For centuries, males have had the advantage of dominance and masculinity passed down to them from generation to generation. Women have been greatly affected by this male inheritance. Male dominance can alter a woman 's perspective on not only the world, but herself. The way a man presents his dominance can be shown in several ways: language, manipulation, physical and mental abuse. Hemingway 's Hills Like White Elephants and Moore 's How To Be An Other Woman, have a strong theme of male dominance. Both Hemingway and Moore emphasize the power of male dominance, however, the man in Hemingway is more aggressive with his language than the emotionally withdrawn man from Moore. The men 's love interests are both susceptible to losing their sense
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She listens to his forceful plea and no longer feels as if her opinion matters, "Then I 'll do it. Because I don’t care about me" (Hemingway 477). The friction between the two characters causes the woman to alter her attitude towards the situation. After the man sees a difference in the woman he starts talking in a more considerate manner. He tells her that he would do anything for her and she responds with, "Would you please please please please please please please stop talking" (Hemingway 478). The woman knows how contradicting the man is being right now. She tells him something that would tone him down, "I feel fine. There nothing wrong with me. I feel fine" (Hemingway 478). The woman is no longer herself, the man has caused her to stop caring about herself. She knows that if she cares about herself, the man will convince her …show more content…
They properly use it in a way that each woman accepts. The men gain control of each woman 's emotions and personal outlooks, pushing the women to do what the men want. The man in Hemingway, drives the woman to stop caring about herself because it seems like it is not her body anymore. The man in Moore, gives Charlene a guilty conscience, but still maintains to have a lengthy affair with her. Each man 's dominance adds a continuation to their relationship with the women, until they realize what the men are doing. Both women lose their sense of identity after being victims of a man 's dominance. The woman in Hemingway gives herself up to the man and Charlene guilts herself into believing she is only a
She listens to his forceful plea and no longer feels as if her opinion matters, "Then I 'll do it. Because I don’t care about me" (Hemingway 477). The friction between the two characters causes the woman to alter her attitude towards the situation. After the man sees a difference in the woman he starts talking in a more considerate manner. He tells her that he would do anything for her and she responds with, "Would you please please please please please please please stop talking" (Hemingway 478). The woman knows how contradicting the man is being right now. She tells him something that would tone him down, "I feel fine. There nothing wrong with me. I feel fine" (Hemingway 478). The woman is no longer herself, the man has caused her to stop caring about herself. She knows that if she cares about herself, the man will convince her …show more content…
They properly use it in a way that each woman accepts. The men gain control of each woman 's emotions and personal outlooks, pushing the women to do what the men want. The man in Hemingway, drives the woman to stop caring about herself because it seems like it is not her body anymore. The man in Moore, gives Charlene a guilty conscience, but still maintains to have a lengthy affair with her. Each man 's dominance adds a continuation to their relationship with the women, until they realize what the men are doing. Both women lose their sense of identity after being victims of a man 's dominance. The woman in Hemingway gives herself up to the man and Charlene guilts herself into believing she is only a