ENGB07H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Utopia, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Elegy
19 Sep 2013
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Story about courtly love, tower trope, and gothic. Woman was a mal-mariee - wasn"t worthy of marrying him, not of a high station. Sister in law contrasts her, like the yellow wallpaper. Old woman, who is barren, and widowed. Son is like jesus figure, meant to avenge his mother"s death at the festival. Was an anchoresses, which caused her hallucinations. Wrote about god the father, mother and god. Made god more approachable by making it a woman. You had to petition to be an anchorite - really nut jobs who were physically and verbally silenced. Queen elizabeth i: speech to the troops at tilbury. Oral tradition, so the copy may not be word-for-word. Demonstrates her devotion to her people by referring to herself as one of them - approachable. This is a battle against her god, her people and her kingdom. Heart of a king, body of a woman - both strong and feable.
