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The Drover’s Wife Questions and Answers
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The drover's wife is a nuanced and complex figure, neither fully conforming to nor fully deviating from from late 19th century Western gender roles and expectations. On the one hand, she is the ultimate mother, putting her children's needs before...
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There were all knid's of hardships ther Drover's wife could face including: dying livestock, fires, floods, illness, the loss of a child, and snakes.
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I would pick The euphemism reinforces the threat nature poses to the drover’s wife.
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