Eve's Apology In Defense Of Women

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Seen in this short story “ Eve’s Apology in Defense of Women” by Amelia Lanyer; The readers see a lot of meaning in the story. Meaning in this short story conveys a series of tone to the readers. Throughout this short story all that is being conveyed by Amelia is tone from beginning to end. The tone of this short story is conveying a apologetic tone. So the meaning of this short story helps readers understand the tone. To begin with, “ Her fault though great, yet he was most to blame; What weakness offered, Strength might have refused.” Eve the women of the story is showing her fault had a great portion. Eve had strength but instead she was offered weakness. So this example shows her remorse, because she didn’t use strength therefore fault

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