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Women and men were not equal in the 19th century. Women were seen as 'the weaker sex'. This particularly affected middle class women because they had no reason to leave the home or go to work. The middle classes took the role of women very seriously because they did not have to worry about things like poverty. The ideal woman was to be 'the angel in the house' and support her husband.
To help the reader better understand the plot, and the setting of the poem in which it takes place.
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sentence that identifies the claim and 3 reasons
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