ENGLISH 2K06 Lecture Notes - Caroline Norton, Criminal Conversation, Foot Binding
27 Sep 2012
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Makes a call for autonomy and freedom; her main argument is contented on one tenant - truth must be common to all for freedom. A freedom to and a freedom from arbitrary constraints placed upon the citizens based on gender are pointed out, leaving women uninformed and subjugated: freedom to make choices and to evaluate social morals, morality and social. References the orientalist mentality that is present in britain foot binding as compared to the corset, misshaping the body and with similar reasoning and ideals backing it. Caroline norton: the granddaughter of richard sheraton, famous playwright, member of. As wollstonecraft points out, the middle class daughter is encourages only to rise through marriage, with discouragement of independent activity, caroline lives this criticism. Caroline, being a more educated liberal oriented woman, quickly superseded, in intellect, her husband"s conservative mentality: he became rapidly physically and verbally abusive.
