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Character Role Analysis

The Three Magical Ladies

When Christine de Pizan is despairing over the fact that she's a woman, three ladies magically appear before her and give her all kinds of encouragement about how women are just as good as men in the eyes of God.

One by one, these women help Christine build her City of Ladies and offer her story after story showing how all the great women of history prove that women can be virtuous, reasonable and just. By the time they're done with her, Christine feels awesome about being a woman.