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I agree with Allison. '''Susanna Haswell Rowson was not acting exactly in a typical ladylike manner when she wrote a novel. You can tell that she is conscious of this in the preface.''' Susanna Haswell Rowson almost seems to be apologizing for stepping out of her sphere, justifying it by saying that she was writing to teach young women to guard their virtue. Again reinforcing female dependency and inferiority, she argued that her work was important because it enabled women to continue to exercise a moralizing influence over men. -Allison Luthern | I agree with Allison. '''Susanna Haswell Rowson was not acting exactly in a typical ladylike manner when she wrote a novel. You can tell that she is conscious of this in the preface.''' Susanna Haswell Rowson almost seems to be apologizing for stepping out of her sphere, justifying it by saying that she was writing to teach young women to guard their virtue. Again reinforcing female dependency and inferiority, she argued that her work was important because it enabled women to continue to exercise a moralizing influence over men. -Allison Luthern | ||
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| + | When I read the preface, I had some similar thoughts, as Allison did. I thought it was a bit odd though that she had to justify herself and almost do a bit of self-efacing. It reminded of some of the prefaces you find in slave narratives. They always seem to somewhat appologize in advance for what the audience is about to read. This is something we don see if authors today too much.- Mary Turner | ||
I feel like Susanna Haswell Rowson was attempting to get a point across through this story. I feel she was trying to warn girls about what might happen if they were to decide to step out of the bounds of socially acceptable behavior. She portrayed Charlotte as a young woman who was very protected in her world, but it was a world that was aligned with the idea of women at the time. She went to boarding school, and was very proper. Then she met a boy and deserted her family, which at the time I'm sure was frowned upon greatly, and ran away with him. While it seemed romantic that she followed her heart, Rowson instantaneously portrays Charlotte as unhappy with her current life with Montraville. She regretted her decision especially when she became ill and was without Montraville. I feel Rowson displayed Charlotte in this way to show her readers/fans how easy it was for a woman to become blinded by love, how easy it was to throw away all social responsibility, and how it would end up in a disappointing life. ---- Alex Mankarios | I feel like Susanna Haswell Rowson was attempting to get a point across through this story. I feel she was trying to warn girls about what might happen if they were to decide to step out of the bounds of socially acceptable behavior. She portrayed Charlotte as a young woman who was very protected in her world, but it was a world that was aligned with the idea of women at the time. She went to boarding school, and was very proper. Then she met a boy and deserted her family, which at the time I'm sure was frowned upon greatly, and ran away with him. While it seemed romantic that she followed her heart, Rowson instantaneously portrays Charlotte as unhappy with her current life with Montraville. She regretted her decision especially when she became ill and was without Montraville. I feel Rowson displayed Charlotte in this way to show her readers/fans how easy it was for a woman to become blinded by love, how easy it was to throw away all social responsibility, and how it would end up in a disappointing life. ---- Alex Mankarios | ||
