Snyder, Elisia2016-04-212022-05-282022-05-282015Snyder, Elisia. "‘A Peculiar Gift of Providence': The Power-Imbalance Caused by Gift-Giving in Millenium Hall." MUSe 2.1 (2015): n. pag. Web. 21 April 2015.https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/993Sarah Scott's eighteenth-century novel Millenium Hall canvasses the role of gift-giving in the dynamics heteronormative-domestic, economic, and spiritual relationships. The pharmakon of the gift plays a central role in Scott's understanding of philanthropy, and the construction of her female-inhabited, female-run utopia. This article's principle occupation is to show that all instances of gift-giving in Millenium Hall create power-imbalances between the superior giver and the inferior receiver; however, Sarah Scott's female utopia constructs the most preferable type of subservience.127.83 KBPDFenAll Rights Reservedliterary criticismMillenium HallSarah ScottStudent Article