Grievous marriages portrayed in two selected short stories by katherine mansfield

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Rahma, Aura Risfi Jabal (2023) Grievous marriages portrayed in two selected short stories by katherine mansfield. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

The study investigates the portrayal of the married life of the main characters in two selected short stories by Katherine Mansfield. The topic becomes essential and interesting to analyze because both Katherine Mansfield's works depict the same theme of married life. Both short stories can provide an in-depth understanding of how the main character deals with his domestic problems. There are two problems to be solved in this study: (1) how the marriage life is portrayed in The Man Without Temperament and A Married Man's Story; (2) how the similarities and differences of the conflict in The Man Without Temperament and A Married Man's Story. This study applies the qualitative approach to obtain a systematic description and explanation of the analysis topic. The researcher also uses the comparison-contrast method to compare the similarities and differences of the conflict. Using the theory of new criticism, the writer can describe married life and compare the conflict of both short stories through words, sentences, and dialogue contained in the story. The result reveals that the married life in The Man Without Temperament and A Married Man's Story is grievous. In The Man Without Temperament, the husband suffers from having to take care of his sick wife every day. The situation makes the husband represses himself, like emotional distancing, ignorance, and lack of sexual intercourse. However, the husband maintains his marriage because of the burden of the husband's responsibility. Meanwhile, in A Married Man's Story, the husband is not ready to accept his married life. It leads to attitudes such as a lack of sensitivity, lack of communication, and no sexual intercourse. However, the husband also maintains his marriage because of the burden of the husband's responsibility. The study also reveals the similarities and differences of the conflict in the story.