Ao3 Context

• the fallen woman is the loss of a woman’s innocence and chastity
• orientalism is the view that whatever is non western is inferior and evil
• “on the supernatural in poetry” - ann radcliffe - the supernatural is a presentation of the prejudices in western society
• angel in the house by coventry pat more - the poem reflects the female identity as pure virtuous passive and asexual
• sesame and lillies by ruskin - men as active and women as passive and romanticises men and women who comply to their gender roles
• charcot hypnotism aimed to ease the suffering of hysteria
• stoker was a member of the society for psychical research which wanted to explore “non prejudice” things such as hypnotism, telepathy and mediumship
• degeneration by nordau- homosexuality is “other” and reflects the opinion of the east. links to the caricatures made of oscar wilde
• lombroso promoted physiognomy which suggested that criminality could be identified in psychical features such as body hair, dark eyes etc
• the new woman was when there was a increase in women’s dependence due to women working in the labour market, getting education, being single mothers etc. it made female autonomy
• post enlightenment scientific reasoning is where ideas concerning gods reason nature and humanity were synthesized
• aristocratic hubris is an arrogance due to nobility where you see lower classes as inferior
• phallic imagery is imagery that has sexual undertones