Maggie does succumb to her mother's abusive slander and ruins herself. Perhaps she never thought she could amount to much more. Whatever the case, Maggie continues to deny her situation well after she had lost her virginity. When she went to the vulgar stage shows men "gave her calculating glares" (Crane p. 40) that made Maggie nervous while making Pete proud. "She did not think she was the woman these men though she
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