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Compare And Contrast The Paradise Of Bachelors And The Maids

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Contrast the bachelors and the maids in Melville 's "The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids." “The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus Maids,” shows an interesting contrast between two different social classes: that of the extravagant bachelors and the hardworking maids. Melville uses symbolism and metaphors to expresses the economic reality between both environments and the inequality between genders. The maids work very hard to make the paradise for the bachelors, and the bachelors only worked hard in making a living hell for the working women. The bachelors only hired single women to work long hours for little pay even if their health was declining from the hazardous conditions. The bachelor’s only concern was maintaining
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