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A woman's place

A Woman’s Place
The role of a woman in the late 1800s and the early 1900s is simple, get married and be submissive, have children and be devoted, entertain company and be gracious, follow the guidelines of society and be selfless. Society fashioned a mold of the way women are expected to act in order to lead the most fulfilling life. The life that is so desirable on the surface neglects to consider the happiness of the women who are sacrificing themselves. Many of these women fool themselves into believing that they are happy and content. In the story “Roman Fever” by Edith Wharton, both women Alida and Grace are set into such roles and yet each one lives it very differently. In addition, though both women have shown to be oppressed in the period they lived, they both showed that they can be deceitful in their own ways and most of this story is centered around the deception of their past, the lives they led and where their friendship lies now.
"Roman Fever" is truly exceptiona...

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