Unlike Julie, Dot is not silenced. She is unfettered by masculinity and vocal in her opinions. In contrast to Julie’s response, Dot is “enraged….[driving] her to bluntness” (103). She rails against Alistair and unabashedly shares her feelings. Dot provides a counterpoint to Julie’s silence. Unlike Julie, Dot is not tolerant of her oppression and silencing; “she’ll have no truck with wishy-washy tolerance” (107). Friends and Goffels contrasts two perspectives of womanhood in South Africa: one of a woman who does not bow and woman who does. The relationship between Julie and Dot in the story opens the possibility of more than one type of womanhood in South
Unlike Julie, Dot is not silenced. She is unfettered by masculinity and vocal in her opinions. In contrast to Julie’s response, Dot is “enraged….[driving] her to bluntness” (103). She rails against Alistair and unabashedly shares her feelings. Dot provides a counterpoint to Julie’s silence. Unlike Julie, Dot is not tolerant of her oppression and silencing; “she’ll have no truck with wishy-washy tolerance” (107). Friends and Goffels contrasts two perspectives of womanhood in South Africa: one of a woman who does not bow and woman who does. The relationship between Julie and Dot in the story opens the possibility of more than one type of womanhood in South