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... In The Red Tent, Anita Diamant accurately
displays the lives of men and women, as well as the
roles they play in Egyptian society from childhood to
adulthood. ...
In The Red Tent, Diamant gives an accurate description
of the life of children when compared to the
historical point of view. ... As a prince of Egypt “Re-mose
spent more time inside the house, observing Nakht-re
at work, practicing his letter, eating the evening
meal with his grandmother” (Red Tent 231). ...
Re-mose loves “playing rough-and-tumble with
Nakht-re”, which sounds like an informal type of
wrestling (Red Tent 231). He also enjoyed “going on
duck hunts” and could “swim like a fish” (Red Tent
231). ... Nakht-re teaches Re-mose, who swiftly
masters them at a young age, how to play “senet and
even twenty squares, elaborate board games that
required strategy and logic to win” (Red Tent 231)
Re-mose’s grandmother, Re-nefer, spoils her grandson
and loves to bring him many toys. One of his
favorites is a “wooden cat whose mouth opened and
closed by working a string” (Red Tent 230). ... His mother did
this by “showing my [Benia] hands to stonecutters …
took me on as an apprentice” (Red Tent 274). ... Re-mose is training from the “time he could
hold a stick, first as a game, then as a teacher” (Red
Tent 231). ... This is shown
accurately in The Red Tent when contrasted to
historical reference to marriage in that day and time. ... An example would be, after Benia and
Dinah have lived together for a few months, her friend
Meryt “prepared a small banquet for me and Benia”
which friends attend joyfully with laughter and song
for the happy couple (Red Tent 273). Another brief
mention of Egyptian marriage occurs when Re-nefer
briefly mentions the elaborate preparations for her
marriage, namely the gathering of a “great dowry” (Red
Tent 217). ... Benia also serves as an example in the
Red Tent of the non-elite working force. ...
According to scribal skills and capabilities to handle
the office, Re-mose should have been appointed vizier
since he had been “the best of Kar’s students […]
[Joseph’s] right hand” (Red Tent 281). ...
Her husband does not interfere in her decisions and
Dinah joyfully proclaims, “‘my house was a world of my
possession, a country in which I was ruler and
citizen, where I chose and where I serve’” (Red Tent
273).
Approximate Word count = 2680
Approximate Pages = 10.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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