LITERATURE QUESTIONS
THE GOTHIC NOVEL
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The idea that women should advise men
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The idea that the Victorian woman represents “the new woman”
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The idea that women are pure and morally superior to men
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The idea that confinement in the home may induce madness
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Detailed explanation-1: -Following the publication of Patmore’s poem, the term angel in the house came to be used in reference to women who embodied the Victorian feminine ideal: a wife and mother who was selflessly devoted to her children and submissive to her husband.
Detailed explanation-2: -Woolf discusses this by using the angel in the house as a metaphor for female purity and wholesomeness. Women during this time period were expected to be modest, innocent, pure, or simply angelic. In “The Angel In The House”, Woolf describes how she fought hard to kill the Angel in the House.
Detailed explanation-3: -This poem extols the virtues of an ideal woman during Victorian times. Coventry Patmore wrote this poem to memorialize his deceased wife, Emily. It chronicles a young, virtuous woman’s life from youth to marriage and all that a man should expect from their devoted wives.
Detailed explanation-4: -Coventry Patmore’s popular, long narrative poem The Angel in the House was published in parts between 1854 and 1862. Inspired by his wife, Emily, the poem charts their traditional courtship and marriage.
Detailed explanation-5: -Woolf describes ‘The Angel in the House’ as a woman who “never had a mind or a wish of her own” and who “was pure” (Woolf, 278).