Men and women are born into two different species. They have different responses and attitudes in many ways. The difference between men and women in Dorothy Parker's "A Well-Worn Story" is represented through the attitudes of the man and the girl toward their relationship: the girl is passionate and zealous in this relationship , while man is lukewarm and passionless. First of all, this essay will examine the girl's attitude towards this relationship, then it will demonstrate what the man's attitude is towards this relationship. The lover's attitude toward the relationship is enthusiastic and certain. Her fresh attitude and passion are the fundamental key to her positive attitude, which is one of the aspects that shows the difference between men and women. In the first stanza, second line, “[m]y one love” indicates that this relationship could be the girl's first relationship. The relationship is a new and fresh thing for the girl, she has no knowledge about it. However, the first relationship is very important for most girls, they want this relationship to be beautiful and happy. There is another idea of ​​"One", "one" could also suggest the meaning of "only", which reveals that the girl is naive and innocent because she is willing to believe that this relationship will be her only relationship while the fact is the most obvious. first relationships won't necessarily last forever. In line 3, the girl “ran up the slope of a high hill”, “ran” shows that the girl is full of passion and is eager to go to the top of a high hill. This is because she has never experienced anything before, but she is eager to try, experiment, the girl wants to know more about the relationship. So she's going to run to start this relationship. R...... middle of paper ......last line of this stanza, the man's voice is compared to "terrible silver hands". Terrible, a strong emotion, shows the girl's fear in the face of the man's merciless voice. Silver, as a metal, is attractive, precious but cold. The man is attractive to the girl, the girl likes him. However, the man's attitude towards the girl is cold and different. This is why the voice of man here will be compared to “the silver hand”. Above all, the man's attitude is cold, lukewarm and secure towards this relationship. In summary, the man's attitude towards this relationship is cold and indifferent, which is the opposite of the girl's enthusiasms. Both are certain of this relationship, but the girl is positively certain of it, the man is negatively certain of it. And this is how Dorothy Parker represented the difference between men and women in the poem “A Well-Worn Story ».'.