3. The widow’s main virtue was being faithful to
her husband within after his death. She was so loyal that she almost spent more
than five days in starvation until death. While she cried in the tomb, a
handsome soldier came to her and convinced her to eat again. She was so weak and
starved after those days that she gave up her duty. She could not oppose against
her human needs and woman emotions.
4. This story is a satire, but not a joke. It tries
to ridicule the attitudes of women who were not as virtuous as the narrator
said. The story seems a joke because the widow loved her husband so much that
she let her husband’s body stayed onto the cross. Therefore, people asked how a
dead man could climb there. It had an unexpected end for, such as “virtuous”
widow. On the other hand, the story was serious because the widow arranged his
funeral and burial by herself and neither her relatives nor authorities could
change her choice. Although the story mistreated women in some way, I cannot
deny that the story is fruitful because it involves many themes, such as
loyalty, sacrifice, love, moral, desires or needs of human beings.
Unfortunately, some women look like the widow because they could be interested
in money or other affairs. However, there are truly faithful women who could
respect their marriage during some time, and then get married again by
love.
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