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Plot Summary of Do With Me What You Will
"Elena Howe has been manipulated all her life. Her mother married her off to an older man. She meets a younger man that awakens her sexually, and also yearns to control her. She ultimately has to make a decision that will change her life."
Leigh, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Do With Me What You Will
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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1960's-1970's
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance: - love triangle/polygon
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - homemaker
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental Yes
Eccentric: - obsessed
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - a lawyer creature
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb: Yes
Eccentric: - eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - quite fatty

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 (an average amount)
City? Yes
City: - New York

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Unusual Style: - a lot of flashback and forwards
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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