Mr. Pontellier's view of his marriage vs. Mrs. Pontellier's view of their marriage and family
Mr. Pontellier is very possessive about his wife, but not in the loving and clingy way. He sees her as his possession. She is his and he owns her. At least she's a valuable possession in his opinion, though. "... looking at his wife as one looks at a valuable piece of personal property..." (Chopin 3) He still sees her as if he loves her though, as the book states here on page 6, "He thought it very discouraging that his wife, who was the sole object of his existence, evinced so little interest in things which concern him, and valuable so little his conversation." Also, on page 6, he shows he loves his children, "...he loved them very much..."
Mrs. Pontellier, however, seems to have no love for her husband and children. "...her habitual neglect of the children." (Chopin 7) She has very little if any love for her husband, as stated here, "She grew fond of her husband, realizing with some unaccountable satisfaction that no trace of passion or excessive and fictitious warm colored her affection, thereby threatening it's dissolution." (Chopin 24) In simpler terms means that she has grown to know Mr. Pontellier very well, but she happily realized that she has no happiness in him nor does she have affection for him.
Mr. Pontellier seems to at least have a little bit of love for Mrs. Pontellier, while she seems like she has no love for him, in my opinion and interpersonal at least.
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