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magmichele12

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on: Jul 20, 2018
What does lipstick seem to suggest in the poem?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

How does the speaker use lipstick differently from the way those womendo?
 
  What will be an ideal response?


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Reply #1 on: Jul 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1


  • Lipstick suggests a whole array of female-identified skills and activities (such as being able to put ones hair in a knot with a single pin), and also suggests female sensuality (as conjured up by the list of lipstick colors), the ability to woo and please a man.



Answer to Question 2


  • She has to look in the mirror to keep from going outside the linesand even with a mirror she sometimes makes a mess of it.



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