Francesca’s Experience to be Abused

use it as a justification for her decision to leave Richard. She realized that Richard was her husband and she had to respect him whatever he was, as her consequences to marry him. Francesca is not only faithful but also responsible wife. She realizes that she has a family and she knows her duty as a wife and a mother. But she sat frozen by her responsibilities, staring at that back window harder than she had ever looked at anything in her life. His left signal light came on. In a moment he’d be gone Waller, p.124. That is the moment when Francesca has a chance to leave Richard for Robert. The change to get freedom is definitely in front her face. She just needs to do a little step to make her dream come true, that is to be with Robert, the man she loves most. The thing that can restrain her is her responsibility toward Richard, her husband. Behind her strength to hold on in her family, still, she is a woman who thirsts of a man’s love, care and attention. In all her life, she never get it, but from Robert. “Robert, I’m not quite finished. If you took me in to your arms and carried me to your truck and forced me to go with you, I wouldn’t murmur a complaint. You could do the same thing just by talking to me. But I don’t think you will. You’re too sensitive, too aware of my feelings of my responsibility here Waller, p.115. Deep inside her heart, she really wanted to be owned by Robert. She even can not reject him if he forces her to go with him. Her hope to fulfill her obsession is so strong that she almost fails to hold on, but her awareness of her responsibility toward her family is stronger that her desire. Francesca cannot deny her unhappy marriage because it lacks of romantics things. That reality bored her, but she tries to deal with this situation as much as she can, and again, her responsibility toward her marriage has important role in keeping her to stay. “Yes, it’s boring in its way. My life, that is. It lacks romance, eroticism, dancing in the kitchen to candlelight, and the wonderful of feel of a man who knows how to love a woman. Most of all, it lacks you. But there’s damn sense of responsibility I have. To Richard, to the children. Just my leaving, taking away my physical presence would be hard enough for Richard. That alone might destroy him Waller, p115. That line proves that Francesca will never want to give her responsibilities up for the sake of her selfishness to pursue her own happiness. It is said that to leave her family will give a big impact for her life that is impossible to change something inside her. It means that her responsibility is a big deal for her that she would never leave it for any reason. ii. Francesca’s Obedience toward Richard Francesca is also a wife who always obeys her husband. Actually, Francesca is an intelligent woman with her education background. She has her own thought and idea, but most of the time, Richard’s will leads her to put them away. She thinks that she is a married woman, that is why she had to obey her husbands. But Richard didn’t like the idea of me working. He said he could support us, and there was no need for it, particularly when our two children were growing. So I stopped and became a farm wife full-time that’s it Waller, p.41. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI