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A Sorrowful Woman (Reflection)


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A Sorrowful Woman

            A Sorrowful Woman tells the story of a woman's life in a marriage who made her a wife and mother. Being a wife and mother requires a strong mentality because living a patterned life with that same job is not easy. The duties of a wife and mother that I know are taking care of her husband's needs, taking care of children's needs, and taking care of household items. These jobs all consume a woman's time and energy every day. He became deprived of freedom and was haunted by a feeling of boredom.

In this story, I see this wife and mother never seemed to have thought of becoming a wife and mother. She was just forced to do her role as a woman in general. So that all the work tormented his mind. Maybe before marriage she fantasized about the perfection she would get when she became a wife and a mother. However, he did not get perfection completely or missed his dream. Even though she had a husband who was so kind and could understand her inner pressure.

In contrast to fairy tales in general, which tells the happy story of a woman in taking care of the daily needs of each member of her family. This story serves the exact opposite. In addition, when the mother is caught experiencing depression and the husband gently treats it for the sake of the recovery of the mother's soul, the mother feels even more depressed and disgusted.

This story also indirectly reveals how women do not have many choices in their life. When the time comes, a woman will become a wife shortly thereafter becomes a mother.

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