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1) In The Awakending, what tight social constrictions were the Pontelliers required to abide by, especially Edna? (Think of when they are back in New Orleans). Identify at least two scenarios that show Edna’s limited/censored life as a woman in the 19th century.
2) In “The Yellow Wallpaper,” how does the narrator’s relationship with her husband evolve/change? Does her mental state improve or worsen?
3) According to Cady Stanton’s “Address to the New York State Legislature, 1860,” what shocking behavior was condoned within the marriage? How were husbands allowed to treat their wives, due to lack of legal protection?
4) In Woman in the Nineteenth Century (Prejudice Against Women), what does Fuller mean when she declares: “For human beings are not so constituted that they can live without expansion. If they do not get it in one way, they must in another, or perish” (Gilbert 561).
5) In A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Wollstonecraft claimed women had as many rights as children. Explain, using textual evidence.