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9 years ago
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Laura
Laura is presented as an ideal of Victorian womanhood, obedient, respectful of social conventions, and willing to sacrifice her own wishes for others. How does her double, Anne Catherick, illuminate the dark side of that ideal?
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She was hated by her mother, treated badly because she threatened to expose a lie, and felt she had to hide in order to preserve her life and to let others know of Sir Percival's evil ways. Laura's mother was the only one who graciously treated her kindly and one who Anne wanted to follow.
Anne did not have that sheltered loving life that Laura had.
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