Rossetti/Wilde Critics Flashcards
Avery on Rossetti’s relationship with God
“She found her relationship….”
“She found her relationship with God to be the most important”
Yang on Rossetti’s wish for death
“Her death wish is sometimes….
“Her death wish is sometimes associated with her desire for absolute love”
Galt on Rossetti’s personality?
“She had her….
“She had her own agenda in life”
Avery on Maude Clare
“Enables women to achieve…..
“enables women to achieve equality/self sufficiency”
Gilbert on goblin market
“Men are beasts….
“Men are beasts, as the Goblins proved”
Moore on Goring
“Wilde presents Goring as the….
“Wilde presents Goring as the moral arbiter of society”
Archer on Robert Children
“Sir Robert proves himself as a gentleman who can be honest….”
“Sir Robert proves himself as a gentleman who can be honest so long as it’s convenient”
Danson on Mabel
“Mabel is the new…..
“Mabel is the new woman posing as ingenue”
Bose on Mrs Chevely
“Her wrongdoing is obvious….
“Her wrongdoing is obvious: she invades male power”
Woodcock on Goring
“Goring acts as Wildes….
“Goring acts as Wilde’s personal voice”
Worth on Lady C
“She is priggish….
“She is priggish and naive”
Bose on separate spheres
“By the end traditional….
“By the end traditional separate spheres remain inviolate”
Bose on Lady C and Mrs C
both women pose threats to the world….
both women “pose threats to the world of the play by intruding onto the male, non domestic sphere”
