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In October 1830 a Sheffield man sold his wife in the market at Rotherham for three pence (equivalent to £1.36 in 2023). [7] In 1849 a more complex sale-of-wife story came to light on Hardy's patch, in Dorset. Around 1830 one Simon Mitchell sold his wife for £2 (equivalent to £226.19 in 2023). [8]
Bluebeard gives his wife the keys to his castle, art by Gustave Doré (1862). Like other historical figures such as Conomor or Henry VIII, Gilles de Rais has frequently been associated with the main character of the Bluebeard tale, to such an extent that this association has become "a cliché of folklorist literature", points out Catherine Velay-Vallantin, French specialist in the study of ...
Caster (Fate/stay night), an anime character; Wizard (character class), a character class who casts spells; Will Caster and his wife Evelyn Caster, the two main protagonists in the movie Transcendence
Bluebeard unexpectedly returns and finds the bloody key. In a blind rage, he threatens to kill his wife on the spot, but she asks for one last prayer with Anne. Then, as Bluebeard is about to deliver the fatal blow, Anne and the wife's brothers arrive and kill him. The wife inherits his fortune and castle, and has his six dead wives laid to rest.
Castor [a] and Pollux [b] (or Polydeuces) [c] are twin half-brothers in Greek and Roman mythology, known together as the Dioscuri or Dioskouroi. [d]Their mother was Leda, but they had different fathers; Castor was the mortal son of Tyndareus, the king of Sparta, while Pollux was the divine son of Zeus, who seduced Leda in the guise of a swan. [2]
Years later, Susan meets up with an apparently contrite Henchard, but he subsequently reverts to his original stubborn and unyielding character. In this version of the story, Henchard appears to be aware of his defects of character but, in the end, is unable to get past them because the traditional social tool of forgiveness constantly eludes him.
From Jake Tapper and his wife to Don Lemon and his husband, here are the supportive spouses behind CNN's biggest names.
-caster -cester -chester -cetter/-xeter The English place-name Chester , and the suffixes -chester , -caster and -cester (old -ceaster ), are commonly indications that the place is the site of a Roman castrum , meaning a military camp or fort (cf. Welsh caer ), but it can also apply to the site of a pre-historic fort. [ 1 ]