![]() ![]() 3 turret”, “eight-engined Navy hydroplane”, and intentionally refers to the engine as “her” (Thurber 1) as if he were to physically use his masculine power to take control over a female. ![]() ![]() In the first fantasy, when Mitty commands the Lieutenant to do a series of actions, he specifies a number of high strength levels such as “8,500”, “No. In addition to the contrasting female characters, power and strength levels are referred to multiple times in Mitty’s fantasies, and are usually associated with symbols suggestive of females’ inferiority that Mitty longs for in real life. Along with the symbols implying Mitty’s desire to dominate over the female gender which will be discussed later in this essay, the contrasting portrayal of female characters illustrates that Mitty’s subconscious mirrors his inferior position to his verbally abusive wife who, therefore, is rather the ultimate cause of Mitty’s daydreams in which females tend to submit to him. In his daydreams, conversely, he fantasizes about the submission of the subordinate, “pretty” (Thurber 2) and “lovely” (Thurber 3) female characters to his authority. Mitty’s manipulation but is too intimidated by her nagging and bossy character to protest against her. This demonstrates that Mitty has long grown sick of Mrs. ![]()
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