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The feminist approach of the Stone Carvers allows us to look at Klara's role as a spinster in a new perspective. It allows us to analyze the role of a woman in the first half of the twentieth century.

A woman's role in the early twentieth century still revolved around serving the male members of one's family. Klara was tied to the traditional role of a female. She would have chores as well as having to make supper for her father, grand father and sometimes Eamon. Klara was more independence than the average woman because she was taught two arts by two masters. She could tailor suits, and carve wood. She had two skills that were named to be man's skills. Her knowledge gave her the power to control what happened in her life. Klara was respected in her town for her skills because they usually came to her to make suits. Eamon acknowledged her skill and asked her to make a red suit. Her knowledge of these skills gave her more independence, freedom and power. She was one of the few......

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