Wome take charge

Throughout the novel, the women seem to have the upper hand. Frances thinks she can tell Robert what he is going to give her so she can leave. Robert lets her do this to him. "He's going to give me two hundred pounds and then I'm going to visit friends. Won't it be lovely? The friends don't know about it, yet...." "You were only going to give me a hundred pounds, weren't you Robert? But I made him...." (page 55-56) From this dialogue the audience can tell that Frances is controlling. Robert should stand up for himself, yet, alls he does is ask how she can say such things. She keeps badgering him in front of his friend to make him feel bad and be embarrassed. This shows how women control the actions in the novel.