Part I: Abstract: Like the majority of literary criticism of Katherine Anne Porter's "Rope," Jane Krause DeMouy's comments are part of a larger work examining the thread of characteristics, themes and techniques woven throughout Porter's writings. In her "Katherine Anne Porter's Women: The Eye of Her Fiction," DeMouy focuses primarily on six stories published in "The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter" between 1922 and 1928. She characterizes them as "all stories of women caught in constricting …showed first 75 words of 991 total…

…showed last 75 words of 991 total…not uncommon in our society. Often minor disagreements escalate into domestic violence. Gender roles and perceptions, though radically evolving, continue to sabotage otherwise healthy and mutually beneficial liaisons. Regardless of the Katherine Anne Porter's purpose in writing "Rope," it offers a reference point for objectively evaluating one's own culpability in a relationship gone bad. It can also provide an insightful look at how not to handle a problem in a relationship. I've already shared it.