In the journal Short Story Criticism, Rachel Bowlby notes it is always the women of "Roman Fever" who are the "drivers of the plots"; boyfriends and husbands do exist, but they appear to be almost pawns of the females, playing only passive roles (4)

In the journal Short Story Criticism, Rachel Bowlby notes it is always the women of "Roman Fever" who are the "drivers of the plots"; boyfriends and husbands do exist, but they appear to be almost pawns of the females, playing only passive roles (4). From the waiter to the young Italian aviators to Delphin Slade to Horace Ansley, none of the men control what happens in the story (4).Choose one incident and/or scene involving a man in the story, show how the woman controls what is happening and how the man is only a passive or reactive figure.