Furthermore, Zenobia attributes socially based gender norms to Blithedale, which hinders this aspect of utopia before it can even be attempted: "we, the women (there are four of us here). , already) will assume the domestic and interior part of the business, of course” (Hawthorne 16). It is strange that a community of social reformers would immediately stick to the ways they are trying to abolish. However, Zénobie claims to be a feminist and to embody feminist ideals. She never manages to treat Priscilla as an equal in the novel and systematically sets aside her own ideals to defend those of Hollingsworth. He uses her, and upon realizing this, she is devastated, despite the fact that she treated Priscilla just as meanly. **the main vice is