I trust not to thy phantom bliss,
The phantom that the speaker explicitly states she doesn’t trust is imagination. This ghost that haunts the speaker pushes her to the edges of society where she would feel the effects of loneliness that connect can only be soothed by hope that is birthed from death, as Steven Vine states in his essay about how the ghostly bliss “betrays the self’s desire” and is “born from the death that it is supposed to overcome” (107).
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According to Wheeler, missions needs more womyn because they can exert more domestic influence than men on the Natives
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when having to wash is own dishes and cook his own meals, Hall questions whether or not most men could learn those skills on their own
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Mr. Boutwell's circumstances seem to him that he needs a wife
The only time my mom spanked me was when I told her that I was happy with my science grades because all the kids with better marks than mine were boys. It was unacceptable for me to be inferior to the boys, she said.
daughers as female sons