Maude clare

Question 1

Maude

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popular name in the victorian era , Tennyson “entitled maude” society fallen traditional english virtue and heroism

Question 2

“followed”

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inferiority

Question 3

First stanza

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exposition like a story gives background

Question 4

“lofty step”

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confident, higher up, feel sympathy or wary about maude clare

Question 5

“village maid”

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contrast to queen, unattractive, plain, type of woman to marry because she is loyal

Question 6

“queen”

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imaginative comparison= does clare think she is more attractive , unattainable unable to marry, vain

Question 7

“son thomas”

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dialogue and character introduced

Question 8

“live as true”

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faithful no passion but loyalty

Question 9

“as we have done for years”

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collective noun speaks for both= feminist

Question 10

“But he was not so pale as you”

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conjunction hints at discord, lack of success for nell and thomas

Question 11

“inward strife, pale with pride”

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stressed, disparity in emotions , lack of connection

Question 12

“gazed long on pale maude clare”

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emphasis on gaze, longing, first indicator of issue

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“hearth,board,marriage bed”

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3 pillars of married life, syndetic list ,

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“to bless the marriage bed”

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isolated line, where they need the most help

Question 15

“half”

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separate

Question 16

“golden chain you wore about your neck”

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not ring, no marital promise, symbolic of control

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“ankle deep”

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scandalous, superficial relationship, did not go deep enough

Question 18

“plucked from the budding bough”

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virginity too early, unready, trivial when it happened may have been potential in the relationship

Question 19

“strove to march her” “faltered in his place”

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overcome with emotion, lack of feeling

Question 20

(-) “hid his face”

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caesura, incoherent overcome with emotion, feels shame

Question 21

“my lady nell”

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pitying,polite,patronising

Question 22

“if fruit the blooms were gone” “flowers, the dew”

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incomplete gifts, how her marriage will be incomplete , ho incomplete of a man Thomas is

Question 23

“mine” “my”

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posessive pronouns, once had ownership over thomas hes not tainted, how women were considered tainted in the victorian era , rossetti flips on its head

Question 24

“take” “spurn” “wear”

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stoicism of nell may be naive of her, angelin the house

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“and him i love”

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secondary point

Question 26

Maude clare personality

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type of women you have sexual relationships with

Question 27

What type of a form is maude clare

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story telling form (ballad)

Question 28

What is the word choice of maude clare

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monosyllabic