"On those occasions they call me - Ell Diablo! ... Sophocles sums up her childhood in the following soliloquy by Oedipus:"Since her childhood ended and her body gained its power, has wandered ever with me, an old man's governess; often in the wild forest without shoes, and hungry, beaten by many rains tired by the sun; yet she rejected the sweet life of home so that her father should have sustenance" (Fitzgerald 104). ... Oppressed and bewildered by belief in authority, she loses her faith in her own moral right and ability to bring up her children. ...

• Word Count: 2132
• Approx Pages: 9
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• Grade Level: High School