Themes: Marriage (Grade 12 NSC Matric English HL): Flashcards
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Renaissance marriage: public or private affair?
Renaissance marriage: public or private affair?
Public affair between families, not private romantic union
Claude Levi-Strauss: women in patriarchal society
Claude Levi-Strauss: women in patriarchal society
Objects transferred between dominant males to form alliances
Companionate marriages definition
Companionate marriages definition
Based on mutual respect & romantic love between partners
Puritan doctrine of conscience for wives
Puritan doctrine of conscience for wives
Wives have independent identity, right to disobey religiously
Emilia's role in feminist context
Emilia's role in feminist context
Proto-feminist discussing equal responsibility in marriage
Mary Wollstonecraft on divine right of husbands
Mary Wollstonecraft on divine right of husbands
Like divine right of kings, men receive god-like treatment
Petrarchan lover characteristics
Petrarchan lover characteristics
Seeks spiritual not physical love, represses sexuality/desire
Othello's 'purchase' quote meaning
Othello's 'purchase' quote meaning
Views Desdemona as acquisition, shows commodification of women
Courtly love traditions: men's role
Courtly love traditions: men's role
Men cater to women they pursue, almost submissive to desires
Simone de Beauvoir on becoming a woman
Simone de Beauvoir on becoming a woman
'One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman' - social construct