Rabindranath Tagore’s short story “Punishment” I think is similar to the story Du Tenth, because I think the have similar conclusion, they both died. In Rabindranath Tagore’s short story “Punishment” The older brother killed his wife, however the younger brother do not want his brother to get crime, and go to jail, so he tell his own wife to said that is his wifi kill the older brother’s wifi. I think this is the similar point to Du Tenth, In the article, it said “This was what he instructed his wife to say:” The elder wife was about to attack me with the vegatable-slicer. I picked yp a farm-knife to stop her, and it somehow cut into her.” This was all RAmlochan’s invention. He had generously supplied Chidam with the proofs and embroidery that the story would required.” And when the police questioned Chandara, she said,” Yes, I killed her.” Also in Du Tenth, “ All day he would see Du Tenth beside him, crusing him. In time, he died. People said it was revenge exacted from the depths of the river.” In both article, the similar point is that the both article have people died, so I think this is the similar and have contract between the two novel.
Zijie – It’s true that the female protagonists in both texts end up dead. How else are these texts similar? Your last comment – about what happened to Li Jia after Du Tenth’s death – seems to suggest that perhaps both stories end with the male protagonists being punished for the way they treated the women in their lives.