Abstract
THROWING A STONE IN THE LAKE OF MARRIAGE: THE REBELLIOUS WIFE IN ELIF SHAFAK’S THE FORTY RULES OF LOVE
Marriage is considered as a sacred union in all the cultures and societies worldwide, the bond of the man and women is thought to be above all the relations people have. In all cultures, it is thought that the wife is expected to bear all the anguish and bad behavior of the male members, whether the husband or the sons, just to keep her family intact. The altruistic mother is the model mother because she endures everything for the well-being of her family. In her novel, The Forty Rules of Love, Elif Shafak tells the tale of Ella, a controversial mother, an unhappy American housewife and mother who leaves her husband, kids, and twenty years of marriage and walks away with a stranger. She leaves everything and cuts all the ties with her past and future. In this paper, Ella’s departure and the reasons behind it are discussed in accordance with the theory of evolutionary psychology.
Keywords
infidelity, unhappy wife, The Forty Rules of Love, betrayal, marriage.
