In the story, A New England Nun, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman tells the tale of a woman named Louisa Ellis. Freeman shows the struggle of a woman who has gotten so used to being alone, that she feels imprisoned by her upcoming marriage. She becomes so attached to her feminine belongings and lifestyle, that the idea of moving these items to a new home, where they will be mixed with masculine elements, rids them of their significance. Similarly, Louisa feels as though she will lose her independence and organization (two key elements of her personality). Freeman's character decides to leave her fiancé in order to live in solitude with her feminine obsessions. Even though she left him, she didn't chose to to do this (despite her unease at the decision
