https://padlet.com/s24600353/ljnndthzo9jc6lz5 Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's "The New England Nun" en-us 2022-11-13 21:58:58 UTC 2025-12-01 19:00:31 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/270d.png s24600353 https://padlet.com/s24600353/ljnndthzo9jc6lz5/wish/2382362160 2022-11-14 06:24:51 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600353/ljnndthzo9jc6lz5/wish/2382362160 s24600353 https://padlet.com/s24600353/ljnndthzo9jc6lz5/wish/2382367237 “Her mother was remarkable for her cool sense and sweet, even temperament. She talked wisely to her daughter when Joe Dagget presented himself, and Louisa accepted him with no hesitation.”]]> 2022-11-14 06:29:13 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600353/ljnndthzo9jc6lz5/wish/2382367237 s24600353 https://padlet.com/s24600353/ljnndthzo9jc6lz5/wish/2382368198 Representative of Louisa’s current interpretation of love and marriage based on reflections of how she had been influenced by her mother and what she learned about marriage from her mother. "Freeman came to associate her religious background with the denial of pleasure. In one sense, she seemed determined to satisfy her parents: she willingly attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in order to receive a rigorous religious training [...] she lasted only a year in the seminary" (Glasser 38). Freedman represents herself in her characters, more specifically in this example as only wanting to follow expectations in favor and respect from parental figures. However when given the time to think alone Lousia and Freeman as an author both diverge from these standards and portray themselves as their own person. ]]> 2022-11-14 06:30:02 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600353/ljnndthzo9jc6lz5/wish/2382368198 s24600353 https://padlet.com/s24600353/ljnndthzo9jc6lz5/wish/2382369224 “Louisa Ellis could not remember that ever in her life she had mislaid one of these little feminine appurtenances, which had become, from long use and constant association, a very part of her personality. “]]> 2022-11-14 06:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600353/ljnndthzo9jc6lz5/wish/2382369224 s24600353 https://padlet.com/s24600353/ljnndthzo9jc6lz5/wish/2382371181 In this quote, Freeman's character, Louisa Ellis, is reflecting on her, what seem to be, overbearing societal standards, which are described as "little feminine appurtenances" (Freeman). Mary Wilkins grew up in [...] a place where she was made aware of her fragility rather than of her strength" (Glasser 37). Louisa reflecting on her society's standards of women directly parallels to Mary E. Wilkin Freeman and her view on how society portrayed itself as she grew up into an author. ]]> 2022-11-14 06:32:28 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600353/ljnndthzo9jc6lz5/wish/2382371181 s24600353 https://padlet.com/s24600353/ljnndthzo9jc6lz5/wish/2382372373 Mary E. Wilkin Freeman's "A New England Nun" is a novel written to give an accurate representation and serve somewhat as a parallel to Mary E. Wilkin Freeman's and many others lives as women in the late 19th century represented through a protagonist named Louisa Ellis. This short story moreover delves into the feminist freethought of these represented women during this time.]]> 2022-11-14 06:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600353/ljnndthzo9jc6lz5/wish/2382372373 s24600353 https://padlet.com/s24600353/ljnndthzo9jc6lz5/wish/2384293106 2022-11-15 06:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600353/ljnndthzo9jc6lz5/wish/2384293106