Trust In The Short Story 'Roman Fever' By Edith Wharton
Friends? Not Really
Trust is often defined as, reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing. It takes years to build trust but seconds to break it. Trust is the main aspect of any relationship. If a relationship lacks trust and a person finds out that his or her friend cheated or lied, it just changes everything in one’s life. The short story “Roman Fever” written by Edith Wharton revolves around the lives of two friends, Mrs. Slade and Mrs. Ansley, who knew each other for too long to call themselves each other’s best friend. They had same events occurring in their lives in the same period of time that kept them both together. One evening in the Rome they find out some deep secrets about each other that …show more content…
Slade tries to win the argument by saying: “After all, I had everything; I had him for twenty-five years. And you had nothing but that one letter that he didn't write." Mrs. Ansley replied after taking a step toward the door of the terrace, “I had Barbra” and moved ahead of Mrs. Slade toward the stairway. At this point reader come to know why Mrs. Ansley put stress on “me” and why she kept her indefinable stress in her tone. A reader also finds why Mrs. Ansley kept telling Mrs. Slade that both girls were similar and had no difference. Finally the reader finds out what it was that made Mrs. Slade think that she is superior to Mrs. Ansley and why she thought that Mrs. Ansley was unkind. The story tells us that how dishonesty and weak integrity in relationship and friendship can cause failure to one’s life. Mrs. Slade’s weak trust on her friend, Mrs. Ansley made her write a letter and dishonesty of Mrs. Ansley made her write back to Mr. Delphin, who’s two-faced behavior caused failure to his wife after twenty five years of his act, when she finds out that the daughter of her friend is also daughter of her husband. In the end Mrs. Slade and Mrs. Ansley leaves the restaurant from being “friends” to
Trust is often defined as, reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing. It takes years to build trust but seconds to break it. Trust is the main aspect of any relationship. If a relationship lacks trust and a person finds out that his or her friend cheated or lied, it just changes everything in one’s life. The short story “Roman Fever” written by Edith Wharton revolves around the lives of two friends, Mrs. Slade and Mrs. Ansley, who knew each other for too long to call themselves each other’s best friend. They had same events occurring in their lives in the same period of time that kept them both together. One evening in the Rome they find out some deep secrets about each other that …show more content…
Slade tries to win the argument by saying: “After all, I had everything; I had him for twenty-five years. And you had nothing but that one letter that he didn't write." Mrs. Ansley replied after taking a step toward the door of the terrace, “I had Barbra” and moved ahead of Mrs. Slade toward the stairway. At this point reader come to know why Mrs. Ansley put stress on “me” and why she kept her indefinable stress in her tone. A reader also finds why Mrs. Ansley kept telling Mrs. Slade that both girls were similar and had no difference. Finally the reader finds out what it was that made Mrs. Slade think that she is superior to Mrs. Ansley and why she thought that Mrs. Ansley was unkind. The story tells us that how dishonesty and weak integrity in relationship and friendship can cause failure to one’s life. Mrs. Slade’s weak trust on her friend, Mrs. Ansley made her write a letter and dishonesty of Mrs. Ansley made her write back to Mr. Delphin, who’s two-faced behavior caused failure to his wife after twenty five years of his act, when she finds out that the daughter of her friend is also daughter of her husband. In the end Mrs. Slade and Mrs. Ansley leaves the restaurant from being “friends” to