The Years- The body Flashcards
1880- kitty
Kitty admires Joe Robson- reminds her of farm hand she first kissed- needs to be wanted
obsessed with her appearance and size- all obsessed to a degree
Decides she I’ll try to marry Lord Laswade- more appropriate for her
Relations all boil down to what is appropriate - identity decided for you
1907- Sarah
Central figure is Sarah
Joined by Maggie, her sister, and she is curious about the world and what it has to offer.
Goes against gendered expectations at the timthe- separate spheres for men and women
1907- intellect
Sarah has a book that is a present from Edward- women’s entry into intellectual sphere can only be through men.
Relationship between education and her wandering thoughts are not aligned
Gendered question placed oddly with daily duties- wants more from life
1910- leave the men to their politics
Stresses gender spheres are rife within society ‘leave the men to their politics’- have to leave the room, alluded to idea women were not supposed to be around such conversations.
Highlights Woolfs possible own need for more from gender relations and politics- she is not a contextualised women like Cecilia
1907- noted to be nonsense
Explores ideas of gender roles- confined in a room away from the party- engaged in conversations ‘noted to be nonsense’ and away from exploring life and relationships
1930- truth
Truth in gender spheres and separate truth in gender divides
Infidelity
Colonel partiger has a mistress called Myra when his wife is dying.
Sex and relationships are separate for men, but not for women.
Comment on patriarchal society.
Present day
Eleanor feels as though she has no life or meaning- does life have any shape or order? Relates to Lawrence’s writing style BUT comments directly on gender
Inadmissible space
Emphasised through Delia Partiger who fantasises about Charles Stuart Parnell- private now becoming public.
‘This is too short, too broken. We know nothing, even about ourselves’
Has to be more to life than these people and this way of life
When shall we be free? When shall we live adventoursly and wholly, not like crippled in a cave’
Constrained by society