Orphaned and kicked out of her home at the age of eight, Dorothy Wordsworth was preoccupied with the idea of ​​a home. Her diaries mainly chronicle the lives of oppressed women. His empathy towards these women arises above all from the fact that they represent in bodily form his fears of displacement. These fears are amplified by the courtship of her beloved brother William and her long-time friend Mary Hutchinson, which takes place when Dorothy begins the Grasmere Diaries. For her, William is home and home is the best thing. As such, her life and journal entries illustrate her desire to create an ideal home and community in Grasmere. It is clear that Dorothy suffered from serious anxiety issues. This anxiety was clearly caused by traumatic childhood events. His anxiety likely included somewhat agoraphobic panic issues. In her first entry in the Grasmere Journal she writes that William and their brother John went for a walk in Yorkshire. As they left, Dorothy reports that "her heart was so full that [she] could hardly speak," and that afterwards she sat down on a stone near the shore of the lake and "after a stream of tears, [his] heart was easier.” .” Writing at nine in the evening, six and a half hours after she left, Dorothy wants a letter from William. (Damrosch and Dettmar 551) This is an abnormal response. Dorothy is extremely impatient for William to leave Grasmere. In fact, her flood of tears seems consistent with an agoraphobic panic attack. A person with agoraphobia may experience a panic attack when leaving home, as well as when leaving the company of a "safe" person (Saeed and Bruce). Since Dorothy assimilates William into the home, she is taken out of her home and thus out of her neighborhood...... middle of paper...... and homeless. The stories of beggars, vagabonds and wanderers are a testimony to her deep-rooted fears of being evicted from their homes. Works Cited Damrosch, David and Kevin JH Dettmar, eds. The Longman Anthology of British Literature: The Romantics and Their Contemporaries. Comp. Susan Wolfson and Peter Manning. 3rd ed. Flight. 2A. New York: Longman, 2006. Print. Levin, Susan M. “Home.” Dorothy Wordsworth and Romanticism. Jefferson, NC: McFarland &, 2009. 13-65. Print.Newlyn, Lucy. “The Experimental Style of Dorothy Wordsworth.” Critical Essays 57.4 (2007): 325-49. Oxford Journals. Internet. March 3, 2011. Saeed, S. Atezaz, and Timothy J. Bruce. “Panic disorder: effective treatment options.” » American Academy of Family Physicians. May 15, 1998. the web. 4 March 2011. Thompson, EP The Making of the English Working Class. 1st ed. New York: vintage, 1966. Print.