Cult of True Womanhood in "The Broken Merchant" by T.S. Arthur
Seminar paper from the year 2022 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2,5, Humboldt-University of Berlin, language: English, abstract: In the term paper, I argue that the presented father-daughter relationship is shaped by and founded on the Cult of True Womanhood. In addition, the narrator comments on sentimental values such as domesticity and purity in order to show how Kate embodies those.
