Monday, September 14, 2015
In the short story Roman Fever, by Edith Wharton is about the relationship between two "friends" Ms. Ansley and Ms. Slade in Rome with their daughters reminiscing of the early childhood inRome and of their deceased husbands. In the beginning of the story it seems as just a look into the happiness of two bffs, but the deeper you go you see the true feelings and attitude toward each other pick up rather quickly. You see they shared a love for one man when they were younger Ms. Slade's husband Mr. Slade. Then you relate it's not about friendship you see its about who got the man of their dreams and and who didn't. Power becomes the weapon and ultimately exposes their "friendship" for what it was..nothing just two women faking it the entire time. But at the end it shows neither Ms. Slade nor Ms. Ansley had more power than the one another. They were equal.
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I like that you assessed the standings of the two women in relationship to each other. Mrs. Slade spends the majority of the story beating down Mrs. Ansley, but then Mrs. Ansley drops her bomb and suddenly they are on an even playing field.
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