Sister Carrie: Dreiser's Reversal Of Male/Female Roles
Beginning of paper
The novel Sister Carrie seems to be the platform from which Dreiser
explores his unconventional views of the genders. In the world of Sister
Carrie, it would seem that the role of women as trusting, caring creatures,
and men as scheming victimizers is reversed; it is Carrie that uses the men
aroun ....
Middle of paper
.... and cultural experiences
and social nuances whose existence Drouet seems unaware of. Drouet, then,
acts as a stepping stone for her. When he no longer has anything he can
offer her, she drops him in favor of Hurstwood. In Hurstwood, Carrie sees
all that lacks in Drouet--a more acute sense of culture and worldliness,
and the wealth to explore the new wonders of civilized Chicago life.
Hurstwood serves as yet another step in her ladder to success, and when he
sinks into poverty and self-di ....
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Page count: 2 (approximately 250 words per page)
