In "Ain't I a Woman?," why does Truth repeat the phrase "Ain't I a woman?" throughout the second paragraph?
That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have
the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best
place! And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into
barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man
when I could get it- and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen
most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I
a woman?
O to suggest that audience should worry about her
O to reinforce the idea that men should be more helpful
to suggest that females are tougher than males
to reinforce that she is strong, resilient and female