The Frau calls him "The Father", which at once distances him from being within the family but instead held above it and above the wife. The daughter Rosa, complains about her early curfew, but the moment the Herr is used as a threat, all protests cease - which tends to indicate that the violence is not limited to the Frau alone. ... There is a strong binary opposition of the masculine large and feminine small threading throughout the story, demonstrated in this scene, by Herr Brechenmacher not having enough room to dress in the kitchen with his wife, where previously she had been working in ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate