Question

In "Ain't I a Woman?," why does Truth repeat the phrase “Ain’t I a woman?” throughout the second paragraph? to suggest that audience should worry about her to reinforce the idea that men should be more helpful to suggest that females are tougher than males to reinforce that she is strong, resilient and female

Answer 1

Answer:

To reinforce that she is strong, resilient and female

Explanation:

Women have always been considered a vulnerable and weak gender in the society, whereas on the contrary, men have been considered to be strong. Women have been looked down upon whenever there is talk about carrying out a tough expedition or even as small as taking part in decision making.

So when Truth repeats the phrase "Aint I a women", she wanted to reinforce that she is strong, resilient and female.

Answer 2

Answer:

D. to reinforce that she is strong, resilient and female

Explanation:

In the second paragraph of her famous speech in 1851, Sojourner Truth, counterclaims the statement that "women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere". That implies that women are weaker and not as capable as men. She counterclaims this by stating all the things she has done throughout her life, all the hard work, bearing 13 children, all the pain she was endured.

Repeating this rhetorical question throughout the paragraph is as though as she's asking: "If I'm as week and fragile as you claim women are, how could I've done all these hard things? Ain't I a woman too?"