Sister Carrie- The Affect and Reflecting of It's Time Period

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…in imitating the mannerisms the Drouet compliments in other women. Thus, by imitating whatever Drouet desires in a woman, she becomes merely a reflection of masculine desire. Moreover, by playing her role in such a great manner, Carrie shows the reader her support in the conventional social belief that women are of nothing but deceit and performance. Dreiser hoped to show the reader that women lack fixed identities of their own making them seem pretentious.