This is achieved by viewing the attitudes of people in various stages of their relationship: A newly married couple at their wedding, Frau Brechenmacher's own marriage and that of a three-times widowed old woman. ... A chauvinistic landlord bullies his female staff, which causes her husband to repeat his earlier behaviour by jostling his wife and not apologising; the bride's mother is jeered at by her husband for not being cheerful and the bride is teased by both her husband and Herr Brechenmacher as she is reduced to a child by them playing tricks on her and dangling trinkets in fro...

• Word Count: 1523
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate