Wisdom And Knowledge Flashcards
Rossetti texts
Winter: My Secret
Maude Clare
No, Thank You John
ADH moments
Nora conceals secrets
Nora realises her mistake + finds the power to leave
Nora unrequited love
Nora’s secrets vs Winter: My Secret
- knowledge gives power
- WMS voice has power over the reader
Nora leaving vs Maude Clare
- knowledge is empowering
- nora becomes enlightened, puts herself before others
- MC knowledge of affair gives power and authority over another
Nora unrequited love vs No, Thank You John
- knowledge of unwanted love proves dissatisfactory for one party in both texts
Winter: My Secret quotes
“Perhaps my secret I may say or you may guess”
Maude Clare quotes
“And what you leave I’ll take”
No, Thank You John quotes
“I never loved you John”
“You know I never loved you”
Nora’s secrets quotes
“One day I might yes… when I’ve lost my looks a little… when Torvald is not as devoted to me”
Withholds secret to gain power
Nora leaving quotes
“When I am gone from this world you will be free”
“My duty to myself”
Nora unrequited love quotes
“I can’t possibly tell you now”
“Everything was so nice”
Rossetti context
- rossetti’s engagements / proposals
- 19th century women didn’t have much power apart from secrets and wisdom
Ibsen context
- ibsen wanted to challenge the concepts of marriage as women did not have much power
- shocking ending (rewritten)
- marriage was a distinct social boundary
Rossetti critics
Escobar
Griffith
Gill
Ibsen critics
Duncan
Crawford
Grinberg
