Hobson's Choice: Context (Edexcel GCSE English Literature): Flashcards
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Setting of Hobson's Choice
Setting of Hobson's Choice
1880s Salford
Nature of Victorian class system
Nature of Victorian class system
Highly rigid
Working class opportunities (Victorian era)
Working class opportunities (Victorian era)
Limited
Cross-class marriage in Victorian era
Cross-class marriage in Victorian era
Frowned upon
Hobson's term for Willie
Hobson's term for Willie
Work-house brat
Industrialisation's effect on skilled workers
Industrialisation's effect on skilled workers
Allowed them to rise
Traditional hierarchies in 1880s
Traditional hierarchies in 1880s
Still dominated society
3 Victorian women's expected roles
3 Victorian women's expected roles
Marry, maintain household, remain submissive
Women in Victorian family businesses
Women in Victorian family businesses
Treated as unpaid labour
3 ways Maggie defies norms
3 ways Maggie defies norms
Takes charge, proposes to Willie, builds business
When Hobson's Choice was written
When Hobson's Choice was written
1915 (during WWI)