After reading the required chapters,I started feeling, well, bad for Rosamond. If the definition for "kept woman" ever needed to be personified it would be Rosamond. The poor girl, she has never been educated or prepared to support herself, nor even been educated to think about money. Her fate is left in the hand of men, either Lydgate's or her father. Rosamond has only vague notions of Lydgate's income. She just assumes that he is wealthy because he has aristocratic relations. Her only notion about money is that it will be provided when she wants or needs it. The decisions regarding a woman's support or future in this situation essentially take place between men.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Oh, Rosamond..honey get a JOB!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
I think Rosamond's position really speaks for the life of women at that time. She would definitely not have been the only woman with a similar fate.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with Staphanie. What choice did the majority of women have during this time? Even if she were to get a job, her employment options are limited and the pay isn't so great.
ReplyDeleteYeah, she *can't* just get a job, which is pretty sad.
ReplyDelete