Thesis Statement For The Other Wife

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Universal Statement: Marriage is a two way street revolved around true love between two individuals. In “The Other Wife” by Colette, Marc does not treat marriage seriously.

Thesis Statement: Marc and Alice’s uncomfortable sighting of Marc’s ex-wife presents to Alice that Marc’s ex-wife and her have very similar traits revealing that Marc replaced his ex-wife with Alice.

Topic Statement: Alice and Marc’s ex-wife both have blue eyes and look similar indicating that Marc picked Alice based off the appearance of his ex-wife.

Support: This is a feminism and gender issue. Marc is a stereotypical man, who chose his wife based off of her appearance. Marriage should be based off of attraction and love for each others personalities. Marc only needs

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