No, Thank You, John By Christina Rosetti

In both excerpts, “No, Thank You, John” and “The Thorn”, the reader can view judgements made towards women by society. An unrequited love relationship is portrayed in the poem, “No, Thank You, John”, by the poet Christina Rosetti, that creates a conflict between a woman and her friend, John. Although, the character in this poem cannot reciprocate the same feelings toward John. The narrator in “No, Thank You, John” is talking about not wanting a romantic relationship with John. Although, he wants the opposite and keeps insisting for the narrator to accept him declaration of love “Why will you teaze me day by day…” (Rossetti line 2). John keeps giving comments to the narrator, which is makes it seems like if the incident is her fault. This quote, “Don’t call …show more content…
This poem demonstrates that sometimes an individual wants everything to go how they want it to and will do anything to make it happen. In the Romantic Era, women were not seen as equal to men or obtain some human rights now available for every individual. It this era, the beginning of women’s rights was just coming to a start, which made people to start thinking of women’s rights. Although, the beginning of this movement wouldn’t have influential consequences until years later. Meanwhile, in “The Thorn”, Martha Ray, the main character, is judged by society when she is left by society when she is left pregnant from her lover, Stephen Hill, that was already promised to another women. Their love affair came to an end with her being pregnant with a “bastard child”. Martha was looked down for having sex and afterwards having a baby before marriage with a lover. Society have made conclusions that Martha Ray killed her newborn, although there is no evidence to this claim. It illustrates how women were not treated as equals when compared to