Analytical Analysis Of Astronomer's Wife, By Kay Boyle
Lauren Parent
Foundations of Literature Study
Dr. Paniccia Carden
February 18, 2014
Analytical Essay of Astronomer’s Wife “Astronomer’s Wife, by Kay Boyle, is an enlightening story of a woman, Mrs. Katharine Ames, who is very much alone in the world she exists in. Her husband, an astronomer, is a man who is not fulfilling her emotional needs, due to the love and devotion he has for his profession. Due to her state of vulnerability and emotional distress, a plumber who visits the villa of Mrs. Ames and Mr. Ames demonstrates characteristics which cause Mrs. Ames to think of how little her husband is connected to her. She ultimately leads herself to believe men are either of the mind or of the body. “Astronomer’s Wife” demonstrates the distinctions of humans between their physical nature and the need to stimulate their intellectual desires through …show more content…
Katherine Ames, the wife to an astronomer who seems to be more interested in his profession than his marriage. Because of the astronomers disconnect to Mrs. Ames, she is delighted by the physical features and virtues of a plumber who visits her villa due to a pipe dilemma. Their visit together awakens a part of Mrs. Ames emotional senses, which have been set aside for quite some time. During the time they spend together, Mrs. Ames and the plumber dance among a dangerous path, becoming more and more interested in each other as each person discovers amiable qualities each person possesses. Mrs. Ames begins to compare her husband to the plumber, and ultimately gives in to the physical being of the plumber who is the one person who she has been waiting for to render to her state of well-being by stimulating her emotional needs. Since the astronomer is a man who would much rather prosper from philosophical and intellectual research, Mrs. Ames finds solace in the man the plumber is, an expert in the physical nature of human
Foundations of Literature Study
Dr. Paniccia Carden
February 18, 2014
Analytical Essay of Astronomer’s Wife “Astronomer’s Wife, by Kay Boyle, is an enlightening story of a woman, Mrs. Katharine Ames, who is very much alone in the world she exists in. Her husband, an astronomer, is a man who is not fulfilling her emotional needs, due to the love and devotion he has for his profession. Due to her state of vulnerability and emotional distress, a plumber who visits the villa of Mrs. Ames and Mr. Ames demonstrates characteristics which cause Mrs. Ames to think of how little her husband is connected to her. She ultimately leads herself to believe men are either of the mind or of the body. “Astronomer’s Wife” demonstrates the distinctions of humans between their physical nature and the need to stimulate their intellectual desires through …show more content…
Katherine Ames, the wife to an astronomer who seems to be more interested in his profession than his marriage. Because of the astronomers disconnect to Mrs. Ames, she is delighted by the physical features and virtues of a plumber who visits her villa due to a pipe dilemma. Their visit together awakens a part of Mrs. Ames emotional senses, which have been set aside for quite some time. During the time they spend together, Mrs. Ames and the plumber dance among a dangerous path, becoming more and more interested in each other as each person discovers amiable qualities each person possesses. Mrs. Ames begins to compare her husband to the plumber, and ultimately gives in to the physical being of the plumber who is the one person who she has been waiting for to render to her state of well-being by stimulating her emotional needs. Since the astronomer is a man who would much rather prosper from philosophical and intellectual research, Mrs. Ames finds solace in the man the plumber is, an expert in the physical nature of human