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Hope Leslie Chapter Review Example

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In Catharine Maria Sedgwick’s novel, Hope Leslie or Early Times in the Massachusetts, the romance between Magawisca and Everell reinforces the belief that there can be no integration between the English settlers and Native Americans. This is shown through the significant scene in which Magawisca sacrifices her arm for Everell. In the novel, the lost of Magawisca’s arm is described as “The lopped quivering member dropped over the precipice” (97). Here, Sedgwick describes this pivotal scene as a loss erection. This phallic imagery could be interpreted as Magawisca losing the possibility of having a sexual relationship with Everell in the future. She chooses to defend Everell’s life at the cost of her arm knowing that she would never be involved
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