At first, I was having trouble with this open-ended prompt as I could not think of any direct link between Punishment and any of our other stories. As I was thinking, I kept getting hung up on the idea that in her culture, Chandara should have been by her husbands side, even through this terrible act that he has committed, as he should have been by hers.  I believe that her defiance of her husband’s wishes would have been severely frowned upon by the community. This idea led to my epiphany that Orgon’s family in Moliere’s Tartuffe should have also been subordinate and submitted to Tartuffe’s influence over Orgon’s household, but they didn’t. Based on contextual evidence, I believe that Chandara and Chidam from Punishment are Hindu. The Hindu concept of marriage gives the duty of supporting one another, through thick and thin, to both the husband and wife. Chandara was so taken back by her husband’s request to lie to authority to protect him that she distanced herself from him indefinitely. “In gaol, just before the hanging, a kindly Civil Surgeon asked Chandara, “Do you want to see anyone?” “I’d like to see my mother,” she replied. “Your husband wants to see you,” said the doctor. “Shall I call him?” “To hell with him,” Said Chandara.” This disgust that she shows for her husband is in clear defiance of the Hindu principles of marriage. A similar disloyalty occurs in Tartuffe when his children flat out refuse to allow Tartuffe’s influence over their father’s household affect them. To this effect, Dorine says, “When he came here he wasn’t wearing shoes. But he’s no village saint – it’s all a ruse. There was no vow of poverty – he’s poor! And he was just some beggar at the door Whom we should have tossed. He’s a disaster! To think this street bum now plays the master.” The culture at the time of Tartuffe would have the kids completely subordinate to their father as he is their sole provider, but just like Chandara, they have thoughts of their own.