![]() ![]() ![]() Why does de Pizan say that women shouldn't try too hard to be independent at the end of the novel? How does this jibe with her celebration of the Amazon women earlier in the book?.Why does Christine de Pizan open this book feeling so horrible about being a woman? Use specific evidence from the text to support your answer.There was probably only so much Christine de Pizan was able to get away with when it came to arguing the case for women in society. She stops short of saying that women should have equal rights, but then again, she was writing in 1405. From the first page, Christine de Pizan writes with the sole intent of proving that women are capable of being just as moral and intelligent as men. It should come as no surprise that one of the central themes of The Book of the City of Ladies is women and femininity. ![]()
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