COMM 150 Lecture 9: The Philadelphia Story
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Unhappines in marriage is bondage to a mute and spiritless mate. Second marriage so often turn out better than the rst. The old society: before the education of tracy. Tracy is head lord, dominant and dominating character, claimed her mother from her father, renamed her sister. For tracy, it is more important for her to be right, to win, than to be happy. Self respect is more important than a husband. Tracy plays with re, desire for her is something to be controlled. George is a comer who lives outside in, he wants to be seen by others. Tracy lives to protect her inside(privacy) perhaps to protect herself from scrutiny. Tracy wears the pants, she is the dominant in the relationship, the lord to his slave. Ck dexter haven has grown since their divorce through self realization, and behaves ethically he doesn"t need her recognition to feel good about himself.
