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The Bridegroom “The Bridegroom” is a short story depicting the unfair treatment towards women. This story starts out by describing a woman who has disappeared and has obviously witnessed something horrible. She is afraid to tell anyone because she is a girl and it is obvious that no one will believe her. So, she concocts a plan and explains to everyone in the town that she had a strange dream. The people, obviously fascinated by …

…to tell her story so her close friends and even family would believe her. Her father doesn’t even question who this man is, he just wants to give her away so he can get rich off of it. No one seems to care too much about this girl except for the girl herself. So, Pushkin decided to make a heroine out of her to show the world that the upperclass isn’t always right.