“A New England Nun” by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman illustrates a woman's struggle with the commitment of marriage after waiting fourteen years for his fiancée to return from Australia, where he remained to support her. Freeman's character, Louisa, constantly works alone in her house on domestic activities. Joe's entry disrupted Louisa's organized life. Louisa discovers that life is not what it seems and decides to become a nun. Although many feminists at the time rejected domestic chores as a means of liberating herself, Freeman shows her character accepting her domestic chores as a way of indulging in her loneliness. Mary E. Wilkins Freeman wrote about deceptions throughout the lives of women in many countries. his stories. A critical magazine conducting a public opinion poll established Freeman as America's most cultured author on womanhood. According to Larry A. Carlson, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman was born in Randolph, Massachusetts on October 31, 1852 and died in Metuchen, New Jersey on March 13, 1930. After graduating from high school, she moved to Vermont with her parents and began teaching school in 1873, after an unsuccessful attempt she began writing poetry and short stories; his first two collections of adult short stories, A Humble Romance, and Other Stories and A New England Nun, and Other Stories, generally considered his finest works, established his reputation as a professional writer. She married Dr. Charles Freeman in 1902 and moved to his home in New Jersey, where she resided for the remainder of her life. A personal tragedy marked his last years; she began suffering from deafness in 1909 and was legally separated from her husband in 1922 due to his destructive alcoholism. Among his later works are...... middle of paper...... critics misinterpret the main argument of the text, they try to read the text without success and do not understand the knowledge of traditional notions of gender. that these characters represent and interpret (483-484). “A New England Nun” by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Freeman tells the story of Louisa Ellis, a woman who escapes from her own control, becomes the answer to individualism. Throughout her life, Louisa learns to value her solitary life. After being engaged for a short time, Joe eventually left Louisa for another woman upon his return from Australia. Adhering to our society’s belief that a woman should be married to a man. But it is this socially accepted situation that ultimately teaches Louisa to love her freedom and independence. Freeman shows his character accepting his domestic duties as a way to indulge his loneliness.