Section: English Language & Composition

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In paragraph two, Wollstonecraft uses the term "weaker vessel." This phrase is what is known as a metaphor, but what does it represent?

1. Character
2. Man
3. Woman
4. Sex
5. Phrase

Answers 1, 2, and 5 are quite clearly wrong at face value. However, Answers 3 and 4 are a bit closer to the meaning. Try substituting the words in for "vessel." Wollstonecraft isn't talking about an individual woman here but the female sex as a whole, so Answer 4 is the best choice.