Gender Essay

Question 1

Sources in order?

Answer 1

Hannah Foster: Coquette, Shawn Smith: Prying eyes and middle class magic, Nathaniel Hawthorne: HoSG, Roosevelt: The Strenuous Life

Question 2

What does the Coquette say about gender?

Answer 2

There is both the sexual double standard and role of women within the nation. For the sexual double standard, there is the idea of Eliza and Boyer and innocently enjoying company. and then Cheer vs. football

Question 3

What does Prying Eyes and Middle Class Magic say about Gender?

Answer 3

Phoebe upheld as the best woman…symbol of middle class dominance that plays both the public and private sphere.

Question 4

What does House of Seven Gables say about gender?

Answer 4

The idea of the transition between girl, women, and lady. There is an idea of the woman performing both private and public relations within the middle calss, while the aristocracy is almost ridiculed. Public participation is acknowledged, and brings homeliness.

Question 5

What does The Strenuous LIfe say about gender?

Answer 5

Men vs women role within the nation.
With the female role, there is a fear of maternalism is seen as not fulfilling the proper duty towards the nation, and thus not a proper woman.