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see that men treated women as if y were nothing more than possessions or property. y had no respect for ir wives, mors, or even ir daughters as y constantly treated m like housemaids who were re to answer to ir every call. Even Edna's far thinks that his daughter is her husband's property. We see this when he says "You are far too lenient, too lenient by far, Leonce. Authority, coercion are what is needed. Put your foot down good and hard; only way to manage a wife" (Chopin 663). This is her own far telling her husband that he needs to be tougher on her. Chopin is clearly showing inequality of women here. Nowadays, you would never find a far telling his son-in-law to be harder on his daughter. This was something that Edna would not accept. Chopin cleverly adds that it was this same treatment from her far that killed her mor. " colonel was perhaps unaware he had coerced his own wife into her grave" (Chopin 663). "She would, through habit, have yielded to his desire; not with any ...

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