The tension between fate and free will runs throughout this novel.Do you think there is still a tendency in our culture to valorize men while ignoring women's pain? As she grows up, Ariadne realizes that there is a darker side to the stories of gods and men she so often heard:"No longer was my world one of brave heroes I was learning all too swiftly the women's pain that throbbed unspoken through the tales of their feats." Discuss some examples from the novel that bear this out. Why do you think the author chose to begin there? How do we, over the course of the novel, see how problematic these "righteous men" are?
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