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Gimpel The Fool: Golde Vs. Elka - Essay

Gimpel The Fool: Golde Vs. Elka

In Gimpel the Fool, the character of Gimpel’s wife, Elka is portrayed as a manipulative, insensitive, adulteress. In Tevye the Dairyman, the character of Tevye’s wife, Golde, is portrayed as a loving mother and devoted, although sarcastic, wife. Both Golde and Elka are harsh women due to their lives. Why does one’s harshness lead her in the direction of love and the other one’s into deceit?
Even at the time of their first meeting, Elka made it clear to Gimpel that he was not the man of the house. Elka was the boss. Elka made the conditions for the wedding and dowry. “Either a flat ‘yes’ or a flat ‘no’-Go back where you came from” (Singer 7). Tevye was the man in their household. ...

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keeping him quiet because he did not know how or want to retaliate. “Look who’s here! He’s come, the drip. Grab a seat” (Singer 6). She belittled him all of the time.
Golde was more sarcastic, than mean, to Tevye. Tevye did not always have the opportunity to be a great provider for his family. This would upset/anger Golde. “A lot he need children-and seven of them at that! God punish me for saying so, but my mistake was not to have taken them all and thrown them into the river” (Aleichem 5).
When Tevye came come from driving the old ladies to Boiberik, and earned a lot of money, he wanted to share his good news with his family-even if it meant waking up his daughters in the middle of the night. Golde was not happy with this. “Either you’re delirious, or you’re temporarily deranged, or else you’ve taken leave of your senses, or else you’re totally insane. All I can say is, you’re talking like a madman, God help us!” (Aleichem 17) He laughed off her temper and ...

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