sam into the view. Sophy longs for Sam and feels apologetic towards him as She had occasionally thought of him, and wondered if life in cottage with him would not have been happier lot than the life she had accepted.† Sophy feels very sorry when she compares her present life to maybe†¦ Sam and Sophy meet and talk about their childhood times in the countryside. Sam is aware of Sophys social class and addresses her as a Lady. During their meetings Sam tries not to be so friendly with Sophy, as she is upper class. He is respectful towards her. Sophy seems to relish while with Sam. She is aware of the class system and tries not to be as confident with Sam as it says Sam pulling himself up now†¦though himself too familiar†¦ A woman of pure instincts, she knew there had been nothing wrong†¦supposed it conventionally to be very wrong indeed. Both quotations indicate that Hardys intention is the