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Emma ‧ 1815
It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. A man always imagines a woman to be ready for anybody who asks her.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker claims that a man can never understand why a woman would turn down a marriage proposal. In this view, men picture women as ready to accept whoever asks, which reveals male presumption more than any real fact about women.
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