HIST-4516
13/12/2007 00:52:00
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4 Essay questions, pick two, one cumulative, one on the last 3 books.
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Mary Chestnut:
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Privileged person, living at the top of Antebellum southern society.
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Great deal of limitations on her.
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What social reality do these describe?
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Despite her elevated position in life, she doesn’t have true freedom.
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Also finds herself with more responsibilities, jobs, etc.
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Novel is most descriptive in analyzing her family relationship when she goes
to live with her brother-in-law in Virginia.
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Brother in law wants her to work and contribute to the family.
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Brother in law isn’t aspiring to become wealthy, just provide, build a
home, own some land.
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Even with the brother-in-law, she’s still not at the bottom of society.
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Works, but doesn’t have a job.
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