# Being — A Vindication of the Rights of Woman character guide

> Being in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Being

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

Abstract philosophical term personified in argument.

## Relationships

### [Mary Wollstonecraft](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_vindication_of_the_rights_of_woman_se/characters/mary_wollstonecraft)

_psychological_

Wollstonecraft frequently contrasts the ideal of a rational 'Being' with the degraded state of women, using it as a philosophical foil.

### [Eve](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_vindication_of_the_rights_of_woman_se/characters/eve)

_psychological_

The ideal 'Being' is contrasted with Eve to show how women fall short of rational perfection due to social conditioning.

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