these difficulties were infinitely more formidable.
far more difficulties in writing literature for women than for men
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nervous stress and dilemma
don't most people experience stress and dilemma? how is this different?
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killed herself one winter’s night and lies buried at some cross-roads
even the smaller differences in abilities grow and can go a long way to hurt women
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But she was not sent to school. She had no chance
women have fallen behind men because not because of unequal abilities but because of unequal opportunities
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nothing is known about women before the eighteenth century
since women were not properly educated they couldn't document themselves and therefore were forgotten (?)
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She never writes her own life and scarcely keeps a diary; there are only a handful of her letters in existence. She left no plays or poems by which we can judge her.
is the author trying to say that the best way for a woman to be noticed/remembered is for her to document her life? would men have to do this as well? why/why not?
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The moment, however, that one tries this method with the Elizabethan woman, one branch of illumination fails; one is held up by the scarcity of facts
but literature in the form of speech is not remembered nearly as well as literature in the form or writing
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Some of the most inspired words, some of the most profound thoughts in literature fall from her lips; in real life she could hardly read, could scarcely spell, and was the property of her husband
the best literature doesn't have to be written--it can be spoken
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personality and character
is this because of the way Shakespeare portrayed them or because of how they truly were?
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Elizabeth
solid name
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Perhaps now it would be better to give up seeking for the truth, and receiving on one’s head an avalanche of opinion hot as lava, discoloured as dish-water
What's better/easier--the truth or opinions that make sense?
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hortatory
hortatory - tending or aiming to urge someone to do something
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Why was one sex so prosperous and the other so poor?
brings the question of what defines sex and the abilities of each one. If women and men had the same qualities and abilities would there be a point to separating them as men and women? Should there be a definition of each? If men and women had the same privileges and abilities would they be equal? Or would they still be unequal simply because of the difference in definition?
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British Museum
British Museum - why unfortunate?
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At the thought of all those women working year after year and finding it hard to get two thousand pounds together
Far different than the founding men's colleges, which have been supported greatly. Narrator ponders aspects of why women had always been so poor
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defy that convention and to tell you that the lunch on this occasion
What is the point of this. Did she tell us what was for lunch solely because it's different and other authors don't do it?
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deep foundation,
Does the author mean to reference a foundation that is for more than just literal stones, perhaps she means that money was pored in so that there would be a foundation of a good church for the people?
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Charles Lamb
English essayist, poet, and antiquarian
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Beadle
Beadle - a ceremonial officer of a church, college, or similar institution.
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The river reflected whatever it chose
Author's hope for women in fiction? To reflect whatever they choose
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Fernham
A village and civil parish. It was historically part of the parish of Shrivenham and part of Berkshire until the 1974 local authority boundary changes transferred the Vale of White Horse to Oxfordshire.
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Oxbridge
Oxbridge - A mix of Oxford and Cambridge Universities
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One can only give one’s audience the chance of drawing their own conclusions
Sets a precedent that this book will easily be controversial based on the differing opinions of the readers. Rather than telling you an opinion, the author is letting you decide your own.
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unsolved problems
Why are women and fiction unsolved problems?
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shirked
shirk (v) - to avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility).
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All I could do was to offer you an opinion upon one minor point
What is the difference between opinion and conclusion? The effect of that difference in literature?
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