![]() This paper places Seven Brides for Seven Brothers within its historical context and analyzes the level of historicism that the writers employed in their respective narratives. In the twentieth-century variants, however, the Sabine women fell victim to the trickery of “non-civilized” men from the mountains. As indigenous peoples in the ancient accounts, the Sabine women fell victim to the forced colonization of the “civilized” Romans. These modern renditions of the ancient accounts reveal the American gender norms and their importance to society. The protagonist convinced his six brothers to go into town and steal seven brides for themselves, citing Plutarch’s account as justification. Two twentieth century works, Stephen Vincent Benét’s short story “The ‘Sobbin’ Women” (1937), which was then adapted into the 1954 musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, both used the vignette of the Rape of the Sabine women as a story within a story. ![]() Both authors wanted their works to be didactic lessons about how their societies should operate. The two accounts contain similarities and differences which reveal the different intentions of the respective authors. ![]() Livy (1st century BC) and Plutarch (2nd century AD) recorded vignettes of the Rape of the Sabine women. ![]() The foundation of Rome is surrounded by legends and myths written by both Roman and Greek authors to manufacture narratives which legitimized their contemporary contexts. ![]()
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