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Not necessarily in response, I think "A Woman Kills Her Daughter" provides a general exaggerated moral lesson. While being unrealistic, the story imparts a warning against lust and betrayal of family bonds. As we have read throughout the semester, it is interesting to see the similarities between Native American society and that of the colonies. It seems that while the methods of spreading information were rather different, the moral teachings can be closely related. --Robert Kopp | Not necessarily in response, I think "A Woman Kills Her Daughter" provides a general exaggerated moral lesson. While being unrealistic, the story imparts a warning against lust and betrayal of family bonds. As we have read throughout the semester, it is interesting to see the similarities between Native American society and that of the colonies. It seems that while the methods of spreading information were rather different, the moral teachings can be closely related. --Robert Kopp | ||
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| + | I found the diary of Sarah Ayer unique and extremely revealing of the reality of a widow in this era. The diary did show the dependence of a wife on her husband, yet it showed more of a companionship destructed by death. Sarah never had it easy. Her first four children died, and then she was left alone without her “partner.” The diary really did show the notion of honest love and friendship. Ayer never wrote of the little rights she was given as a widow, she was upset that her children would never see their father again. The excerpt where she discussed her last walk through of the house was heart breaking. I am sure it is devastating in this era, but in my opinion, Sarah was completely alone. She says she is alone in her diary. She turns to religion. This could be a factor in the importance of religion in education. Women are expected to study and turn to religion in schools. Maybe this because in the end, when a husband dies, the only partnership left is between the widow and G-d. There is an air of burden that comes with the widow, and it can be seen in Sarah’s journal. Every day she goes and visits a new person. Not only a burden the host, it must be depressing to be a nomadic widow, because there is no one else to go home to. – T Halpern. | ||
