happened throughout the story completely. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge‚ the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti have endings which are made significant through their resolutions. Coleridge and Fitzgerald have created stories which conclude with partial resolution‚ whereas Rossetti has created a story of total resolution‚ although other readers may disagree. F. Scott Fitzgerald concludes the Great Gatsby with the death of Gatsby himself
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‘Sister Maude’ by Christina Rossetti Learning objectives: AO1: respond to texts critically and imaginatively‚ select and evaluate textual detail to illustrate and support interpretations. AO2: explain how language‚ structure and form contribute to writers’ presentation of ideas‚ themes and settings. Pre-reading Activity P A I R Let’s focus on the word ‘sister’. Think of any fairy tales‚ films‚ books‚ celebrities‚ sports women‚ pop groups‚ songs or television programmes where there
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people don’t know when there last day on earth is and many poets like to write and reflect on this theme. Death is never a good thing to go through but everybody go through it. Emily Dickinson‚ author of Because I Could Not Stop for Death and Christina Rossetti‚ author of After Death are two poets who wrote about death. Because I Could Not Stop for Death was very reflective and calm as After death is criticizing men and possibility of living after you die. Because I Could Not Stop for
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“Goblin Market”‚ Laura becomes consumed of this fruit and it is only by pure love of her sister’s actions that she is able to set Laura free (Rossetti 524-542) This action by Lizzie can easily represent the actions of Christ dying for the sins of the world. Lizzie allowed her herself to be beaten‚ mocked and abused all for the sake of saving her sister (Rossetti 424-440). Jesus Christ allowed himself to be beaten‚ mocked and even killed just to save us from our sins. The main theme that can be seen
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Christina Rossetti’s poem “Goblin Market” published in 1862 depicts sisters‚ Lizzie and Laura‚ as goblin men walk past selling their fruits. In the context of this essay‚ an allegory is meant to be interpreted as an alternative‚ figurative understanding of the text that lies underneath the literal meaning of the text. Some critics believe “Goblin Market” to be an allegorical attack on the Victorian woman and the society of Rossetti’s time. In this context‚ the Victorian woman is to be understood
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Diane. Christina Rossetti: Faith‚ Gender‚ and Time. New York: Baton Rouge‚ 1999. Langbauer‚ Laurie. Women and Romance: The Consolations of Gender in the English Novel . Ithaca: Cornell University Press‚ 1990. Lennox‚ Charlotte. The Female Quixote. Edited by Margaret Dalziel. Oxford: Oxford University Press‚ 1989. Malina‚ Debra. "Reading the Patriarchal Text: The Female Quixote‚ Northanger Abbey‚ and the Trace of the Absent Mother." (Berkeley University Press) 8‚ no. 2 (1996): 1-21. Rossetti‚ Christina
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discriminatory laws were repealed‚ and the women’s suffrage movement gained a lot of momentum. As a result‚ many authors who stood up for women’s rights made sure that people knew that change was on the horizon. Authors like Charlotte Bronte and Christina Rossetti
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viewed by Marxist criticism The poem‚ “Goblin Market” by Christina Rossetti‚ was originally intended to be a fairytale to teach children the simple cliché: “Don’t trust strangers.” Nevertheless‚ whether intended or not‚ the convoluted manner in which Rossetti crafts this poem‚ demonstrates that there are deeper meanings to this poem. The poem is no longer regarded as just a children’s fable‚ but instead is viewed as social commentary in which Rossetti is commenting about the world around her. The poem
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stereotyped women as naïve ’’damsels in distress’’‚ constantly reliant on male protection. Women who rebelled against this stereotype‚ or got men into trouble were punished. The poetic works of Christina Rossetti explore to what extent women are victims. Rossetti was concerned with the different layers upon which
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Maude Clare Maude Clare is ballad written by Christina Rossetti‚ it’s composed of 12 quatrains and 12 stanzas each with alternating iambic tetrameter‚ the rhyme scheme‚ ABCB‚ differs from that of a traditional ballads which are usually ABAB‚ the writer does this deliberately to show the reader through structure the disruption Maude Clare causes at the wedding‚ it also foreshadows how the traditional wedding will change. In addition to this the more spontaneous ABCB rhyme scheme to provide some relief
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