In the short story there are 18 actional sentences among which 14 are transactive and 4 non-transactive. Women are actors in 8 transactive sentences for of which has no affected, one is accompanied with men. Two of the trasnactive sentences with an affected have an elderly woman as actor. This reveals high status of seniors in Iran society. There are four cases of non-trasactive sentences, two with female actor and two other with male actor.
Fom total 12 instances of attributive sentences in 5 cases the sentence is about a personal trait or talent of the man and only one case of physical trait. This is while only in 3 cases the sentences are about women's personal trait or talent. As Wolf (1991) asserts ideal image of beauty and its link to being feminine is a kind of weapon aiming towards the progress and achievements of women. Through this story we can see remarks on physical appearance of women such as: "Aqaye anvari-pur zane javan khoshkel khanedar mikhast va nasrin ham chenan bod" (110).
Also positive attributes such as "smart" when used for men has positive connotation such as "Shagerd ranande zebel bod va mesle malakhak jast o khiz mikard" (p.104), however when used for women it takes negative connotation as being "cunning" such as "[ghahve chi] be zane kolli goft kheyli zerangi ha" (119).
Overall discursive features suggest that men …show more content…
From quantitative perspective woman are used in the actional sentences more often than men, this suggests that women are of higher status. However when we take closer look we see that in trasnactive sentences in which women have been the actors, there is only one case in which the affected is a man and in this particular case the actor is an elderly woman. In other cases either there is no affected or the woman is accompanied with a man such as the example
Fom total 12 instances of attributive sentences in 5 cases the sentence is about a personal trait or talent of the man and only one case of physical trait. This is while only in 3 cases the sentences are about women's personal trait or talent. As Wolf (1991) asserts ideal image of beauty and its link to being feminine is a kind of weapon aiming towards the progress and achievements of women. Through this story we can see remarks on physical appearance of women such as: "Aqaye anvari-pur zane javan khoshkel khanedar mikhast va nasrin ham chenan bod" (110).
Also positive attributes such as "smart" when used for men has positive connotation such as "Shagerd ranande zebel bod va mesle malakhak jast o khiz mikard" (p.104), however when used for women it takes negative connotation as being "cunning" such as "[ghahve chi] be zane kolli goft kheyli zerangi ha" (119).
Overall discursive features suggest that men …show more content…
From quantitative perspective woman are used in the actional sentences more often than men, this suggests that women are of higher status. However when we take closer look we see that in trasnactive sentences in which women have been the actors, there is only one case in which the affected is a man and in this particular case the actor is an elderly woman. In other cases either there is no affected or the woman is accompanied with a man such as the example