Handmaid's False: Plot Summary

Like Úrsula, the youngest niece had become aware of her mistake too late. Ferré mentioned that, “the youngest began to suspect that it wasn’t just her husband’s silohoutte that was made of paper, but his soul as well” (5). This means that the youngest niece was helpless and she became aware that her destiny could not change because she belonged to him and it would be inappropriate to do anything according to her society. The youngest niece had given all of herself to the doctor but that was not enough for him to the point that he took her most prized possession, the diamond eardrop encrusted eyes of the special doll that her aunt had made for her. The professy that her aunt had warned her became true and like her aunt she was bait for the evil prawn (man) that would consume her literary. Like the eyeless …show more content…
Úrsula’s husband was her cousin and she was aware that it was wrong but she still married him and had kids. Her mother warned her about the consequences but she undermined them as just folktales. Even though she was not there to witness the birth of the deformed baby derived from the sinful consummation between her and José Arcadio. If Úrsula were to not go through the incest, then the story of 100 Years of Solitude would have not occurred and she wouldn’t have been so worried and overworked to try to make the family function as a unit through out the novel. Meanwhile, the youngest niece was also the one to decide to marry the young doctor. If she had dismissed his courtship and proposal then she would still be alive. The young doctor was the only in-law to tamper with the wedding doll that the aunt had gifted to all her nieces. If she had waited for a more prudent and humble man, than she wouldn’t have been injured. No matter the economic social status of these two characters, they still were under the mandate of their male partners and had tragic ends to their