What is the significance of a simple bubble to a child? Barbauld creates a connection between bubbles she played with in her childhood, to the floating hot air balloon in Mongolfier’s recent flight. In “Washing Day,” the author talks about the dreadful life of a women, and uses bubbles to show how the life of little girl will change based on the ideology of society.
Barbauld’s depiction of women’s life in her era doesn’t seem to be one that women think to highly of. Incidentally, she says, “Come, Muse, and sing the dreaded Washing Day” (8). Depicting how her and other women considered doing laundry as dreadful, as well as in one passage comparing washing to walking on hot coals. With the knowledge of all the chores women were expected to do
Barbauld’s depiction of women’s life in her era doesn’t seem to be one that women think to highly of. Incidentally, she says, “Come, Muse, and sing the dreaded Washing Day” (8). Depicting how her and other women considered doing laundry as dreadful, as well as in one passage comparing washing to walking on hot coals. With the knowledge of all the chores women were expected to do