... . But if she hadn't believed Bobbo's words, then the whole she-devil' transformation would never have happened. I find it ironic that Ruth stops listening and obeying men in her quest for revenge, yet it was her obedience to Bobbo's words that first led to her rebellion. Becoming a she-devil is the ... is not what women are supposed to do. They are supposed to charm men into marriage by their looks, then they are supposed to serve them and bear their children. The total reversal of this process shows her contempt for fluttery, flowery courtship, preferring to gain love in the unorthodox w...

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