Tuesday, October 29, 2013

19th Century Woman

1. He had a firm belief in the equality of the sexes and addressed her as a living mind.

2. They were impressed at the sophisticated language she could speak in and that she was more than just a plaything. They thought intelligence was only something men had.

3. she believes these traits are just a common in women as they are in men. Miranda was created to show how women can be independent and that they do not need someone else to think for them.


4. In this essay, Miranda says that women “are taught to learn their rule from without, not to unfold it from within.” This means that they are not acting upon their instincts but what women are supposed to do. Instead of questioning things and thinking independently, society believed women were playthings that were not as sophisticated. Fuller is a transcendentalist and shows that all people are able to have the same independent thoughts as long as they do not worry about what is deemed normal.

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