Rossetti messages

• What is the main focus of the critique of patriarchal society?

  Challenges limitations on women
• How does the critique of patriarchal society relate to love and marriage?

  It highlights restrictions on women's autonomy
• Which poem exemplifies the challenges women face regarding love and marriage?

  No, Thank You, John; From the Antique; Maude Clare
• What does female agency and resistance promote?

  Women's right to say “no” and make choices
• Which poems illustrate female agency and resistance?

  Maude Clare; Goblin Market; No thank you john
• What themes are emphasized in spiritual and moral reflection?

  Faith, redemption, and resisting temptations
• Which poems reflect spiritual and moral themes?

  Shut Out; Up Hill
• How is love portrayed in the context of pain and complexity?

  As both beautiful and destructive for women
• Which poems explore the pain and complexity of love?

  Goblin and Market; Maude Clare; From the Antique
• What themes are reflected in the concept of death and transience?

  Mortality and the hope of an afterlife
• Which poem reflects on mortality and the fleeting nature of life?

  From the Antique; Up Hill
• What does the theme of sacrifice and self-denial glorify?

  Personal sacrifice tied to moral purity
• Which poems glorify sacrifice and self-denial?

  “Up-Hill”
• Rosseti messages

  • Critique of Patrichal society
  • Female agency and resitstance
  • Spirtual and moral reflection
  • Death and transience
  • Sacrifice and self denial