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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. | 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. | ||
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| + | In response to Michelle, I agree that Willard is in a very transitional time, according to marriage. She desires love but yet understands the importance of provision and having a husband who can provide for her. I think that the necessity of love in marriage does not come into complete fruition until later in the 19th or early 20th centuries. -- Hannah W. | ||
== Caroline Gilman, “The Deferential Wife,” 1838 == | == Caroline Gilman, “The Deferential Wife,” 1838 == | ||
