... gender roles are forcing women into unwanted predicament and the discontent that it causes. Another great example of sadness that gender roles create in a character is Mrs. Linde. In this example gender roles aren't causing unhappiness in the same way, but they are still creating it. In this case, ... live for"(17). This means taking care of someone, providing for them, doing everything that they want, which is what society has been telling her that she should do because she is a female. And this is works out for a while, but when her husband dies and her mother and brothers are ok she fe...

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