To a certain extent, Source B and D support the attitude to women shown in Source A. as they all agree and accept the “angel in the house” philosophy. In Source A the date is not specified, but likely produced in Victorian era because the couple wear Victorian clothing, therefore will reflect Victorian values and concepts. The man in Source A is clearly distressed because he may have read bad news, the woman is fulfilling her role in life by comforting her husband; she is fulfilling her role in the Victorian period. Judging by the rest of the picture we have a beautifully dressed woman and a well-kept home, which was stereotypical of Victorian society. Overall, the attitude to women expressed in Source A is clearly made. The name of the source “woman’s mission companion to man” shows that all women in Victorian times had a certain role to fulfil. That role is demonstrated by her positive reaction to the man’s distressed state women were home-makers and offered sympathy to men.
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Overall sources B and D support the attitude to women shown in source A, this is clear by the evidence of both writers which agrees that women belong in the home. Also Source D describes the attributes which source A is attempting to highlight. She may “never fall from his side”, and Elgar is clearly showing that the woman is anxious to comfort her husband. Source B is clear in its determined view of the separate roles of woman and men. A woman’s place is at home, focussed on domestic chores and primarily concerned with feelings of “the heart”. This is mirrored in source A where the “separate spheres” theory is portrayed, when Elgar shows that the man is strong and firm whereas the woman is laying on him with all her body weight. She is relying on him just like women in Victorian society; they rely on their husband to provide for them and to bring the money
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Overall sources B and D support the attitude to women shown in source A, this is clear by the evidence of both writers which agrees that women belong in the home. Also Source D describes the attributes which source A is attempting to highlight. She may “never fall from his side”, and Elgar is clearly showing that the woman is anxious to comfort her husband. Source B is clear in its determined view of the separate roles of woman and men. A woman’s place is at home, focussed on domestic chores and primarily concerned with feelings of “the heart”. This is mirrored in source A where the “separate spheres” theory is portrayed, when Elgar shows that the man is strong and firm whereas the woman is laying on him with all her body weight. She is relying on him just like women in Victorian society; they rely on their husband to provide for them and to bring the money