The character of Joe Dagget has many characteristics that a typical woman would desire in a man. ... She is advocating for women's freedom through the death of her family, when Louisa comes to recognize the great path of independence, and becomes a strong symbol of the strength of a woman as she is able to thrive on her own. ... Both ideas would refute the stereotype that a woman was dependent on a man. ... When Joe walks into Louisa's house, "a little yellow canary that had been asleep in his green cage at the south window woke up and fluttered wildly, beating his little yellow...

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