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For she knew quite well, except in her moments of aridity, that they were very happy, that the affairs were not important. Pag. 155 Although she says not to take into into account the affairs of her husband, in fact, from that moment she changes her attitude toward him, perhaps without realizing herself that everything becomes routine and not in a relationship, so that repetition of the word intelligence is used ironically to express that she does not use her intelligence to think that her husband does not love her. Finally, her emotions cannot find an outlet, resulting in her suicide. She was possessed by a fever []had time to myself.So now I have to learn to be myself again. Pag.157 Susan expresses through of her internal monologue her marriage life. I think that she is trying to search help for that the story has a sad ending as in this example. Although Susan knows her husband is not faithful to her, she forgives him. She denies her own feelings, feels helpless of her marriage life, and this leads to her actions at the end of the story. It was in the nature of things that the adventures and delights[] But he was married to her. She was married to him. They were married inextricably. Pag. 155 In this quotation it expresses the idea of the impossible separation of a marriage. Although he is unfaithful to her she will stay with him until her death, maybe it was typical in the time which was written the short story. Her marriage is described as an obligation, her friends are married and she must make the same, she thinks that there is a proper age to marriage,...Susan isolates herself from people after all her children go to school; her soul can be emancipated only when she is alone.