1. In what ways was Dickinson fortunate?

2. How were women portrayed in most popular literature of the 1800s?

3. Although Dickinson wrote about Nature, why would we not really term her a "Romantic"?

4. Why was Dickinson something of an outcast in her society?

5. What did she stop doing around age 30?

6. Why and how did Dickinson often write of death?

7. Why did most of Dickinson's friendships fail?