Matriarchal Patriarch fate is not in your stars, but in part and parcel in you that you are an underling14 the hand he raises is made of the same hand you raised you gave birth to, breastfed and raised his hand fault is not in fate15 but in part, in you, you, this grievous weight bearing arch shouldering a patriarchal fist it’s you who teaches the son, it's his hand that sees in plain view your hand when you raise your hand against his sister, your sisters, your daughters-in-law you can’t demand your yoke be lifted while you yoke your sisters beneath you Men at some times are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars but in ourselves that we are underlings Act One, Scene 2 Lines 136 – 147 15 Ibid 14
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