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Which excerpt from "I Stand Here Ironing" BEST summarizes the overall theme of the story?

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The Nature of Guilt and Regret. As the narrator acknowledges her inability to improve Emily's fortunes in life, she faces a spiritual defeat, and “I Stand Here Ironing” is the narrator's meditation on the nature of guilt and regret in her life as a mother.
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