English 1028F/G Lecture : Notes in English 1028 Tues March 13.docx
19 Apr 2012
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The governess (barbara schaff): they distorted the gender separation of public and private spheres in the victorian era. Sound of music, is the governess without the gothic, owes a heavy dept to the thematic of gene eyre. The nazi"s become the demonic other in the. Jane is so haunting to us because she is a figure of liminiality= she occupies the space between one thing and another. She is neither fully professional, like the masses of women who went out in this era, because she is made domestic, and meant to live in the domestic sphere. The governess dresses in plain dresses to be inconspicuous and desexualized, but she has the option to rebel these roles and does. This rebelliousness is an important part of jane"s character. She is also between feminine roles as well, she watches a child, yet is almost a child herself (liminal space between childhood and adulthood)
