Women in A Doll's House and Rossetti's Poetry
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- Women in ADH and Rossetti
- A Doll's House
- Nora
- depicted as a good mother
- resourceful, shows independence only at the end
- money orientated- doesn't realise the value of it. irresponsible
- childhood innocence- angel in the house
- constantly patronised by Torvald with nicknsmes
- puts her faith in Torvald rather than in herself
- willing to sacrifice herself to protect Torvald
- enjoys the masculinity of working
- Mrs Linde
- bitter- husband is dead and left nothing
- has to work to survive
- gave up on love for money
- sacrificial role of women
- supported her younger brothers and mother
- bitter- husband is dead and left nothing
- Anne Marie
- poor working class woman
- rejected by society
- had to give up her kids so she could make money
- Nora
- Rossetti's Poems
- Goblin Market
- Laura and Lizzie are mothers by the end of the poem
- women are happiest in the home
- Lizzie puts herself in danger to save her sister
- Maude Clare
- Nell- village maid
- victorian ideal of pure, pale and angel in the house
- passive- willing to wait for him to love her
- Maude Clare- humiliates Thomas in front of Nell
- vengeful , disobeying Victorian codes of politeness
- the male character is the one who's quiet the most
- Nell- village maid
- No Thank You John
- determined to remain independent
- "I'd rather answer 'No' to fifty Johns, than answer 'Yes' to you"
- logical and brutal with her rejection of him
- patronising and sarcastic response to his proposal
- determined to remain independent
- In the Round Tower
- seemingly small and defenseless
- has fortitude
- platys an active role, and doesn't shy away towards the end
- Shut Out
- Eve is grieving over the loss of her perfect home
- blocked off from any return to her domestic sphere
- Twice
- gets her heart broken and turns to God putting her faith in him rather than herse;f
- From the Antique
- wishes to be a man, tired of struggling as a woman
- Goblin Market
- A Doll's House
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