arriage was that she wasn't being treated equally, "Was not the world a vast prison, and women born slaves." (11) It seems that Maria is not bothered by her marriage being a failure; there is more evidence that she misses her child and is deeply wounded by that fact that her baby will not grow up with a mother as she did, "The loss of her babe was the tender sting; against other cruel remembrances she labored to steel her bosom;" (14). It is only later on in the story that Maria opens up about what happened to her marriage. She explains how they grew apart and how much of the growing apart had to do with money, "I tried now to improve my husband's taste...and all the charms of youth were vanishing with its vivacity." (77) The commonality between Maria and Edna is that they were both unhappy with their marriages because of the disgraceful way they were treated within them. In Maria's case her husband was able to put a stop to her protest by sending her
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