The Girls in their Summer Dresses

The Girls in their spend Dresses by Irwin Shaw is about romantic fill in, fidelity, and marriage. The story is about Michael and Frances, a rich, young, extrovert couple living in midtown manhattan, whos marriage is going ingesthill because of Michaels hope for other wo workforce. Eventhough Michael has desires for other women, his wife, Frances, is unable to do anything about it because of cabarets stagima. Also due to the time period the story was written in, divorce was considered a rattling expectant thing. Throughout the story we discover how Frances loves Michael so much, but Michael does non love her. Michael being tot ally disrespectful puts their marriage in jeopardy. on that point be many points in the story from which we find out that Michael does not love Frances. Firstly, Michael disrespects Frances by looking at other girls. If he really love her, he should show respect and pay attention to her quite of looking at these other women on the street. Even wh en he is with his wife he looks at other girls. Who k flats what he does when she is not with him, even though he says he hasnt touched any women in past 5 years since he is with her? Who knows He isnt even afraid for a single minute that his wife is walking with him and he shouldnt inhabit other girls. He still think that he is macho guy according to the story I am the envy of all men between the ages of fifteen and sixty in the state of New York. He forgets his wife, his love. He didnt even care once about what she go out think about. He was totally not in love. They dont have mutual understanding at all.Second, not that Michael is unfaithful now but as he said he could be in future. When they are having the discussion at a bar on eighth street, Michael tells Frances that he not only looks at passably women on street but in like manner fantasizes about being with them. He tells her I love you, but I also want them.(Shaw 8) This is no way to extract that your love person. T his is considered cheating and obviously if there is cheating than there is no love at all.Furthermore Michael does nothing when Frances is crying face down into her handkerchief. Michael didnt say anything. He sat watching the bartender slowly peel a lemon.(Shaw 8) This shows that Michael does not care about Frances feelings. It looks as though for Michael the birth is based on physical appearance because even after a long discussion at the bar when Frances got up from the table, Michael watched her walk, thinking, what a pretty girl, what nice legs.(Shaw 9) If Michael really loves Frances he should try to see her inner feelings rather of her physical appearance.On the other hand, Frances being a good wife loves her husband. She tells him Lets just hang around with each other. You and me. This proves that she like being with him. She also has respects for him. Unlike Michael who is always looking at other girls she tells him she hasnt looked at another man since the second time they went out. Moreover, we find out that she sincerely loves him when she says Id do any damn thing for you. This shows that she is a good wife deeply in love with her husband. Frances being respectful, faithful, and loving proves that there are no complaints about their marriage from her side.In the ending, the most effective get around of the story, we see how a women at that time period could not do anything to solve the problem but instead deal with it. Frances ends up employment the Stevensons instead of asking for a divorce. She could not be divorced because the society wont let her live. People will look at her with bad eye. Her love for Michael fades away because he shows neither commitment nor love. who would love someone that wants to be with someone else, especially after finding it out? overall it seems as though Shaw is trying to tell the reader that not all marriages are same. He shows how for some, marriages are build with honesty, fidelity and love era for other s, its just about physical apperance. And yes, time period is definately a matter.