Perpetua deliberately chose death over life with her son
Evidence
We are not reading the diary of a passive victim. We are reading the diary of a young woman who, with substantial intellectual self-possession, chose her death over her continued life with her son. — , The Rod and the Child, 2192
Categorization
- QUESTION: The author admits not knowing what to make of this — a maternal figure who voluntarily abandons her child for martyrdom resists easy moral reading.
- XREF: connects to: A mother’s unconditional care for her abandoner overrides even the threat of death — , A Year of World Stories, 8422