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"A New England Nun" is an ensign upon whom Freeman apparently had a crush. He would be gone for long intervals of time, returning only when on leave (Couch 2). The narrator gave up her life waiting for someone who would only come back when told and used this story to express women do not need to wait for someone else to be successful.

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This shows how Joe and the neighbor are connected, when the neighbor, demands either the dog die or complete ostracism, Joe in comparison is demanding that Louisa either kill her love for him or keep it on such a tight leash that she has to wait till he comes back after 14 years (Couch 17).

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"for that [bite] he had lived at the end of a chain, all alone in a little hut, for fourteen years" (Freeman 9)

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At the time this short story was made, women usually did not have the choice to speak out against their future husband but from what we are told, we can only assume that Lily and Joe have engaged in a passionate embrace, a burst of physical activity brought on by emotions that are much different from those found in the tense and strained conversation of Louisa and Joe (Couch 14)

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"'No, Joe Dagget,' said she, 'I'll never marry any other man as long as I live. I've got good sense, an' I ain't going to break my heart nor make a fool of myself; but I'm never going to be married, you can be sure of that. I ain't that sort of a girl to feel this way twice.'" (Freeman 12).

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"A New England Nun" by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

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"A New England Nun" by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman