The New and Improved Lady Friend

I admire the clear satirical essence of the essay. The point of it to make apparent all that is expected of a wife and make a mockery of the ridiculousness of it. I think it works effectively in establishing the clear satire and gets the point across that expecting a woman to do everything for her husband, and nothing for herself, is ridiculous. Husbands are grown men who are capable of taking care of themselves and do not need and are not deserving of a woman to dote on them hand and foot. Brady does a fine job of establishing this.

This essay relates to Medea because it lists all of the things a wife does for a husband; all the things she is expected to do without thanks. Medea does several things for her husband without thanks. She tells Jason how to defeat the army grown from the dragon teeth, how to get the golden fleece, and she kills her own family in the name of Jason.

Medea would be able to especially relate to the penultimate paragraph, where the idea of leaving your current wife if a more agreeable or desirable one comes along is mentioned. Medea would be able to relate to this because she had lived through it. Jason left her for the newer, hotter, version of a wife and expected Medea to be fine with it and to take full responsibility of their children without so much as a complaint.

Medea would most definitely relate to this essay and I believe she would appreciate the satire.