At the bay is an exploration of how characters can be trapped by society’s expectations. Respond critically to this statement. Draw evidence from the text to support your response.

“At the Bay” is a story that talks about events that happen to the members of the Burnell family throughout the course of one day. The man of the family, Stanley, is a mostly self absorbed character. He feels as if everyone has to do his bidding.

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        “Would you get me those shoes, mother? And Beryl, if you’ve finished, I wish you’d cut down to the gate and stop the coach…have you children been playing with my stick?” (page 10)

        This excerpt shows that he pushes the women as well as the children of his family around. By the way it explains how he just ‘dashed’ out of the house, it seemed as if he did not care at all. It shows how the women really feel about him by the way he left, as shown in this excerpt in the middle of page 11.

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