A Respectable Woman | Kate Chopin | Story | Explanations | Question Answers
Short Explanation:
Kate Chopin in her story ‘A Respectable Woman’, explains the conflict running in Mrs. Baroda’s mind. She was already married however she gets attracted to her husband’s friend Mr. Gouvernail.
Characters:
- Mrs. Baroda
- Mr. Gaston Baroda
- Mr. Gouvernail – Mr. Baroda’s friend
Question Answer Section:
1. How was Gouvernail different from Mrs. Baroda's expectation?
Answer:- Mrs. Baroda was not happy about Gouvernail’s visit to plantation. Even though she had not liked her husband’s decision, she formed an image of Gouvernail.
She imagined that he would be tall, slim, cynical with eyeglasses. She pictured him that he would put his hands in his pocket. She thought she wouldn’t like such traits of him. But when Gouvernail arrived at plantation he is found different. He was slim enough but he was not very tall. He was neither cynical nor he did wear eyeglasses. He didn’t even carry his hands in his pockets. Mrs. Baroda liked him when he first presented there. In this way Gouvernail was different from Mrs. Baroda’s expectation.
2. Why does Mrs. Baroda not disclose her feelings towards Gouvernail to her husband?
-> Mrs. Baroda was attracted by Gouvernail that she wanted to touch his face with her hands. She wanted to be close with him that night. But she controlled herself because she is a respectable woman. Later she was thinking of telling it to her husband but she did not disclose it. She though it would be bad to tell her husband about what feelings she had had.
She thought she had to fight herself with that type of issues. And she at the end of the story explains her husband that she would treat him better and she wouldn’t mind his visit for the next time.
3. Why was Mrs. Baroda unhappy with the information about Gouvernail's visit to their plantation?
Mrs. Baroda was unhappy for his husband has invited Gouvernail. She was thinking of having private time with her husband in the plantation as their city life was busier. It made her sad that he was ruining her plan.
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