They would have to make their own soap and and tools to wash and scrub clothes on top of all the household duties
The story follows her and her actions for the most part.
<span>Because the rest of your doesn't seem to have been written here, I must assume the allusion you are referring to is </span>possibly from this line; Hamlet calls Polonius Jephthah, after the priest in the Old Testament who sacrifices his daughter to God. This allusion suggests <span>Polonius is sacrificing his daughter to trick Hamlet.</span>