MARRIAGE

Question 1

Rossetti examines . . .

Answer 1

Rossetti examines women’s position in society through consideration of the institution of marriage.

• Simon Avery

Question 2

Love isn’t just a feeling, it’s an . . .

Answer 2

Love isn’t just a feeling, it’s an art.

• Paul Coelhoe (Love as an influence on Rossetti)

Question 3

Rossetti did not see . . .

Answer 3

Rossetti did not see ‘much difference between the woman who sells herself in marriage, who does not marry for a genuine love, and the woman who has sexual experience before marriage because she is fooled by the promises of human love. Both are guilty of placing the things of earth before God.

• D’amico

Question 4

The flimsiness and inconstancy of romantic love is . . .

Answer 4

The flimsiness and inconstancy of romantic love is a recurring theme.

• Poetry Foundation 4 (romance)

Question 5

A woman seeking to establish a . . .

Answer 5

A woman seeking to establish a sexual identity before marriage is doomed.

• Ray Cluley