According to Chopin's view of the human condition, persons cannot arrive at a satisfactory sense of who they are unless they fulfill three basic needs (Skaggs 112): a definable place in social order, the fulfillment of human love, and the sense of independence. ... Thus it was evident that women were regarded as commodities; useless and easily expendable. ...

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