emily dickenson

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Emily Dickinson's Master letters are an interesting set of works that embody a unique outlook

regarding gender relations. Two of the Masters letters, #248 and #233 are examined in this

essay to order to interpret their representation of the authors pure obsession with the addressee,

the Master. Both letters contain a bizarre, near masochist content that clearly express the

authors feelings for her Master. The letters strange symbolism and erotic meanings have been

largely criticized and interpreted in several different angles and speculations have risen to

examine the background to the works as well. Questions have aroused as to whom the

addressee or the Master is, and whether Emily Dickinson is "Daisy" or if the works are merely

pure fiction. In both letters the unrealistic fixation with the Master defines the gender relationship,

but first the purpose and meanings behind the makings of the letters must be examined.

It is important to realize that many aspects of the letters are still uncertain. Many

different aspects of the letters have been challenged and they could prove Dickinson's ideal

intentions. Questions that should be considered are: who the letters are addressed to, are they

doubt his word"(Dickinson 886). Daisy, the name Dickinson takes on in the Master letters, is

truth]"(Dickinson 888). She is scared that her last letter was to straight forward and she starts

and literary critic Higginson that "When I state myself as the Representative of the Verse- it does

church, a position which Wadsworth held. Dickinson asks her Master if he "could forget [her] in

letters can not be drawn before considering all these different aspects that could reshape its

analysis' of Wadsworth possible position as the Master. Another important aspect of the

to Master are an apologetic stance as she says "Oh, did I offend it-[didn't it want me to tell the

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