[Solution]Compare Xu Dishan’s “Merchant’s wife” to Lu Xun’s Hsiang Lin’s wife, how do these two women act differently towards their miseries?

Xu Dishan’s “Merchant’s Wife” and Lu Xun’s Hsiang Lin’s Wife represent two very different approaches to dealing with their respective miseries. On the surface, there are many similarities between the two women: both are married to men who have been unfaithful and unsupportive of them; both have suffered in silence for years; and both are struggling to find a way out of their domestic situations. However, when it comes to how they cope with and respond to this suffering, these two women take very different paths.

Compare Xu Dishan’s “Merchant’s wife” to Lu Xun’s Hsiang Lin’s wife, how do these two women act differently towards their miseries?

The Merchant’s wife is portrayed as a woman who has resigned herself to her fate. She is aware of her husband’s infidelity but chooses not to address or confront it. Instead, she attempts to make the best of her situation by immersing herself in various activities such as reading books, painting pictures, listening music etc., in order to keep her mind off of her misery. Her approach is one that emphasizes passivity over action – she does not attempt any form of self-empowerment or revolt against her husband’s behavior but instead chooses simply try and endure it despite feeling oppressed by him at times.

On the other hand, Hsiang Lin’s wife takes an entirely different approach towards coping with her misery – namely rebellion and defiance towards authority figures like her husband or father-in-law. Despite being just as much an oppressed woman as The Merchant’s wife (if not more so), she rebels against the restrictions placed on women at the time by finding subtle ways around them such as secretly taking up night school classes or buying expensive clothes without permission from either male figurehead in her life. Her story serves as a reminder that even within oppressive systems there remains potential for individual resistance against existing societal norms which can be used effectively if done cautiously yet decisively enough over time.

In conclusion then, while Xu Dishan’s “Merchant’s Wife” and Lu Xun’s Hsiang Lin’s Wife may share similar experiences in terms of their marriages gone wrong, they ultimately choose completely different methods for dealing with their respective miseries – The Merchant’s wife opts for passive endurance whereas Hsiang Lin’s wife actively resists through small acts of rebellion despite all odds stacked against her success doing so.. In some ways these stories serve then not only as reminders about how deep marital dysfunction can go but also about how individuals must recognize what works best for them when attempting to deal with oppression no matter what shape it may come in