Read this following passage and discuss following the questions below:
https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/foster/coquette/coquette.html
What does this novel imply about the relevance of republican ideology for women’s lives? Identify some of the passages in which Eliza uses revolutionary terms such as “rights,” “independence” and “liberty.” How does Eliza employ these terms? Is her adoption of revolutionary discourse inflected by her gender? What role do you think Hannah Foster envisioned for women in the new republic?
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