The Astronomer’s

Mrs.. Ames. He rarely speaks or even listens to her. He is totally unconcerned with everything that goes on in his home, and leaves all the work for her to do. Belle uses comparisons amidst a pipe fitter and Katherine husband-?Mr.. Ames silence, the plumbers interaction with her, and her response to the plumber-?to show the l unrivaledliness of the wife throughout the story. Belle shows Katherine loneliness primaeval on in the story. The lines, Her eyes were gray, for the light had been extinguished in them (Belle Para. ) shows he reader an image of the wife, and the effect the loneliness has had on her. Her husband spends a lot of snip awake at night, and sleep during the day. That leaves minuscular time to spend with his wife. Mrs.. Ames and her husbands interactions become few and far between until they become nonexistent. Having little to no interaction with her husband has left her feeling unloved. But one day, a plumber comes to her house to fix the enfeeble. The plumber notices how beautiful she is, and how she is esurient for attention and care. The plumber himself looked up and saw Mrs..Ames with her voice hushed, speaking to him. She was a youngish woman, but she had forgotten. The plumber takes advantage of the stargazer and begins to flirt with Mrs.. Ames. The plumber begins to speak to her in a way that Mr.. Ames has never spoken to her before. This was actors line that touched her flesh and bone and made her wonder. When her husband spoke of height, having no sense of it, she could not picture it nor hear. Depth or magic passed her by unless a name were given. But madness in a effortless shape, as elbow stopped, she saw advancely and well.She sat down on the grasses, bewildered that it should be a man who had spoken to her so. (Belle Para. 36) This section shows Mrs.. Ames surprise at the manner at which the plumber is talking to her. She is not use to being spoken to in such a kind and relatable way. It is clear that Mrs.. Ames is l onely and is looking for companionship that her husband has not given her. The resist lines in The Astronomers Wife give the reader an image of Mrs.. Ames walking into the drain with the plumber. ooh, said the astronomers wife in wonder as she stepped into the heart of the earth.She took his arm, acute that what he said was true. (Belle Para 50) The Plumber reached out to her when she felt uncalled-for by her husband. This image can be taken as her pickings one step away from her husband and going with the plumber. The plumber is a breakthrough to Mrs.. Ames as she realizes her worth as a woman collect to the attention the plumber gives her. It is obvious that there is going to be an single-valued function between the plumber and Mrs.. Ames, which is wrong and will subsequently lead to the transgress of her current marriage. Throughout this story, the readers can see that Mrs..Ames is dissatisfied with her husband and life. Mrs.. Ames interactions with the plumber show how l onely she is because her husbands silence. The cause of the problem is the bad relationship that has been between the two for a long time, primarily caused by Mr.. Ames distantness. The omit of communion between her and Mr.. Ames causes her to look elsewhere for the affection she wants. Without these comparisons between the plumber and the astronomer and their interaction with Katherine, The Astronomers wife would lose its theme of love or lack thereof.