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Amy worries that an embrace will crumple Meg's handmade wedding dress. Meg's answer turns the dress into a measure of what she values as she prepares to leave home.
“You do look just like our own dear Meg, only so very sweet and lovely that I should hug you if it wouldn’t crumple your dress,” cried Amy, surveying her with delight, when all was done. “Then I am s...
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Narration Prompt
Write a short narration of the wedding day from the roses to Meg's walk to the Dovecote, showing the family's joy and sadness along the way.
Discussion Questions
- What does Meg gain, and what might she give up, by choosing a familiar, homemade wedding instead of a fashionable one?
- Aunt March criticizes the informal preparations, yet she tears up, joins the dance, and wishes Meg well. What best explains these different reactions?
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Vocabulary
Item 1
Known and comfortably recognizable, as Meg wants to appear to the people she loves
Item 2
Serious and deeply meaningful, as the service becomes when the family gathers close
Item 3
Lively amusement, mixed with emotion in Laurie's look at Jo during the vows
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