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Analyze the lack of closure “Confession” offers, i.e. none. What gendered conflicts does the ending of this plot refuse to resolve? What is the story using this open ending to say about gender stereotypes, assumptions, expectations and/or anxieties, e.g., with respect to women’s capacity for violence? What, by extension, is the story saying about the Borden case?

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Confession analysis This assignment asks you to analyze “Confession” by Edith Wharton in relation to the gender stereotypes, assumptions, expectations […]