role of women Flashcards
in No Thank you, John
like Nora, the narrative voice rejects the male, ultimately adopting a cold and direct tone
Rossetti belittles
marriage in No Thank you, John by calling it a task
No thank you, John quote
“I never said I loved you”
Winter: My Secret
the narrator is flirtatious, just as Nora is
“just my fun” and “fie!”
Maude Clare
Maude is a sinner - “waded ankle deep”
Nell is a saint
Nora is both concurrently
From the Antique
Nora and Rossetti both “weary” with the pre-set existence of being a woman
both contemplate that it is better “than any being, were not”
Goblin Market
Unlike Laura, Nora has no “Lizzie” to save and redeem her
Soeur Louise
both the narrator and Nora are aware of the negative change from the past to the present resulting from expectations placed on women
“rose of life gone”
Rossetti and Ibsen
both present women who do no conform to contemporary expectations
