Desperate Housewives is a successful television show about housewives and their daily lives. It is a comedy, drama and mystery series. The show takes place on a fictional street called Wisteria Lane. The show follows the lives of a group of women as seen through the eyes of their neighbor, Mary Alice, who committed suicide in the very first episode. The series records thirteen years of women's lives over eight seasons. The women of Wisteria Lane navigate domestic conflict and married life, while dealing with the mysteries and secrets hidden behind the doors of their seemingly flawless suburban neighbors. Something worth noting about the series is the opening credits that appear before each episode. The show begins with a painting of the biblical characters, 'Adam' and 'Eve', standing under the tree bearing the “forbidden fruit”. In the Bible this tree is the tree of temptation; in relation to Desperate Housewives, the tree and forbidden fruit are representative of lust and temptation in the lives of the women of Wisteria Lane. Adam is then crushed by the forbidden fruit (a giant apple). You immediately notice the background music, a very cheerful and cheerful rhythm. This music adds a light humorous tone to the end credits theme. Then Egyptian hieroglyphics of a woman and her children are shown, serving as symbolism for the beginning of civilization and the importance of women at that time. Then, a painting of a 15th century man is shown in the foreground, while a pregnant woman, most likely his wife, sweeps a banana peel from the floor behind him (a banana he had just eaten from). This image shows the subordination of woman to man at that time and is also comparable to the roles of men at...... middle of paper ......al. People who watched “I Love Lucy,” in other words, people who lived in the 1950s probably expected women's primary roles to continue as they had been before. They would believe that this is what all women are subjected to. The morals and values ​​of 1950 had similarities and differences from the moral values ​​of today. In 1950, the idea of ​​a love marriage was something Americans aspired to. Today everyone is looking for someone to love, but marriage is not necessarily as important as it once was. Furthermore, promiscuity and sexual references were not appropriate under any circumstances in the 1950s, yet today housewives can be respectable women and yet still have a promiscuous side. Essentially, “I Love Lucy” and “Desperate Housewives” are simultaneous in their time periods. In other words, shows reflect the moral norms and values ​​of our society.