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AP English Literature: Deeper Meaning of Plain 10 Views


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In context, "plain" (line 41) suggests that the work


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No Okay Next up AP English lit People in Context

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Plane Online forty one suggests that the work What Art

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line Forty one Good bye Caroline Before possessed mind Manami

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who rose to support her in her adversity she procured

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plain work What is that Well Caroline Beaufort was in

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a tough spot Her father was too sick to work

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so she had to step up and find whatever work

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she could on Craigslist What she found though wasn't all

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that glamorous It was well scarcely sufficient to support life

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meaning her plane work paid very little So that's it

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It's B and loser ball Well here plain is simply

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describing how lucrative the work is Not the actual work

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process lychee or the final product or job qualifications A

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Caroline was courageous for finding work Well the work itself

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wasn't particularly noble So get rid of See so that's

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it It's B She was like just darning socks for 00:01:08.54 --> [endTime] minimum wage something like that

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