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 front of her face. ... In the penultimate paragraph, Frau Brechenmacher says to herself: "Always the same, all over the world the same, but, god in heaven, but stupid". ...

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