The late 1800s were a time of repression for women. A woman was expected to conform to her husband’s ideals and accept a life of his control. Even today, the relationship between men and women sometimes seems unequal. There is hardly ever an equal and fair relationship between a female and her spouse. Most of the time a man has a higher status than a woman does, whether it be in an occupation or …showed first 75 words of 1639 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1639 total…alive, and the fact that she had been given a glimpse of freedom and could not bear to go back to living under her husband’s will. Atwood’s “Happy Endings” is a story of couple’s life possibilities. The different ways in which a relationship can travel. The clichés portrayed throughout the story allow the reader to question him/herself and their relationships, depicting the true reality of a person’s everyday life.