ENGB35H3 Lecture 2: The Purple Jar Analysis
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Maria edgeworth"s story the purple jar (1796), and consider moral of the story, the values it presents, and its implied child reader: http://etc. usf. edu/lit2go/68/fairy-tales-and-other-traditional-stories/5098/the-purple-jar/ Moral: one must think of the future carefully when making decisions: long-term vs. short-term pleasures (understanding instant gratification and needs) Values: aesthetics: rosamond impulsively wants pretty material possessions, rosamond"s mother believes objects without uses are not valuable; practicality , autonomy; making one"s own informed decisions. Father: quick to judge her and refuse her based on her appearance, not the. Icr = empiricist, middle class consumer, rational reason why she looked the way she did. With the rise of romanticism, children appear to act like children. They are not just little adults, or illustrations. The children of george bond of ditchleys" (1768) boys and girls are not clearly categorized the way they are stereotypically today. Anne of green gables: rural privileged over urban, imagination vs. rationality (ex. Alice in wonderland: journey innocence experience (ex.
