FEMINISM Flashcards
Rossetti’s poems are . . .
Rossetti’s poems are . . . uncompromising in their analysis of women’s place in society.
- Simon Avery
Rossetti’s speakers . . .
Rossetti’s speakers demonstrate an awareness of…social and political expectations which define acceptable roles for women.
- Simon Avery
There is neither male nor . . .
There is neither male nor female, for we are all one.
- Rossetti (Equality)
Middle class women as . . .
Middle class women as angels in the house.
- Anthony Harrison (Can also link to Class)
The virginity myth developed the . . .
The virginity myth developed the image of the ‘whole’ female body, whose hymen remains unbroken and possessed the innocent ‘integrity’ or wholeness that Eve enjoyed before the fall.
- Armstrong
Rossetti has radically rewritten the fall of . . .
Rossetti has radically rewritten the fall of Eve in terms of the social and spiritual abuse she saw around her… more than a hint that male gender oppression be interpreted as original sin.
- Lynda Palazzo
Struggle of female piety against . . .
Struggle of female piety against corruption.
- Sarah Phillips
Rossetti’s humanitarian stance…
Rossetti’s humanitarian stance… constituted a direct challenge to the (male) scientific community.
- Avery
This shows her to be a . . .
This shows her to be a particularly complex thinker about the position of women in society.
- Avery
Time and again in Rossetti’s poems, the female figure is depicted as . . .
Time and again in Rossetti’s poems, the female figure is depicted as entrapped or confined - physically, psychologically or both.
- Avery
Women were often idealised as angles of mercy and goddesses of . . .
Women were often idealised as angles of mercy and goddesses of hearth and home whilst simultaneously being denied the economic and social freedoms enjoyed by men.
- Mold
If a woman fell she fell . . .
If a woman fell she fell utterly.
- Escobar
