Untitled Deck Flashcards
How does Baruch describe Nora?
Nora is ‘a rehabilitated Eve who has the courage to leave the garden in search of knowledge’
What does O’Neill Sims say about Rossetti’s views on masculine ideologies?
Rossetti did not rebel against the limitations of masculine ideologies of domestic harmony of religious transcendences
What social issue does Weiss highlight in ‘Goblin Market’?
‘This poem particularly targets the social ill of prostitution and the possibility of salvation for the women who have fallen’
What duality does Mold identify in the portrayal of women?
Women were often idealised as angels of mercy and goddesses of hearth and home whilst simultaneously being denied the economic and social freedoms enjoyed by men
What criticism does Kiberd make about a husband’s treatment of his wife?
He treats his wife like a juvenile, and then complains when she acts like a child, making noise or scoffing macaroons
