Sexual Mores in the Victorian Era
Sunday, March 3rd, 2013
This reading challenges the stereotype of the Victorian era as a sexually monolithic period of repression and prudishness. Instead, the readings challenge the reader to explore the different sexual attitudes prevalent in the period, and how socio-cultural frameworks helped to shape those very attitudes.
Sexual Mores in the Victorian Era
Tags: Censorship, Free Love Movement, sex, Victorian
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Passionlessness as a Sacrificial Tool of Subversion
Monday, February 25th, 2013
In Puritan society, women are compelled to sin through their passion. Hester, losing all passion, in one ironic sense loses her ties to sin. She learns power over herself, and power to define her own code of ethics. This, as Lee pointed out, is distinct from the biblical code of morality that rules Puritan society. […]
Passionlessness as a Sacrificial Tool of Subversion
Tags: feminism, passion, Passionlessness, sin, Victorian
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