"'My daughter' came naturally from the lips of Rachel Halliday; for hers was just the face and form that made 'mother' seem the most natural word in the world."

"The thing had been remarked with petulant jealousy by his wife, and she regarded her husband’s absorbing devotion to the child with suspicion and dislike; all that was given to her seemed so much taken from herself. From the time of the birth of this child, her health gradually sank."

In at least 150 words, explain what Stowe implies about Rachel Halliday and Marie St. Clare from the information given in these excerpts.

According to the excerpts presented, we can see that Stowe suggests that motherhood is not seen as positive and beneficial by all mothers.

We can arrive at this answer because:

Stowe wants to show a different view of motherhood and how it affects mothers.
In the first excerpt, we can see how the character doesn't see anything special in his daughter's face.
She doesn't feel that motherhood is a magical moment and doesn't feel intense devotion to the child.
She sees motherhood as something natural and unimportant.
In the second excerpt, we can see a character who sees motherhood as something bad.
She feels that it has negatively changed her life and doesn't want it to continue that way.

With this, we can see that the author decided to show different views on motherhood, which contrast with the views that society encourages.

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