•pg. 113 - in lines 1-6, identify where wollstonecraft uses antithesis.  what is her purpose in using antithesis in this passage?   use evidence from the text to support your answer.

In the first paragraph of A vindication of the rights of women, Wollstonecraft uses antithesis when she says "that either nature has made a great  difference between man and man, or that the civilization which has  hitherto taken place in the world has been very partial". She does this to state the main point of her argument: that men are women are born equally but it is civilization that creates the differences between them.

She immediately states that she has read various books about education and "observed the conduct of parents and the managements of schools", and it is "the neglected education" of women the source of their misery. This is, women would be as able as men if they received the same education.

line a --> main

line b --> young

line c --> atitude