The Robber Bride

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each other. The character Roz constantly runs into problems
in the business world. “It’s complicated, being a woman boss. Women
don’t look at you and think Boss. They look at you and think Woman, as
in Just another one, like me, and where does she get off?”
The female characters do not “come across as more emblematic than
real.” as Timson suggests. Charis decides how her day is going to be by
swinging a crystal above her head. This behavior reminds me of an
acquaintance who once tried to lecture me on the power of ‘crystal
vibrations’. This may be because Atwood’s characters are stereotypes
and everyone is bound to know someone like them. However, this realism
provides common ground between the reader and the novel, which makes it
easier to read.
As Male characters in The Robber Bride are very poor and have absolutely
no depth. Or as Timson put it “…and male characters who, it can be
argued, ...

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