# Love as Commodity in He Who Gets Slapped

> Theme guide for He Who Gets Slapped by Leonid Andreyev.

Love and marriage are portrayed as transactions, with Consuelo being bartered by her father to the highest bidder (the Baron), while Bezano's genuine affection is dismissed, underscoring the reduction of human relationships to economic exchange.

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