ENGB35H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: You Are Old, Father William, The Ugly Duchess, Quentin Matsys
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Here are two different works appearing to do two diff things but here are there similarities - come to life in each of these works. Charity is both necessary and can also have negative aspects. In both works thesis statement making a claim and bring up certain ideas. Romantic icr - child as imaginative, able to think for herself, playful. Once the child is brought to the center culture = adult authority diminished (anne of. Rendition alice gives you are old, father william - a lot the work done by the authority is through parody. Implied child reader is invited to laugh at adults - contrasted to little women = aunt. The children are not given license to laugh at the adults. Also speaks to culture discomfort with old women - all novels that end with when heroines get married = not interested in the aged version of them.
