My hair stood erect on my head—I felt the blood congealing in my veins—my heart ceased utterly to beat,
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We occupied the same bed, and he would be sure to keep me awake until almost light,
Sex??
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Here I became intimate with the son of Mr. Barnard, a sea-captain
A gay couple in 1838? That's unheard of
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tumultuously
excited, loud
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invigorated
give strength or energy to something
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imperceptibly.
a way that is so subtle as not to be perceived
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mother can’t eat till you are safe
that's actually kind of cute/sweet that the mother will only eat if the child is safe
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reproachfully
shameful
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flogging
punishment by being hit repeatedly with a whip
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quadroon
a person who is 1/4 black by descent
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bedropped
fallen/allowed to fall vertically
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hitherto
What does this mean?
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teat;
a female mammals nipple
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Beaumont and Fletcher’s Honest Man’s Fortune
a Jacobean era play
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Epilogue
a speech at the end of a book/play that serves as a conclusion to what has happened
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impunity
freedom from punishment
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On the other side he looked down into a deep mountain glen, wild and lonely, the bottom filled with fragments from the overhanging cliffs, and scarcely lighted by the reflected rays of the setting sun
This sounds absolutely beautiful!
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valternative
I can't find a definition for this word. Is it real?
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a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use
VERY descriptive.
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the light smoke curling up from a village, whose shingle roofs gleam among the trees, just where the blue tints of the upland melt away into the fresh green of the nearer landscape
When I read this, I can't help but to think of the Christmas Town in The Nightmare Before Christmas, I don't know why
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- Sep 2021
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Neither Unca nor Alluca are examples of feminist characters for one simple reason: every action they both take is motivated by the pursuit of a man.
ouuu!! That's a great point that I didn't acknowledge.
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hot and steamy
I wouldn't call it "hot and steamy" more like "envy and anger"
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The entirety of the first two chapters reads like a male colonialist’s wet dream.
I never though of it like that, but now that I think about it, that's TOTALLY accurate!
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melodramatic
exaggerated, overemotional
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Days of Our Lives.
Never seen it, but maybe I should
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This over-romanticized tale of star-crossed lovers from opposite sides of the world could not reek more of predictability and cliche.
It is pretty cliche, not gonna lie
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traditional royal Native American dress of precious jewels and gold, the second her wedding ceremony ensemble, and the third would be her assimilated colonialist outfit complete with a cotton bra and leather lace up ankle boots.
That would be kind of interesting for young people. They could learn about a biracial princess, how they dress, and how each outfit differentiates from the other. Just something cool to think about
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assimilated
take in (information, ideas, culture) and fully understand
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I know we all love Pocahontas, but let’s imagine authentic Princess Unca barbie dolls lining the shelves of your local Toys R Us.
Pocahontas was 100% Native. Princess Unca is only 50% Native. Why is a Unca doll more valuable than a Pocahontas doll?
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All that mattered was that a white woman was hurt by a group of non-white people,
Ooouuu this is good!!!! This also relates to our current time period as well.
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hypocrisy
claiming to have moral standards/beliefs to which one's behavior doesn't conform
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disillusionment
a feeling of disappointment from discovering that something is not as good as you thought it would be
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espying
catch sight of...
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Two canoes full they had carried over; the next turn I myself was to go
The way they used to write and word sentences back then really amazes and confuses me at the same time. It's interesting to think how much of a long way the English language has changed.
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they filled it up again.
filled what up again?
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which cannot but be acknowledged as a favor of God to my weakened body
is it really a "favor of God" or just a coincidence?
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my mistress
mistress can be defined two ways. One meaning a women of authority or control, and two meaning a women having a sexual relationship with a married man. My first thought was "is she lesbian"? But now that I think about it, is she referring this mistress as someone who is in control of her?
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but bade me be gone
what does this mean?
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sent for me home to my master’
So she's kind of like a slave? Owned by someone?
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I did not use wicked and violent means to end my own miserable life.
suicide is against Gods morals
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my sweet babe like a lamb departed this life on Feb. 18, 1675. It being about six years, and five months old. It
My heart sank while reading this. No matter if she was in the wrong or the Indians, losing a child is the worlds most devastating things that could happen to someone.
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with my babe in my lap
again with the repetition
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Then I took oaken leaves and laid to my side, and with the blessing of God it cured me also
learning from the indians
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Sabbath
what's Sabbath?
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Oh the number of pagans
what are pagans?
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my poor sick babe
She repetitively says "poor sick babe". Is this to promote empathy towards her?
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having no Christian friend near me
But why does it have to be a CHRISTIAN friend?
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at which they, like inhumane creatures, laughed,
just like how the Christians laughed when they threw Indigenous babies into the river
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plundered
steal with force
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anthology
a collection of published poems or writing
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