The Madwoman in the Attic

The Madwoman in the Attic Questions and Answers

Examine briefly the issue implied in the parables of the cave.

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What is a summary of The Madwoman in the Attic?

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What are the major themes in Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar's The Madwoman in the Attic?

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Could you please explain how Wuthering Heights realizes, in Gilbert and Gubar's reading, a rewriting of canonical male texts such as Milton's Paradise Lost?

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Please explain the quote "If what I do prove well, it won't advance/ They'll say it's stolen, or else it was by chance" from The Madwoman in the Attic.

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Where does the novel The Madwoman in the Attic take place?

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Please explain and comment on the following stanza from "The Madwoman in the Attic": "Her lips were not open, not a sound came through the parted lines of red. Whatever it was, the hideous wound in silence and secret bled."

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