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Victorian Women and Marriage
Research Paper # 107983
Victorian Women and Marriage
A look at Victorian era stories and novels that provide an intimate look into the role and treatment of women in that era.
3,113 words (approx. 12.5 pages) |
6 sources |
MLA | 2008
Paper Summary:
The paper discusses Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall Paper" and Kate Chopin's "Story of an Hour" which demonstrated the psychological burdens women had due to their stifling marriages. The paper also looks at Margaret Oliphant's views on the injustices women faced and examines Anthony Trollope's "The Way We Live" where he decries the way marriages revolved around money, power and prestige. The paper then refers to Jane Austin's "Pride and Prejudice" where she presented five different marriages, with varying levels of happiness. The paper concludes that although this literature made some people look more seriously at the way women were treated, it would take several decades more before stereotypes about females were overcome and marriage became more egalitarian.From the Paper:
"Women during the Victorian age had little choice over their fate once they became marrying age. In most cases, men married these women because of the property they owned and to have and raise children. Once wed, the women lost all ownership of their goods as well as any legal rights. On the other hand, if a woman did not get married, she had few choices other than becoming a governess, domestic helper or, in the worst case, a prostitute. Even when men kept mistresses, they still expected their wives to be faithful."Sample of Sources Used:
- Austin, J. Pride and Prejudice. Retrieved August 25, 2007. Retrieved August 25, 2007.http://www.bookwolf.com/Free_Booknotes/Pride___Prejudice/pride___prejudice. Html
- Chopin, K. "Story of an Hour." Retrieved August 25, 2007. http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/webtexts/hour/
- Eliot, G. Middlemarch. Retrieved August 25, 2007.http://www.princeton.edu/~batke/eliot/middle/
- Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. "Yellow Wall Paper" Retrieved August 25, 2007 http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/wallpaper.html
- Rubik, M. (1994) The Novels of Mrs. Oliphant: A Subversive View of Traditional Themes. In Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Vol. 61 New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 169-95.
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Victorian Women and Marriage (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Research-Paper-Victorian-Women-and-Marriage/107983
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"Victorian Women and Marriage" 15 January 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Research-Paper-Victorian-Women-and-Marriage/107983>
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