Summary Of A Sorrowful Women By Gail Godwin

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In the story " A sorrowful women" Gail Godwin describes a woman, her husband and the son. She loves her family but she cannot perform it well, because on the one hand, she wants to be independent like a male in general. On the other hand, the rejection that she made, not doing household works and taking good care of her son makes her uncomfortable by being stayed like a queen in the house. Also, the servant girl takes all responsibilities of thier house and child which is kind of like stolen her powers: important rules of her to be a mother of thier family, because women is set for the kitchen and children that is long term norm for every community, which is the main reason for her to get a depression and finally happens of her death.
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