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Mo.iMP ÜÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ ßÛß
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ß ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛ
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß
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ÜÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßÛÜ ßÛÛÛÜÜ ÜÜÛÛÛß ÞÛ ÞÛÛÛÝ ÜÜÛÛ
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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Essay on Novel Sister ]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [Carrie by Dreiser ]
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[ ]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [ ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Dizzed: 10/94 # of Words:525 School: ? State: ?
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Sister Carrie: Dreiser's Reversal of Male/Female Roles
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The novel Sister Carrie seems to be the platform from which Dreiser
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explores his unconventional views of the genders. In the world of Sister
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Carrie, it would seem that the role of women as trusting, caring creatures,
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and men as scheming victimizers is reversed; it is Carrie that uses the men
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around her to get what she wants, and it is those men who are victimized by
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her. Thus Dreiser uses this novel as a means of questioning the popular
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notions of gender and the role that it plays in modern society.
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In Sister Carrie, it would seem that Carrie, while outwardly benign,
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and possibly even deserving of her portrayal as sweet and innocent at the
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beginning, soon emerges as a ruthless predator in the guise of a helpless
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woman. From her relationship with Drouet, she manages to gain the
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experience and social skills to pursue higher aspirations. She seems to
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stay with Drouet only long enough to see that better things are available,
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comforts more extravagant than Drouet can provide, and cultural experiences
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and social nuances whose existence Drouet seems unaware of. Drouet, then,
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acts as a stepping stone for her. When he no longer has anything he can
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offer her, she drops him in favor of Hurstwood. In Hurstwood, Carrie sees
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all that lacks in Drouet--a more acute sense of culture and worldliness,
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and the wealth to explore the new wonders of civilized Chicago life.
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Hurstwood serves as yet another step in her ladder to success, and when he
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sinks into poverty and self-disgrace after his divorce, she sees him as a
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no longer being an asset, and leaves him in favor of striking out on her
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own, leaving him to turn into a beggar, while she makes it big. Too, after
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she makes it big, and Drouet comes to see her, she can no longer see him as
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a friend worthy of her company, and in fact avoids ever seeing him again.
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The fact that she owes her success to Drouet and Hurstwood seems
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inconsequential to her. It would seem also at the end of her road to fame,
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when she is receiving social invitations from millionaires and famous
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figures, that she sees herself as being to good for any of them; she sees
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herself as being too good for the company of any man. This aggressive,
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self-centered nature, seems to be a departure from the traditional role of
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a woman in a such a novel.
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It can be said, then, that Carries bullish nature is rather atypical of
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the traditionally portrayed role of a woman. The fact that the men in this
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novel are the ones being preyed upon, seems to make this a reversal of
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roles. It can be argued that Dreiser's intention may have been in part to
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show how women do not need increased liberties to succeed in the modern
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world, but rather that they've been in control of their situations for as
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long as there have been men in the world to prey upon. This would seem to
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be what Dreiser really intends by this definite reversal of male-female
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roles.
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