"has a 90% market share. Vim is also sold as a Unilever brand in South Africa and India. Vim is often referred to in John Mortimer's series, ""Rumpole of the Bailey"", as an example of the extravagant purchases made by his wife, referred to as ""She Who Must Be Obeyed"". It's seen in the countryside of Haiti around 1950: ""For three hours the only passer by was a young girl who shuffled along with a tin of Vim balanced on her head, and her hands hanging idle."" It is mentioned in the film ""Withnail & I"" by the character Uncle"
"was the natural state for women: ""Notwithstanding the energetic repudiations of the fact that confront us at every turn, it may be taken for granted that in most cases it is the natural mission of women to marry; that – always in most cases – if they do not marry they become narrowed, live a half life only, and suffer in health of body and of mind."" He created the character of ""She-who-must-be-obeyed"" ""who provided a touchstone for many of the anxieties surrounding the New Woman in late-Victorian England"". According to Haggard's daughter Lilias, the phrase ""She-who-must-be-obeyed"" originated from his"
"a lot of time with Patsy. I think we were both seven when we met."" The dynamics of their relationship were clear from the start, with Bianca portrayed as the dominant, bossy and authoritative partner, while Ricky was shown as the hen-pecked, dim-witted ""loser"" or ""soft touch"", comically under the thumb of his female counterpart. James Rampton from ""The Independent"" has commented, ""to her eternally put-upon husband, Ricky, Bianca was a ferocious reincarnation of H Rider Haggard's 'She Who Must Be Obeyed'."" Bianca was notorious for shouting the catchphrase ""Rickaaaaaaay!"" (a cockney pronunciation of Ricky) at her lover. It has"
"an obedient wife. Shakespeare chose his title to signify to his audiences that the play was about the marriage of a man to an ill-tempered woman given to scolding, nagging, and aggression. Such a woman, especially a wife, was known in the sixteenth century as a shrew, so called after a tiny rodent with a notoriously hostile and unpleasant nature. A woman convicted in court for being a shrew was often punished in Shakespeare's day by being confined to stocks on the village green or repeatedly dunked in a nearby pond or lake. The setting is Padua, a city in"
"were clear from the start, with Bianca portrayed as the dominant, bossy and authoritative partner, while Ricky was shown as the hen-pecked, dim-witted ""loser"" or ""soft touch"", comically under the thumb of his female counterpart. James Rampton from ""The Independent"" has commented, ""to her eternally put-upon husband, Ricky, Bianca was a ferocious reincarnation of H Rider Haggard's 'She Who Must Be Obeyed'."" Bianca was notorious for shouting the catchphrase ""Rickaaaaaaay!"" (a cockney pronunciation of Ricky) at her lover, and Palmer admitted in 2008 that ""not a day has gone by in nine years when someone hasn't shouted that from cars"
"thousand years after his death), Ayesha echoes the long-lasting fidelity of Victoria to her husband, Albert. However, unlike the ""benign"" Victoria, the question of female authority is realised to the extreme in the figure of ""She-who-must-be-obeyed"", whose autonomous will seemingly embodies Victorian anti-feminist fears of New Women desiring 'absolute personal independence coupled with supreme power over men'. Haggard constantly emphasises this anxiety over female authority in ""She"", so that even the rationally minded and misogynistic Holly, who has put his ""heart away from such vanity as woman's loveliness"", ultimately falls upon his knees and worships Ayesha ""as never woman was"
"spill correctly. Michelle Bush, in her book ""Myth-X"", noted that the oil platform is named ""Galpex-Orpheux"", a reference to the ancient Greek religious and mythological figure Orpheus, who was a legendary musician, poet, and prophet. According to the myth, Orpheus's wife Eurydice stepped on a viper, was bitten, and died instantly. Hades, the god of the underworld—after hearing Orpheus' moving music—allowed Orpheus to retrieve his wife's soul with one condition: he must not look at her until the two of them have climbed safely out of the underworld. Orpheus fails, and his wife's soul is returned to the underworld. Bush"
"He wrote that the relationship of Caroline and Johnson fulfilled the ""adage that ""behind every good man is a good woman"", since he depends on Caroline to fulfill the role of executing his directives as well as providing comfort and support for the man in charge, himself"". He added that ""while Johnson warns his listeners jokingly that 'pretty as a postcard' Caroline is off limits because 'She's married. To Science,' he may as well be simply warning off potential suitors for personal reasons"" and wrote that ""he is the ""science"" that she has married herself to"". G. Christopher Williams wrote"
"family before the destruction. God commanded Lot and his family not to look back as they fled. Lot's wife disobeyed and looked back, and she was immediately turned into a pillar of salt as punishment for her disobedience. An allusion to Lot's wife or to a pillar of salt is usually a reference to someone who unwisely chooses to look back once he or she has begun on a course of action or to someone who disobeys an explicit rule or command. In Greek mythology, Cassandra, the daughter of Trojan king Priam, was loved by Apollo, who gave her the"
"Cave Johnson. He wrote that the relationship of Caroline and Johnson fulfilled the ""adage that 'behind every good man is a good woman,' since he depends on Caroline to fulfill the role of executing his directives as well as providing comfort and support for the man in charge, himself"". He added that ""while Johnson warns his listeners jokingly that 'pretty as a postcard' Caroline is off limits because 'She’s married. To Science,' he may as well be simply warning off potential suitors for personal reasons"" and wrote that ""he is the 'science' that she has married herself to."" Cave Johnson"
"to submit to the illusion. ""The Spectator"" was more equivocal in its appraisal of ""She"". The review described the narrative as ""very stirring"" and ""exciting"" and of ""remarkable imaginative power"", adding: ""The ingenuity of the story... is as subtle as ever romancer invented, and from the day when Leo and Holly land on the coast of Africa, to the day when the Pillar of Fire is revealed to them by the all but immortal 'She-who-must-be-obeyed', the interest of the tale rises higher and higher with every new turn in its course"". However, the review took issue with the characterisation of"
"Anne Gainsford Anne Gainsford, Lady Zouche (died c.1590) was a close friend and lady-in-waiting to Queen consort Anne Boleyn. She was in the household of Anne Boleyn, as early as 1528 before the latter became the second wife of Henry VIII of England five years later. She served Anne Boleyn before and after her own marriage to Sir George Zouche of Codnor. It was Anne to whom Anne Boleyn lent her proscribed copy of William Tyndale's ""The Obedience of a Christian Man"". After it was stolen in jest by her bethrothed, George Zouche, it fell into the hands of Cardinal"
"her like a slave or animal and not allow his family to chastise her, he is told to only whip her if she is continually disobedient and never to do it in the presence of others so as to not cause her humiliation. An old man relates his story of how he could not instruct his wife and how she mistreated him because he spoiled her, he also tells of how he gained her respect and love. The time has now come for the departure and the bride—realising this is the last time she will see her birth home—gets tears"
"of it as more than a work of imagination. However, before Holly's death, he was holding the Sistrum of Isis, and he was visited by a spirit of some kind, which the Executor thinks might have been She. As Holly points out, the story is told from She's perspective, and since She claims to have lived for over two thousand years, since Ancient Egypt, there is no way to compare her story with any other sources, or witnesses. She Who Must Be Obeyed says that she was Arabian, by birth; and given the name Ayesha. Although, in the introduction, Sir"
"wife is an American named Anne. Other versions of ""Bluebeard"" include: In Charles Dickens' short story ""Captain Murderer"", the titular character is described as ""an offshoot of the Bluebeard family"", and is far more bloodthirsty than most Bluebeards: he cannibalises each wife a month after marriage. He meets his demise after his sister-in-law, in revenge for the death of her sister, marries him and consumes a deadly poison just before he devours her. In Anatole France's ""The Seven Wives of Bluebeard"", Bluebeard is the victim of the tale, and his wives the perpetrators. Bluebeard is a generous, kind-hearted, wealthy nobleman"
"and New Order. ""Obey the Name"" is named after a phrase used by the titular character of William Shakespeare's ""Othello"" to his fiance, Desdemona in Act One, Scene Two: ""I have but an hour of love, of worldly matters and direction, To spend with thee: we must obey the time."" Reilly heard the line in a TV adaptation and used it because he felt it ""captured exactly the feel of the work in progress,"" due to the album's acid house influence being a concession to contemporary music. Wilson later said: ""In experimenting with certain beats and ideas, Vini was indeed"
"domineering woman, who gains a more dominant role because she is unable to, or refuses to submit to men. The parson's wife in “Ann Lizy's Patchwork” who is described as “sweet, gentle” and “gracious” is an example of the submissive woman. Another example of the submissive woman fulfilling feminine roles is found in “The Little Persian Princess.” In the story, the princess sacrifices her royal position and becomes a cat to follow her brother—the male figure in her life. From the princess's devotion to her brother, Dorothy learns the importance of finding a male partner. She ultimately marries her neighbor."
"intends to guard is his wife. The Courtesan enters (posing, as Mistress Hairbrain's friend and moral instructor). Hairbrain tells her that he is very worried about his wife's chastity, and mentions that he has taken away all of her erotic literature (which includes Shakespeare's narrative poem, ""Venus and Adonis""). He asks the Courtesan to read some religious literature to Mistress Hairbrain: “There's a good chapter on Hell that will terrify her in this cold weather. So read to her the horrible punishments for itching wantonness.” The Courtesan exits. Talking to himself, Hairbrain says that, with the help of the Courtesan,"
"Hermuthruda Hermuthruda, Hermutrude (Old English: Eormenthryth) was a figure in Scandinavian romance. The chief authority for the legend of Hermuthruda is the Danish chronicle Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus. Described as ""the wild queen of Scotland"", she became the wife of Wihtlaeg or Vigletus and is described as a Wicked Queen type of character such as found in a variety of fiction. In the chronicle, Amlethus (Hamlet) is sent to court Hermuthruda by the King of England. However the queen had a reputation for killing all suitors, Saxo saying ""in the cruelty of her arrogance she had always loathed her"
"Penelope In Homer's ""Odyssey"", Penelope ( ; , ""Pēnelópeia"", or , ""Pēnelópē"") is the wife of Odysseus, who is known for her fidelity to Odysseus while he was absent, despite having many suitors. Her name has therefore been traditionally associated with marital fidelity. The origin of her name is believed by Robert S. P. Beekes to be Pre-Greek and related to ""pēnelops"" (πηνέλοψ) or ""pēnelōps"" (πηνέλωψ), glossed by Hesychius as ""some kind of bird"" (today arbitrarily identified with the Eurasian wigeon, to which Linnaeus gave the binomial ""Anas penelope""), where ""-elōps"" (-έλωψ) is a common Pre-Greek suffix for predatory animals;"
"the support of England and its navy in defeating the Armada of Catholic Spain, originating from the country of the Catholic Monarchs, Catherine of Aragon's parents and leaders of the Spanish Inquisition that executed Vives' relatives: ""An unmarried young woman should rarely appear in public . . . who can have respect for a man who he sees is ruled by a woman?"""" The book describes a longer list of attributes for a married woman. She must be loyal, dedicated, and obedient to her spouse; she must dress appropriately, covering her face in public; she must not allow any man"
"his previous handmaid and that she killed herself when his wife found out. In the epilogue an academic speculates that one of two figures, both instrumental in the establishment of Gilead, may have been the Commander, based on the name ""Fred"". It is his belief that the Commander was a man named Frederick R. Waterford who was killed in a purge shortly after Offred was taken away, charged with harboring an enemy agent. Serena Joy is a former televangelist and the Commander's wife in the fundamentalist theonomy. The state took away her power and public recognition, and tries to hide"
"questions Mr. Fox about why he writes about killing women who have transgressed patriarchal laws, making him aware of how his words normalize domestic violence. Kurt Vonnegut's ""Bluebeard"" features a painter who calls himself Bluebeard, and who considers his art studio to be a forbidden chamber where his girlfriend Circe Berman is not allowed to go. In Donald Barthelme's ""Bluebeard"", the wife believes that the carcasses of Bluebeard's previous six wives are behind the door. She loses the key and her lover hides the three duplicates. One afternoon Bluebeard insists that she open the door, so she borrows his key."
"before giving the death sentence. Before his execution, Thomas Schreiber wrote to his wife. He reminded her that she had often said to him that ""whoever is chosen for eternal life must undergo thistles, thorns and strife""; that he wished for her to marry again, ""on account of the children, for widows and orphans are despised and pushed down in this vile world"", and assured her that he was innocent and that they would meet again in heaven. Anna Schreiber wrote back and replied that she asked his forgiveness if she had ever given him the impression that she believed"
"femininity; in particular her deferring devotion to Kallikrates/Leo, whom she swears wifely obedience to at the story's climax: ""'Behold!' and she took his [Leo's] hand and placed it upon her shapely head, and then bent herself slowly down till one knee for an instant touched the ground – 'Behold! in token of submission do I bow me to my lord! Behold!' and she kissed him on the lips, 'in token of my wifely love do I kiss my lord'."" Ayesha declares this to be the ""first most holy hour of completed womanhood"". ""She"" is one of the most influential novels"
"was ""a ghost on a blue field, decorated with a star throwing a thunderbolt at a cat's eye with the number nine as its pupil, symbolizing the nine lives [its] members [...] were alleged to have..."" The motto was ""Fidelitas usque ad mortem"" (Loyalty unto death). Most of his military records are classified and unknown. A number of years before the series began, Pendergast was married to Helen Esterhazy Pendergast. She was presumed killed in a hunting accident while in Africa (mauled by a lion), but reappears in the so-called Helen Trilogy. Pendergast is generally described as being stoically aloof"
"Delilah Delilah (; (meaning ""She dwindles"") ""Dəlilah"", Dəlila, Tiberian Hebrew Dəlilah; Arabic Dalilah; Greek Δαλιδά ""Dalida""; meaning ""faithless one"") is a woman mentioned in the sixteenth chapter of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible. She is loved by Samson, a Nazirite who possesses great strength and serves as the final Judge of Israel. Delilah is bribed by the lords of the Philistines to discover the source of his strength. After three failed attempts at doing so, she finally goads Samson into telling her that his vigor is derived from his hair. As he sleeps, Delilah orders a servant"
"wife was abused by her husband. Wife of Jeroboam The wife of Jeroboam is a character in the Hebrew Bible. She is unnamed in the Masoretic Text, but according to the Septuagint, she was an Egyptian princess called Ano: She is mentioned in 1 Kings 14, which describes how she visited the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite. Her son Abijah was sick, and on her husband Jeroboam's instructions she disguised herself and went to Ahijah. Although Ahijah was blind, he immediately recognised her and gave her a message of judgment. This included the death of her son, who was to die"
"wedding day. In this letter, Diderot discusses how his daughter should act once she is married to her husband. Instead of reiterating that she is not the property of her husband, he tells her, in a sense, she is her husband’s property. He asserts that a wife should obey and give pleasure to her husband. She should respect him at all times and keep him entertained in order to guarantee that he will not leave her. Diderot even says that her whole existence is to ensure that her husband is satisfied. In this way, according to Rex, Angelique does not"
"her past as a television figure. Offred identifies her master's wife by recalling seeing her on TV when she was a little girl early on Saturday mornings while waiting for the cartoons to air. Believed to be sterile (although the suggestion is made that the Commander is sterile, Gileadean laws attribute sterility only to women), she is forced to accept that he has use of a handmaid. She resents having to take part in the monthly fertility ritual. She strikes a deal with Offred to arrange for her to have sex with Nick in order to become pregnant. According to"
"of the commander-in-chief and the health and well being of the Channel fleet. St Vincent's appointment was not popular among the officers of the Channel fleet. His reputation as a strict disciplinarian had followed him from the Mediterranean and he immediately issued orders banning officers and captains from sleeping ashore and forbade them from travelling more than three miles from their ship. Among other strict regulations introduced were orders that ships were to be repaired where possible at sea and that Ushant was to be the official rendezvous for the Channel fleet rather than the traditional Torbay. The wife of"
"Emilia (Othello) Emilia is a character in the tragedy ""Othello"" by William Shakespeare. The character's origin is traced to the 1565 tale, ""Un capitano Moro"" from Giovanni Battista Giraldi Cinthio's ""Gli Hecatommithi"". There, the character is described as young and virtuous, is referred to simply as the ensign's wife, and becomes Desdemona's companion in Cyprus. In Shakespeare, she is named Emilia, is the wife of Othello's ensign, Iago, and is an attendant to Othello's wife, Desdemona. While considered a minor character in the drama, she has been portrayed by several notable actresses on film, with Joyce Redman receiving an Academy"
"over the general populace for signs of rebellion, Hunters track down people attempting to flee the country, and Jezebels are sex workers in secret brothels catering to the elite ruling class. June Osborne, renamed Offred (Elisabeth Moss), is the Handmaid assigned to the home of the Gileadan Commander Fred Waterford (Joseph Fiennes) and his wife Serena Joy (Yvonne Strahovski). Offred is subject to strict rules and constant scrutiny; an improper word or deed on her part can lead to brutal punishment. Offred, who is named after her male master (""Of Fred"") like all Handmaids, was married and had a daughter,"