Eliot s A Game Of Chess Jumps Between Perspectives

Is there a point when familial obligations go too far? In every culture there is some standard of duty that must be followed, a duty to a husband or wife, parent to child, and in each culture one thing is constant, the one that sacrifices the most is the female. As a woman one must give anything and everything, for her family. Whether it be her honor to preserve the family name or her body to produce the next generation, a women has no say in anything concerning her. She is an entity used for the benefits of others; if a she does not comply with the expectations put upon her then she is scorned by society. The element of scorn can be seen in the Wasteland by T.S. Eliot. His second poem A Game of Chess jumps between perspectives, the first section is in a third point perspective of explaining what the house of this couple is decorated with, the second part goes between dialogue from the couple that inhabits the house, and the last section of the poem is a group of people at a bar. In the third section, the group of people are talking about the couple, specifically Lil, the wife and her obligation to her husband. They mention how Albert, Lil’s husband, who has been in the army for four years, â€Å"wants a good time;† that if Lil doesn’t give into his demands â€Å"there’s others will.† And there you have it a man comes back from the army and expects to automatically receive sexual gratification upon returning. Mind you, no one even knows if the man has been faithful or not to hisShow MoreRelatedDeveloping Management Skills404131 Words   |  1617 Pag esbuilt-in pretests and posttests, focus on what you need to learn and to review in order to succeed. Visit www.mymanagementlab.com to learn more. DEVELOPING MANAGEMENT SKILLS EIGHTH EDITION David A. Whetten BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY Kim S. Cameron UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Prentice Hall Boston Columbus Indianapolis New York San Francisco Upper Saddle River Amsterdam Cape Town Dubai London Madrid Milan Munich Paris Montreal Toronto Delhi Mexico City Sao Paulo Sydney Hong Kong Seoul SingaporeRead MoreStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 Pagesand permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. To obtain permission(s) to use material from this work, please submit a written request to Pearson Education, Inc., Permissions Department, One Lake Street, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458, or you may fax your request to 201-236-3290. Many of the designations by manufacturers