... out of the way of young people, so that their honesty could have every chance to harden and solidify, and become part of their very bone"; thus creating a stage for a test of its citizens. When the town offends "a passing stranger, possibly without knowing it", the stranger decides to seek revenge, which would hurt as many individuals as possible, and for him ... ...

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... Kahn's The Absent Mother'. In her paper, Kahn compares the maternal role to that of the paternal, i.e. nurturer vs. disciplinarian and spiritual guide. This is reinforced by using the love test scene of the play as an example, proposing that this scene is a variant of the wedding ceremony, where male dominance is once again emphasised, both in terms of authoritarian and ... ...

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