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Ah yes, the big question of the Victorian Era: What are we to do with all of these women? Robert Browning gave us a glimpse into the life of a duke in, "My Last Duchess", which is about a man who treats his duchesses like property and kills them if they don't recognize his power (thats what he did with his women). Then just recently in, "Mrs. Warrens Profession", we discussed how a lot of the woman were either thrown in to factories to be put to use or even got involved in brothels, anything to put clothes on their backs and food in their stomach's. And although we talked in class about woman poets were the bread winners at this time, the ones who weren't poets had it very difficult and all woman truly had no rights which I will get into later.

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She was the one of the first poets that we took a look at in the beginning of this period and one of Englands most famous at that. She expresses through her writing what it was like to be a woman poet and she also talks a lot about social and political events in her writing. Growing up, she received a unique education which would eventually lead to her success. She read a lot in philosophy, history and literature and began writing at a very young age. Her first volume of poetry was published when she was thirteen! "Aurora Leigh", which we read for class has attracted critical attention. The poem explores the life of a woman poet and is the first piece of work in English by a woman writer in which the heroine herself is an author. We even went as far to discuss in class that Elizabeth may be writing about herself through Auroras eyes.

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In this painting we see her dress falling off of her shoulder which exposes a good amount of skin for it being painted during the Victorian Era.

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When it comes to when the Victorian Era actually began, we are given two different years. It was either in 1832 with the first reform bill (which allowed working men who owned a certain amount of land to vote) or in 1837 when Queen Victoria assumed the throne. Either way, it all ended in 1901 at Queen Victorias death.

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Known for their earnest, moral responsibilities and domestic propriety, Victorians were often described as prude. But, the truth (stated by Freud) is that no one thought about sex more than the Victorians because of the fact that they oppressed it so much. There are a lot of sexual hints in the poetry as well as the art work which paint woman showing a good amount of skin.

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Lets talk about "Mrs. Warrens Profession" By George Bernard Shaw 

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Lets talk about "Mrs. Warrens Profession" By George Bernard Shaw 

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I've already discussed that Vivie is the perfect representation of The New Woman. She is independent and work oriented, just like her mother Mrs. Warren, who lied to her about still being involved in the brothel business. We had a discussion about this in class whether you were on Vivie's side of Mrs. Warren when it came to her lying to her own daughter. Personally, I was on Vivie's side. I felt bad for her. Her mom see's her barley three times a year and sends her money in the mail, she was never there for her until the barged in and telling her about her secret past life. Vivie felt for her and wanted them to be in each others lives again, but once she found out she was lying, she wanted nothing to do with her. On top of finding out about the lie, Crofts came out saying that the man she was going to marry, Frank, was her half brother. Now, we aren't sure if he said that because he's jealous and wants Viv's hand in marriage or if it's true, but either way she dropped Frank and claimed that she has always only loved him as a brother. Or, more like Frank dropped her with the note he left saying that he was never going to see her again. This story really is just one big roller coaster.

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The New Woman of the 1890's smoked, drank, rode bicycles, was highly educated, wore boomers/ pants and was about free love and also independent. In, "Mrs. Warrens Profession", Vivie is a great representation of this. She is very work oriented, likes to relax at the end of the day with a cigar and a drink in hand. She is all about work and being independent and we realize this even more at the end of the story when she denies all money and decides to no longer take her mothers dirty money and refuses Crofts offer of being Mrs.Crofts and being well off and decides its time to earn for herself. Also, jokingly in class the aspect of The New Man was brought up. Which evidently is represented by Praed who is a very feminine male (may even be gay which was also suggested in class). The New Man is someone who is soft, respectful of women and supports their decisions: Praed.

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Vivie as an Object, did they all just want the Best for her?

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Vivie as an Object, did they all just want the Best for her?

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In the beginning, we learn that Mrs. Warren sends Vivie money to give her a steady life style, we learn that she just wants the best for her daughter and doesn't want her to have to grow up having to work in the brothels like she did (and still does). When Vivie learns about her still working in the brothels, she becomes angry and wants her to leave her again and for good. Mrs. Warren offers giving her more money and with that, in her whole speech to her, she refers to her as her daughter rather than mentioning her name, which represents how possessive she is over her. We can understand that she just wants the best for her daughter, but she is raising her as an object, using maternal language. When it comes to Crofts and her offers her to be Mrs. Crofts, he promises her a well off life and that he won't be alive for much longer (so she won't have to deal with him). I find that they toss her around like an object, offering her money as if it is the only thing that will make her happy. We get the idea that they only want the best for her and for her to be well off in the future, but it comes to the point where it seems they just want ownership over her.

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Lets talk about "Goblin Market" By Christina Rossetti

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Lets talk about "Goblin Market" By Christina Rossetti

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We had a whole class discussion about what message this poem is trying to give to its readers. Right off the bat, the goblins are described as very animalistic and they're trying to lure the single woman them in the woods to buy their out of season, special, juicy fruits. While Laura is described as purity (whiteness, virginity) which is later ruined by the goblins fruits in the story. We also discovered in class that this is a very sexual poem. There is a lot of sucking and juice flowing going on in the poem. The Victorians are at it again with their deep, sexual desires. But this is just another thing that makes the decision on what kind of tale this is. Is it a child's tale, moral tale, is it about drugs, female sexuality or stranger danger? It is clear that the relationship between the sisters is more than sisterly love and does the goblins fruits and the withdrawals represent withdrawing from drugs? There are so many things going on in this poem, its difficult too pin point down the main theme in it.

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The Women Question Cont'd + Women's Rights

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The Women Question Cont'd + Women's Rights

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As we see in, "Mrs. Warrens Profession", by George Bernard Shaw, being in a brothel was a good source of money. Not only that, but the conditions were much better than a factory. There was no risk of them getting severely hurt, it was genuinely the best and safest option for some women. With not much for women to do other than to be thrown into factories, on top of that they had no rights. They couldn't vote until 1918. Women were not allowed to divorce their husband unless they head evidence of bestiality , committed adultry, bigamy or incest. This rarely ever happened because it was difficult as well as expensive. If divorce did happen, woman were not given the custody of their children if divorce did occur; which consequently enough was much easier for the husband to do. Not until the Custody Act in 1839 were the women allowed the right of the custody of their children. Though it wasn't that much of use until 1857 when the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act allowed women to divorce without having to combine issues. Moving on to ab act that invaded women's privacy; the STD Act allowed men to strip search any woman in the streets to see if they were carrying any sort of disease that could effect them.