They alternate between aggression and submissiveness, fidgety restraint and turbulent fantasy.
www.standard.co.uk The two characters have much in common, regarding their level of ineptitude and submissiveness to more powerful characters.
en.wikipedia.org True women were supposed to possess four cardinal virtues: piety, purity, domesticity, and submissiveness.
en.wikipedia.org Shyness, fearfulness, over submissiveness, aloofness, lack of biddability, or aggression (especially toward humans) are all traits that can occur.
en.wikipedia.org In short, the new good child was a paragon of dutiful submissiveness, refined virtue, and appropriate sensibility.
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