ENGB35H3 Lecture Notes - Rose Window, Femininity, Big Hat
Document Summary
Anne is sent to school, participates in society. Less emphasis on class though the nationalism of canada could kind of of count as this. ( we want a canadian child. Mrs. march = mother while marilla = distanced: marilla s innate motherness is released by anne. Domesticity = being a busybody (mrs. lynde: anne clashes with her so we are set up to dislike her and domesticity by extension. Anne does not fight domesticity (unlike jo) as it is not forced on her: the book is not a plot of disciplining anne into domesticity, jo undergoes a journey into domesticity, anne des not. Little women = family unit, anne does not have that (orphan: orphan loneliness, desperate need for march family had (family, acceptance etc. , contrasted with treasure island: boy needs to be independent in order to succeed. There is a lack of moralizing: marilla actually gives up trying moralise anne, not even the minister s wife is moralistic.
