I was unsure of who to support-- Rip hates his wife and working, and celebrates her death in what is seemingly a happy version of Ethan Frome, while Dame is oppressive and comes across as an absolute nightmare, even though she is never awarded an opportunity to speak. Overall, though, drawing attention to clear biases in early American literature is necessary to promote women engagement in such a field-- especially because the number of women writers/ readers at the time was so few-- and to advocate for
I was unsure of who to support-- Rip hates his wife and working, and celebrates her death in what is seemingly a happy version of Ethan Frome, while Dame is oppressive and comes across as an absolute nightmare, even though she is never awarded an opportunity to speak. Overall, though, drawing attention to clear biases in early American literature is necessary to promote women engagement in such a field-- especially because the number of women writers/ readers at the time was so few-- and to advocate for