Cousin Kate Flashcards
1
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Overall message
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Cottage maiden falls in love with a lord and has sex with him outside of wedlock. He then leaves her for her cousin and she becomes an outcast thing
2
Q
Context
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- Christina Rossetti - 19th century
- living in a time where women diff have rights
- feminist
3
Q
Metaphor
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‘Good’ and ‘pure’ -virgin
4
Q
Oxymoron
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‘Shameless shameful life’ - The persona has sex before marriage but it resulted in her son so she doesn’t regret it
5
Q
Simile
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‘Like a glove’ - the lord easily changed her like she was an object.
6
Q
End stop
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‘He chose you and cast me by.’ - end stop shows how easily the lord left the persona
7
Q
Repetition
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‘Why’ - the persona wished it didn’t happen to her because she was content with her life before
8
Q
Form
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Medieval morality ballad- the views of women are outdated and haven’t changed- she can’t openly challenge it.
