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@wmst287 @jadeelit27 It's also maybe up for interpretation for the fact that she argues for such legally controversial things and she's in prison. They're locking her away, and locking away her ideologies.

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@wmst287 Referring to how isolating motherhood and the roles of women can be? Unconditional devotion of women to either their husbands, to their children, and to general labor is taxing. Abandonment is just another cruel pain of it.

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@Callie39146669 @wmst287 I also noted a lot of instances of abandonment and death especially of children/family members. I feel like this was emphasized more in Maria's story.

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@wmst287 I enjoyed how they discussed seeing their loved ones that they weren’t able to have in the living life anymore.

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@wmst287 Is there an element of tragedy that is being foreshadowed? The La Luc family knows of Adeline’s unfortunate past, so maybe the ending will also be an unfortunate, tragic romance?

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@ElijahPacheco19 @wmst287 I feel like she’s somewhat the same, I think its because of her genuine virtue. La Luc and the stranger discuss the truth of virtue of those who haven’t been tainted by vices. Even though La Motte may have tainted her, maybe the forest maintained her innocent virtue

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@wmst287 definitely poetic, so many sonnets in this reading today

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@wmst287 Also, how she stumbles upon the rusted dagger, which seems like an odd coincidence because why would you like a murderous weapon laying around? At least try to get rid of it? Lol, very eerie as well. You can definitely tell she's very tense in that room.

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@wmst287 Adeline's poems usually have this dark undertone where it's almost like she's trying to be happy but it's overwhelmed with the obscure sadness of her uncontrollable life.

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@BrightGreen359 @Alyssa31475 @wmst287 She seems to always be in a constant state of being contained somewhere, whether at the convent, or held in a random house to be rescued, and now at the abbey. She is also constantly trapped by suspicion and being trapped in empathy of those around her.

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@Alia_8_ @wmst287 His character goes back and forth for me between suspicious and selfish, to just being afflicted by the skeletons of his pasts/ghosts (of some sort) that haunt him and cause his actions and intense emotions.

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@wmst287 @Alyssa31475 I think then after, when she realizes how similar their situations are she almost enters a state of shock as "her blood was chilled and she sat motionless." (140)

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@wmst287 @Alyssa31475 She seems to pity the victim of the manuscript, and call out to how he could have been treated in such a manner/how the heavens could do such a thing. She says on p.140, "Wretched, wretched victim!....could no friend rescue thee from destruction!"

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@wmst287 Thank you!

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@Alyssa31475 @wmst287 I enjoy how it reflects her life too, being locked in "prison" like room, being ignored by those who keep them there, and the feeling of uncertainty of their lives going forward.

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@wmst287 Not too bad, gotta keep going! I do have a question regarding the longer assignment. On the assignment it says it's due on Nov. 18 but on the syllabus it says it's due on the 16th. Which deadline should we follow?

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@wmst287 His barbarian qualities, I think could be subject to question since he was out at war for quite some time. He doesn't care for the "boring" nature of other characters, he's tired of half the people in his party to begin with.

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@wmst287 Could he perhaps see Clement as being somewhat feminine because he is not aggressive; and tries too hard to impress people (similar to how the people are impressed by such dull things).. because I would not find Clement interesting either.

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@wmst287 The Captain has been difficult to read because he is a stubborn character who enjoys antagonizing those who he doesn't like - but is easily antagonized himself. So sometimes I find it difficult to see if he's trying to rile somebody up or actually talk about his feelings.

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@wmst287 Well, doesn't he think that they're boring - and that women only really like them because they don't have much to talk about? Or am I miss-reading his interpretation? On page 212 he claims that women "must" like whatever is fashionable, despite it being "dull."