I think we have talked out The Moonstone. So, use this space this week to post your thesis for your analysis essay and the works you will use to prove it. This is a good time to test your ideas on yourself and bounce them off a sympathetic audience.
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Since I really liked Jane Nardin’s article “Conservative Comedy and the women of Barchester Towers, I decided to do see if anyone else had anything to say on the same subject and write about that. I found that there has been a lot written about this. Apparently, during the Victorian era there were an awful lot of social rules for women, so I decided to contrast two single women characters (never married), two married women characters, and two previously married (widowed or estranged) women characters. I showed the ways in which one of each pair was considered a “proper lady” and the other was not and why.
ReplyDeleteWhat I really wanted to write about was the outcomes of imperialism. Not only between nations, but within society as a whole. I was hoping to convey how the British's imperialistic views affected not only how people of India were viewed, judged, and consequently living, but also how that "superiority" complex was carried throughout the family and friends as well: Roseanna, Ezra Jennings, Ms. Clack, Ms. Rachael Verinder.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure how this will work, but I'm going to give it a try...
After our discussion in class, I thought it would be completely appropriate to pursue a biographical criticism of Wilkie Collins. He throws so much of his life into his writing to make a statement and influence his peers on subjects of women, laudanum, and imperialism. I have not chosen my poems yet, but there are many Victorian writers that we have discussed that embody anti-imperialist sentiments, or pro-imperialist views.
ReplyDeleteOur discussions over Robert Browing and the last blog were extremely interesting to me so I want to do a comparison between Browning's dramatic monologues and the multiple narratives of The Moonstone. I love how in the writing of dramatic monolouges the author can paint such a vivid picture of what is inside the head of the speaker; even more than he/she realizes. I think Collins's narratives do this as well. The way he uses the multiple narratives is so insightful to characters themselves, and it adds so much to the story overall. I plan to use the poems "Porphyria's Lover" and "My Last Duchess".
ReplyDeleteAllison I love your idea! It will be so interesting to compare the differences between these three types of women - how they behave, and how society treats them for their behaviors. This is such a prominent them in Barchester Towers - there will be plenty of articles about it and a plenty of ideals to write about.
ReplyDeleteAllison, You have a great idea! Andrea, I like your idea too, partly because I love Robert Browning's poetry and his use of dramatic monologue.
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ReplyDeleteI really love your idea. I would love to read it after you are done to see if maybe there was something I missed in studying Robert Browning. I think your paper will be very interesting!
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ReplyDeleteYour idea sounds really interesting. I don't understand a lot of the dramatic monologues to begin with, so I think that maybe if I could relate them to the narratives in the Moonstone it might help me. It would be interesting to see how you tie them together. I'd love to read your paper.
Wow, I am so late this time! I had already discussed with my wonderful classmates what my paper was going to be about. But, I will say it again: I chose to focus on the emotional behavior of "obsession" that was definitely found in The Moonstone, "Porphyria's Lover" and "My Last Duchess."
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