Question
Read the excerpt from paragraph 10 of A vindication or ine
Rights of Woman.
The woman who has only been taught to please will soon
find that her charms are oblique sunbeams, and that they
cannot have much effect on her husband's heart when
they are seen every day, when the summer is passed and
gone.
What idea is conveyed by this analogy comparing women's
charms to oblique, or slanting, sunbeams?
Answer
The idea conveyed by this analogy is that women's charms will fade over time if they are not continually renewed.