Wednesday, September 30, 2009
"A Respectable Woman" Response
What do you think Mrs. Baroda has "overcome" at the end of the story? What is she going to do in the future? Why do you think so? Use specific evidence from the story (quotes are helpful) to support your opinion. Make sure to read and respond to what others have written as well.
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I don't really know what she's going to do. I think it's possible that she wants to be let's say more than friendly with Gouvernail, because she says suspiciously at the end, "This time I shall be very nice to him." That was kind of weird, but it isn't like her marriage was an arranged marriage, because she calls Gaston her friend, which indicates more than an arranged marriage. She is really confusing, and I think there is enough evidence to back up a multitude of different endings, but I have no clue which it is.
ReplyDeleteI think she has overcome her paranoia of Gouvernail and that she will be nicer to him next time because she told her husband she would do so. However the story does still confuse me.
ReplyDeleteI agree that she has overcome her obsession, or whatever she was feeling, towards Gouvernail after she first met him. Now I think she is ready to move on and simply accept him as friend. Because of her new attitude towards him, she wouldn't have the issue of falling in love with. Instead, she could simply act normal around him.
ReplyDeleteI agree with all of the above that whatever weird thing she felt toward Gouvernail she has overcome. I think she just wants to have a friendship with him, but I'm not to sure of what she is going to do in the future, probably just maintain a friendship with Gouvernail.
ReplyDeleteI think that Mrs. Baroda has overcome her fear of talking with Gouvernail. Mostly because in the story she has trouble speaking with him and is trying to avoid him. In the future she is going to be nicer and more talkative towards Gouvernail. She will do this because she has overcome her fear of taking to him.
ReplyDeleteI think that Mrs. Baroda will do her best to behave or be a "respectable woman". She is going to do her best to not show how attracted she is to Gouvernail. She does not want to make it ackward for her husband, but understands that Gouvernail is a close friend to her husband and she is going to have to just deal with her emotions, keeping them inside.
ReplyDeleteI agree with most of the other people that have posted. I think Mrs.Baroda in the future is going to try her best to be nice to Gouvernail. I think she was a little attracted to him which might lead to problems in the long run if Gouvernail comes back to visit. I knew she was attracted to him because she wanted to "draw close to him and whisper against his cheek."
ReplyDeleteI think Mrs. Baroda is going to leave her husband and start a new life with Gouvernail. I think that the whole time she was away from him, it made her think about him and she became more interested. This is why she says "This time I will be very nice to him".
ReplyDeleteI think Mrs.Baroda has mixed feeling for her husband. I think she will be a litle more than nice to Gouvernail the next time she will she him. The writter specificly slowed down a scene on the bench where Mrs.Baroda was very attracted to Gouvernail and not her husband. It's earie how she said at the end " this time i will be very nice to him". That shows how she has affection for Gouvernail.
ReplyDeleteShe has overcome her shyness from him as well as her consciencious objection to being with him. I believe she is intrigued by him and is in love with him. I think she has told her husband to bring him back so that they might have an affair.
ReplyDeleteI think that Mrs. Baroda is interesting in Gouvernail but she wants to be loyal to her husband. Its really hard to predict what she will do in the future because anything can happen. I take what I said about her being loyal, the definately had an affair.
ReplyDeleteI think that Mrs. Baroda wants to remain in a relationship with her husband, but wants to know that Gouvernail is more to her than just a friend. I don't know if to think Mrs. Baroda is being loyal or not...In one way she is, by being in this relationship with her husband of course, but is it loyal to be thinking of Gouvernail this way?
ReplyDeleteI think Mrs. Baroda overcame her fear of being unloyal to her husband. The reason for this seems to me that she no longer wants to be loyal. As Sonja said the quote at the end is suspicious. I think it implies that she will have an affair with Gouvernail.
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