# Gender Roles and Ambition in The Uncalled

> Theme guide for The Uncalled by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Miss Prime's ambition to make Fred a preacher reflects her own thwarted agency, while Elizabeth's submissiveness and the gossipy women illustrate the limited roles and expectations placed on women in the community.

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