Montaigne wrote his views on fear in the eighteenth chapter of his essays. He thinks fear is more terrifying than death. In the article, the nobles were scared to death when they knew the enemy was coming, soldiers were killed by their companions as enemies because of fear, and soldiers killed themselves because of fear. Fear can control people’s thoughts and lives. I agree with Montaigne’s idea because we may face fear at any time. Once we cannot control our own thoughts, it is easy to make the wrong choice because of fear. Fear can make us died and hurt others around us.
Author: Haoquan Yu
Position of wife in Pizan’s “Book of the City of Ladies”
The image of the wife described by Pizan in “Book of the City of Ladies” and the virtues possessed by these women are precisely the social positioning and requirements of women as wives at that time. In terms of family responsibilities, wife was mainly responsible for housework, which also represented the general form of family division of labor at that time. With regard to the relationship between husband and wife, the wife is still in a dependent position in the marriage and family, and the wife must be subordinate to her husband. In terms of family economic relations, the wife is completely dependent on her husband. After marriage, the wife is forbidden to show her head outside, and has no opportunity to go out to work. Although there will be opportunities to help manage the husband ’s territory and become familiar with and grasp the financial situation of the family, it only occurs when the husband goes out to fight or do business outside, these powers will soon be deprived.