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pg 86: stood out to me because of its construction of gender — Madame Beck’s countenance transforms Lucy from timidity to ambition, and this countenance is attributed as a manly power — rather than that of a woman (desc. as congenial and submissive). ironically, we come across so many female characters from the rowdy schoolchildren to the good-humored Miss Fanshawe, revealing Lucy’s deep biases