Sweat

This story is about a woman who has been married 15 years and is very unhappy. Her husband beats her and is now cheating on her. All the towns people know all of this because her husband parades around with his new lover all through town. Delia has begun to establish a hate for her husband and does not even want to be in the same room as him. Her fear of snakes is something her husband plays into one day when he brings one home. He keeps the snake just outside the house just so she is scared everyday. Eventually, he gets bit by the snake and she sees him die. She could have taken him somewhere to save him but she does not. This leads us as readers to believe that she let him die. This poses the questions of should she have helped him, and also was it better that he die then her taking the abuse anymore? These are common questions today, and this speaks a lot of domestic violence. Does the person deserve to die because they are abusive? Do you save them? I'm interested to see what different people would answer to this question.