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Narcissism In Golden Girl

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In “Golden Girl” Anna is narcissistic and shows several signs of narcissism throughout the story. The signs include sensitivity towards criticism, pinning the blame on others, overconfidence, and likability. Firstly, Donna understands Anna’s sensitivity to criticism and proves it when she thinks, “That’s a real no-no, criticizing Anna.” This quote implies Anna does not handle criticism well and the implication confirmed when Anna holds a grudge against Mrs Granger after receiving constructive criticism from her. Despite this happening a year ago, Anna continues to hold the grudge and proves it when she continuously glares at Mrs Granger during class. The second sign of narcissism she exhibits is when she says, “You could have just kept

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