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This 3 page paper discusses the character of Kate Peyton in Edith Wharton’s early work “Sanctuary” and argues that she is a woman of integrity and strength, not deranged, misguided or a monster mother hanging onto her son. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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or a monster of a mother who is trying to control her sons life. It argues that taken as a woman of her time and society, Kate is a woman
of great integrity. Discussion Angela Salass essay on Wharton is interesting for her analysis of the novella, and for the fact that she disagrees that this is a lesser work.
She notes that while modern readers might have trouble accepting Kate Peytons sacrifice, its not possible to consider the novel on any terms but its own, meaning that a reader
has to consider the position of women in the late 1800s. According to Salas, "Edith Whartons radical question in Sanctuary is whether the vigilant presence of a loving and
honorable mother can counteract the unseen yet omnipresent corruption of a childs bad blood" (1998). Whartons tale is a "meditation" on such themes as "the omnipresence of familial shame, upon
heredity, and upon the duties of a mother" (Salas, 1998). It wonders if Dick Peyton will inevitably inherit the same weakness of character that beset his father; that is, "will
the sins of the father become the sins of his son?" (Salas, 1998). But the character of Kate goes far beyond these observations. It is through her that Wharton asks
if women, trapped as they are in domesticity, "can make themselves and their ideals present in the world at large" (Salas, 1998). Does getting married and having children automatically exclude
a woman from society? (Salas, 1998). Is a woman no more than a wife and mother; that is, does her identity as a person disappear when she marries? (Salas, 1998).
These are questions that women still struggle with today just as Wharton did when she wrote. The answer is that yes, a woman can have a dramatic influence on society
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