Flowering Judas

While reading Flowering Judas I looked at the gender roles and how they portray negative roles for women. IN Flowering Judas. Laura develops these negative roles because she allows for Braggioni to control her. In the beginning of the story all she wants to do is go to bed but Braggioni is there so she is polite and allows him to play her a song she even asks him to play his favorite song if he does not have a new one. Later, Laura states, "sometimes she wishes to run away but she stays "(92). She never leaves she spends all her time wanting to achieve action but she is subbmissive and allows Braggioni and Eugenio to control her. Eugenio controls Laura from the grave even though his death was not entirely her fault she takes all the blame and is haunted by him. Braggioni also controls his wife, she stays at home while he partakes in the "revolution". Then when he returns home she treats him like a king, washing his feet and what not. These women in this story lay down their independence and allow these men to control them. What is Porter doing with this and why??