“Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul.” (4). This shows us that her strong emotions caused her physical exhaustion.
“There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature.” (12). This quote shows the feminist theory that it was assumed women were oppressed and shows the patriarchal ideology. She was bending her will and freedom to a white man that held all of the control in the relationship.
"She said it over and over under her breath: 'free, free, free!' The vacant stare and the look of terror that had followed it went from her eyes. They stayed keen and bright. Her pulses beat fast, and the coursing blood warmed and relaxed every inch of her body." (11) - she now feels free from her husband and from being controlled by a man. Now she can live freely, and she is peaceful about this
“She breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. It was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be long.” (17). The death of her husband gave her a new look of life in her future. Now that she could live for herself, she wanted nothing more than to have a long time to enjoy it.
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