A few days ago
Anonymous

What examples do you find of images of freedom and repression in this paragraph?

There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair. Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul.

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A few days ago
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Images of Freedom – open window, roomy armchair, reaching into her soul.

Images of repression – Pressed down, physical exhaustion, haunted her body.

BB,

Raji the Green Witch

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A few days ago
Anonymous
I’m not sure I would use either of those words. She was free, positionally, and in her ability to choose the chair when she had been standing…but was obviously not free of “a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul.”

Is that really repression Rea? She was affected by exhaustion, yes, but not necessarily repressed. She just needed a rest!!!

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