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I think the idea of marrying someone because you loved them was so risky because if the person you loved couldn't provide for you, how would that make you look in society? The purpose of marriage was so that the husband could provide for his wife and children. I think that Emma may have been jealous of her sister for finding a husband, but I also think that she was unhappy because she couldn't marry for love. --Catherine K. | I think the idea of marrying someone because you loved them was so risky because if the person you loved couldn't provide for you, how would that make you look in society? The purpose of marriage was so that the husband could provide for his wife and children. I think that Emma may have been jealous of her sister for finding a husband, but I also think that she was unhappy because she couldn't marry for love. --Catherine K. | ||
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| + | I think Willard is caught in a time when the idea of marriage is changing. Unfortunately, she is getting stuck between love and marriage for providing. She is having contemplating if love is necessary and also if she even wants love. I also wonder if she knows what kind of love she wants. --Michelle M. | ||
== Caroline Gilman, “The Deferential Wife,” 1838 == | == Caroline Gilman, “The Deferential Wife,” 1838 == | ||
