Auroras' mother and Italy are embodied as one while the Aunt and England are embodied as another figure. Aurora Leigh is stuck between the Englishness that her aunt forces upon her and the Italian culture her mother comes from. She learns to be her own person in the end of the poem/novel, not following either the English or Italian cultures.
Quote 1: Book I, 304-312
-Aurora views her aunt as confined yet the aunt doesn't see herself that way because she doesn't know anything different
Quote 2: Book II, 218-225
-Literature is a great comfort for Aurora
Quote 3: Book II, 400-406
-What you want to accomplish is not a bad thing. She says she is not worthy of these things (love, wife, mistress)
Quote 4: Book II, 671-684
-Her aunt is trying to force Aurora to marry Romney; She afraid that Aurora wont be able to support herself financially if she doesn't get married.
Quote 5: Book III, 302-312
-Working for booksellers in order to support her art (poetry)
-She gave up the security of marriage to be an artist, much like Elizabeth Barrett Browning
-Attempting to keep up her reputation
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