Meaghan

[Meaghan @meaghan7891]

@wmst287 @cma2418 Yes because females are usually seen as weak and emotional, whereas men are seen as mentally and physically able. Men are seen as able to get to high, powerful, well paid positions and blame whoever isn't, mostly girls, on their own laziness.

[Meaghan @meaghan7891]

@cma2418 @wmst287 toughened up and worked harder for it.

[Meaghan @meaghan7891]

@cma2418 @wmst287 I agree with Cheyenne. Last class we talked about how no one was helping Jemima when she was poor and had to resort to prostitution. It goes along with the ideology that many people who could have helped her had. That if she did not want to be in that situation she should have-

[Meaghan @meaghan7891]

@wmst287 "bastilled" for life

[Meaghan @meaghan7891]

@wmst287 Maria has strong feelings about her dislike for marriage and it is definitely illustrated in this quote. She feels so helpless in her relationship because George is the only one who benefits from their relationship. She feels stuck and that is why she stated that she has been-

[Meaghan @meaghan7891]

@wmst287 novel starts off with Maria locked up in a mental hospital and the audience has no idea why or who she even is.

[Meaghan @meaghan7891]

@wmst287 I think an element of gothic literature in this text is definitely the mystery of it all. It's becoming less mysterious because we are learning more of the backstories of the characters and why they are in their position that they are currently; however, the beginning of the-

[Meaghan @meaghan7891]

@Callie39146669 @wmst287 They both received little to no attention from their parents and guardians. Maria's older brother Robert is the favorite child, and Maria's mother barely pays any attention to her.

[Meaghan @meaghan7891]

@wmst287 I believe the wandering in her poems represents herself feeling lost. She is constantly getting left by people or screwed over and constantly having to make more relationships. I believe this is why she loves the forest so much because it is constant.

[Meaghan @meaghan7891]

@wmst287 Adeline wrote "Titania to Her Love" after reading Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." After reading her song, I believe it is about Theodore and the possible love she wants them to have in the future, which connects to Shakespeare's text which evolves around a marriage.

[Meaghan @meaghan7891]

@cma2418 @BrightGreen359 @wmst287 I agree with your perspective as well and definitely think this could be the outcome!

[Meaghan @meaghan7891]

@BrightGreen359 @wmst287 I feel that it eventually could happen because of the fact that Adeline is essentially their family as well. It could get a little tricky with the various types of love: romantic and family.

[Meaghan @meaghan7891]

@BrightGreen359 @wmst287 I would state that her outlook usually correlates with La Luc's outlook, but since she's been captured and taken away from people she loves constantly, her outlook has turned in a super negative one.

[Meaghan @meaghan7891]

@ElijahPacheco19 @wmst287 chapters ago, after Theodore got attacked and was hurt. She stood up to to the first doctor and then against his orders, got another doctor.

[Meaghan @meaghan7891]

@ElijahPacheco19 @wmst287 I feel as though Adeline has become more confident and comfortable with speaking out for what she wants. She was extremely timid in the beginning; for example when she was too shy to go up and ask Madame La Motte why she was acting too cold to her. However, seen in a couple-

[Meaghan @meaghan7891]

@wmst287 She "gradually yield" to the music because she realized there is no chance to escape from this room so she slowly let her guard down slightly so she could sort of kind of relax, as much as you can in a situation like this. She uses the pleasant sounding music to help calm her

[Meaghan @meaghan7891]

@wmst287 I think the aesthetic is supposed to be romantic. The room was filled with silk, which has a romantic allure. Ovid wrote "Heroides" which was a collection of letters from females to their loves.

[Meaghan @meaghan7891]

@wmst287 While we can read her thoughts as well I feel as though she writes about the emotions and feelings she thinks are either important or she wants to express the most. It is almost like a benefit of an epistolary novel because she is determining what thoughts she wants to write down

[Meaghan @meaghan7891]

@CranLily @wmst287 He was really assertive with this scene, even after Adeline told La Motte that she would do anything in her power BUT marrying Marquis. I would assume La Motte told Marquis her answer and that is why he was super forceful with her.

[Meaghan @meaghan7891]

@wmst287 I think it adds a way for the readers to authentically get into Adeline's head and see her deep thoughts.