... Darling has petulantly compared his situation to that of Nana, the governess of his children, who, because the family is in economic straits, is a Newfoundland dog.2 When, in this moment, his daughter, Wendy, tells her father that he has made Nana cry, he responds, "Coddle her; nobody coddles me. ... mean that his ability to provide for his family is uncertain; and, given the shabbiness of the house and the fact that the family has a dog as its governess, Mr Darling's inadequacies as a provider seem to announce his "failed- manhood. Part of this sense of "failure- is a consequence ... t...

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