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A Bride In The Farmer's Bride

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What are you going to do if they tell you what you did is right even though you feel it is wrong? A bride in “The Farmer’s Bride” was scared and didn’t want to do anything with him. The farmer was very patient and let her sleep in the attic. In that situation, most of the farmer will force his wife to sleep on the same bed with him. But, for him, he didn’t forced her to sleep with him on the same bed. However, the way the farmer treated her was wrong. He looked her as a animal, the one he expected it to obey his order. Ethically, it is wrong to imprisoned his wife in the house, but he wasn’t educated and had not realized that he has the right to defy the society.
She was with him for three years and nothing had happened. He needed her to give him the babies. The wife was very young and refused to do anything with him. The farmer had little time to focus on his wife. He had a lot of things to do. He had to harvest the farm. The farm needed a constant care. It was the time to to have the babies to help with and eventually take over the farm. The farmer recalled,“Three Summers since I chose a maid, Too young maybe - but more 's to do; At harvest-time …show more content…

His wife ran away. The farmer went out to chased her and many farmers helped him to find her. Once they found her, the farmer imprisoned her in the attic. “We chased her, flying like a hare; Before our lanterns. To Church-Town; All in a shiver and a scare; We caught her, fetched her home at last; And turned the key upon her, fast.” (l. 15). In this phrase, it is metaphorical, because fetch refers to the animal getting the ball for their owners. It does sound like a woman was an animal to them. The farmer treated his wife as his animal and expected his wife to follow his orders. He tried to figure out how to protect his wife and ensure that his wife will not escape again. However, his wife was a

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