Question 10 • English Language Arts 11
Mrs. Wright’s giving up singing in the choir suggests that she lost an important source of joy and self-expression after marriage. The contrast between her former life as Minnie Foster and her isolated life as Mrs. Wright supports the theme that women could struggle to pursue what made them happy. Mrs. Peters’s childhood pet is relevant to her own past, but Mrs. Wright’s lost singing most directly shows a heart’s desire left unfulfilled.
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