Her Tzeitel is not just the responsible eldest but also REALLY really into Jewish Womanhood and the Importance of the Women's Role as a Partner to her Husband in the Home and doing chores and doing cooking and so on, to the degree that she's frequently seen lecturing Hodel and Chava about it and doesn't seem to get why they'd push back or be frustrated by the limitations of that role -- which, I can see how you'd get there from where she ends up, but it's not my sense of Tzeitel at all. Tzeitel to me always seems like the daughter who glamorizes her responsibilities the least, who has the most awareness of how much work her role entails and how easily marriage can become a trap.
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