John Hanson Saunders wePennsylvania State University akanyora kuti Mambokadzi uyu "anotambudza zvikuru...kutambudzwa uye rufu zvinopedza muverengi uye rufu runoratidzika rwakafanira...Rufu rwake runogona kupa ruramisiro uye runobvumira vateereri kuti vaone kukunda kwezvakanaka pane zvakaipa". Cashdan akataura kuti, kubva pakuona kwepfungwa, Mambokadzi aisagona kutiza kana kungovharirwa muchitokisi kana kutapwa, sezvo nyaya yacho yakamuratidza "sechisikwa chinonyangadza chose chinofanirwa kurangwa zvakaipisisa". Uyezve, anotaura kuti "rufu runotyisa rwakadaro" runodiwa nokuti, sezvakunoitika mune dzimwe ngano, "kana muroyi achifanira kufa <unk> ndokuramba akafa <unk> anofanira kufa nenzira inoita kuti kudzoka kwake kusatarisike", uye nokudaro "muverengi anofanira kuziva kuti rufu rwaro rwakakwana uye rwakakwana, kunyange kana zvichireva kuzivisa vaverengi vaduku kuzviito zvechisimba zvakanyanyisa maererano nemitemo yenguva iyoyo". Kune rumwe rutivi, Oliver Madox Hueffer akanyora kuti "hazvibviri kusava netsitsi dzakati pamusoro pomukadzi uyu woumambo asina rombo rakanaka mumugumo wake wakatevera". Maererano naSharna Olfman, Purofesa wePsychology paPoint Park University, "pavanenge vachiverenga kana kuti kuteerera nyaya, vana havapomerwi mifananidzo yakajeka. Havafaniri kuona mifananidzo yapedyo ye...marwadzo okusuruvara mumeso amambokadzi sezvaanotamba kusvika pakufa kwake". Kunyange zvakadaro, Olfman pachake anofarira "kusapfuura zviitiko zvokutambudzwa pandinoravira nyaya idzi kuvana". Anthony Burgess akatsinhira, kuti: "Tichirava izvozvo, tinogona kuzvitora zvakakomba sei? Uhwu utsinye hwengano, husina kufanana nokupamba chaikoiko, ugandanga uye kutambudza kweArgentina
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