Emily was married to a man twice her age. "Before her breast were grown", Emily was married to a man he did not know. She had no feeling or love for this man neither did he had any feeling or love for Emily. It kind of awkward to spend the rest of your life with a guy you do not know.Furthermore, Kheong 's family "hated [her] before they knew [her] name. Also, her husband had not shown her any concern other than by asking Emily " you 're all right ah?" Kheong had no feeling with Emily and did not wanted to spend his life with her. In the end, he sought comfort in "that whore Diana Lee".
Emily had grown up with no one to love her. Her father was the only one who treated her well. However, he died at a when she was young. Her mother abandoned her. Also, the relatives took her "out of the gutter" and never actually loved her. Needless to say, Kheong also did not love her. This give rise to her dominating nature. In order to gain some position/social status, she controlled the lives of Richard and Kheong.
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I agree that the arranged marriage did affect Emily, however I feel that what was the main thing that shaped Emily to have the dominating character she has is her childhood. Like what you stated, she was taken "out of the gutter" and she never had a proper childhood. She had no love from the parents at all. This is where the arranged marriage plays a part. She never had true love, even her own child hated her to the extend he had to commit suicide. To gain love, or what she thought was love, she therefore controlled almost everyone under her.
ReplyDeleteI do agree that the arranged marriage shaped her into becoming very controlling in nature, but it is not the most important factor contributing to the shaping of her character.
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