LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL WOMEN WRITERS
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she offers real reasons as to why women are valuable to society
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she literally helps build the city
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she helps the narrator see the merits of women
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All of the Above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lady Reason, a virtue developed by Christine for the purpose of her book, is the first to join Christine and helps her build the external walls of the city. She answers Christine’s questions about why some men slander women, helping Christine to prepare the ground on which the city will be built.
Detailed explanation-2: -Reason presents herself as an administrator who will oversee the construction of a flawless city. Reason helps Christine perform the initial excavation work.
Detailed explanation-3: -Christine de Pizan The protagonist. Christine is a successful writer and scholar who is visited by three women representing Reason, Rectitude, and Justice.
Detailed explanation-4: -Reason holds a mirror (symbolizing wisdom), Rectitude a ruler (symbolizing judgment), and Justice a golden container (symbolizing justice and salvation). Reason holds the mirror up to Christine so that she can see herself for who she is and not in the way that men have negatively addressed women.
Detailed explanation-5: -Misrepresentation vs. Truth. Physical vs. Spiritual. Writing As Repossession. Critics have often viewed de Pizan as a repossessor, setting out to wrest away the tight control men had over the lives and representations of woman. The Universality of Human Experience.