The tail-less Manx cat being spotted in the men’s college serves an important role in the story as it provides imagery to represent the women’s lack of rights just as the cat lacks a tail. The men in the story and men throughout history had the tendency to exclude women from education and literature which led to blatant discrimination against the women in the story, specifically the narrator. The cat appearing in the men’s college perfectly represents this exclusion that women felt as a result of men with the men’s college representing society as a whole. This image not only connects with the exclusion felt by women and their lack of rights, but also connects to the lack of a happy and romantic society that largely came as a result of the tragic