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A 5 page paper that examines the life of Emily Dickinson, the many contradictions that this life presented, and the resulting loneliness of this life that is reflected in her poetry. This paper includes a short synopsis of Dickinson's childhood as well as an examination of those few individuals who impacted her life, plus a discussion of the influence these events and individuals bore on both her life and works. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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her father abuts the tempest and abridges the rain. The former assists a siren in her serene display, but her father is borne and honored, and borrowed to this
day" - Emily Dickinson (Bolts of Melody PG). Emily Dickinson was born into an era that consisted of well-established boundaries in regard to the sexes, boundaries that distinctly marked the
territory of each of these sexes and clearly delineated the behaviors and responses expected from each in turn. In this mid-nineteenth century setting, the male was a formidable and
dominant character, and much of the females future and security depended on her ability to present a "serene display" that was in sync with the picture of femininity as shaped
by the popular male opinions of the day. Emily Dickinson was born into this era, but into a household that was slightly out of tune with the precarious balance of
male and female power that made up the symphony of the average nineteenth century home. The parental figures that guided the children of the Dickinson household, Emily, sister Lavinia,
and brother Austin, consisted of a mother who has been described at best as "shrinking" and a father many have termed as "tyrannical" (Monarch Notes PG; McDonald PG). Within
this household, Emilys early life was a contradiction in itself, for she received no guidance from a mother that did not "care for thought" and mixed signals from a father
who brought her books, then forbid her to read them in fear that they would "joggle her mind" (Monarch Notes PG). Given her
fathers association with Amherst College, Emily enjoyed the benefits of an extended education and an exposure to a wide and varied literary circle that were unknown to most young women
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