From the moment I heard how the lady with five suitors fooled the five lustful men that she met, I said, she is the kind of woman who survives in this present history. However, as I learned about Savitri, I realized that cognition is useless without affection; thus, I realized I salute to women’s courage.
Seductive as she seems, the lady with five suitors symbolizes women’s wit as to how they play men in their hands and how men testifies that their ultimate weakness are women. The story tells about a woman who is very problematic because her lover was imprisoned but what was so impressive in the story was how she solved her problem with ease, with poise and above all with elegance. It is not easy to beg to the most powerful men in the society especially that she is not at all famous or someone very significant in the community. The lady with five suitors only amends what Coelho said in his novel the Alchemist that “Beauty is the great seducer of men.”
This story somehow criticizes (most) men’s lustfulness of choosing beauty over brains. Beautiful connotes big boobs, round butts, small waistlines or someone who oozes with sex appeal, even if she does not know how to spell the word bouquet or give any opinion about premarital sex, if she got all those biggies then she is beautiful. Ironically, it is both funny and sad.
Moreover, the lady with five suitors showed that no matter how a man is so established in his career, like the king, he would still be stupefied by a woman and that shows how women can be powerful like men (so forget about women being second class).
On the other hand, Savitri, who fought the god of death, showed the readers the emotional strength women uphold. Savitri showcased emotional bravery when she still continued her marriage to her husband even she already knew that he will die. She also showed women’s side of doing anything for the people they love. In contrast, with the notion that “when in lust, men become dumb” Savitri showed that “when in love, women become the best that they can be”.
However, as much as I want to promote women exclusively, I cannot deny the fact that both women did what they have done, all because of the men that they love. Thus, it can be said that as much as men’s weakness are women, women’s weakness are also men. Or should I say that each sex’s drive is always each sex’s opposite sex.
Generally, what makes both women very admirable is their being assertive when feeling emotional. Assertiveness involves learning a range of ways to handle any situation so that a person is able to choose a way which seems appropriate for them on each occasion. The women in the story then had choices how to handle the situation. The two women are encouraged to notice and accept what they feel, both of which involved emotional competence.
indeed, a woman can do anything for love and greedy men will do anything for lust and selfish reasons.
ReplyDeleteSalute to all the women.