before making the move which would force Mr. Doran to marry her daughter. These phrases and words indicate she sees life as a game of control and manipulation, and she is determined to win at that game. These phrases and words point to the theme by making the reader aware, again and again, that she is, indeed, a woman who appears at first to be under a man's thumb, but is in actuality an individual who, sooner or later, would take steps to control her own and others' lives.