Colette's "The Other Wife" is an interesting commentary on the personal dynamics when doubt, curiosity, and envy are introduced into an otherwise stable situation. Colette's life experiences no doubt helped her write this piece of literature, due to her marital escapades (Prentice-Hall, 1). Married three times, she knew first hand the torments of the newly wedded and newly divorced (some would say freed) person. "The Other Wife" is a story not just about how men are quite often the source of problems, but also how powerful a single woman can be without even trying. The ex-wife has more power than either of the two newlyweds and she is not even aware of it.

Marc is an idiot. He lacks strategy, romance, and has not the slightest clue what goes on inside a woman's head. Before this whole hullabaloo even started, he might have been able to stop the whole...