... the themes of cheap fiction to show what he has inevitably become, writing "[d]on't read much now: the dude/ who lets the girl down before/ The hero arrives, the chap/ who's yellow and keeps the store,/Seem all too familiar." By alluding to cheap fiction, the speaker reveals the irony in how he eventually cannot escape his own outlet, his ... ...

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... husband, Leonce Pontellier, and Edna, exemplified by his inferior view of her and her place in society that was espoused in his scolding that she is not a good enough mother (Chap 3) and the lack of time he spends with his family, due to his business pursuits, which have a higher value than his wife. The growing intensity and intimacy of her relationship ... ...

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