SOURCE: Ben-Dov, Nitza. “Discriminated Occasions and Discrete Conflicts in Agnon's A Simple Story.” Prooftexts 9, no. 3 (September 1989): 213-27.
In the following essay, Ben-Dov discusses the “assertive mother” theme in A Simple Story and describes Agnon's use of repetition or variation of motifs to highlight the rivalry between two women for one man's attention.
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