• In our discussion of Mary Astell’s “Proposal,” we found similarities between what Astell had written, and what ended up in Scott’s Millenium Hall. In particular, we discussed page 33 and the similarities between Miss Mancel and Mrs. Morgan’s relationship. We also talked about page 35, and Scott’s depiction of Sir Charles. Now that we have completed the novel, what other instances can does Scott illustrate her knowledge and understanding of the community Astell has in mind? In particular, what in Mrs. Trentham’s story can be related back to the reading?
• Bluestocking Feminism was a crucial part of Sarah Scott’s life. Her sister, Elizabeth, was one of the founding members, and Sarah participated throughout her lifetime. In Gary Kelly’s introduction, he describes bluestocking feminism as a feminist movement in the upper class who “formed a movement for the moral and cultural reform of salon society” (Kelly 11). They focused on gender and class issues, and in particular women’s oppression, and were particularly interested in “literary and intellectual culture” (Kelly 17). Famous …show more content…
The Hall is ran and maintained by these women and their own fortunes. They have rules, expectations, and leaders. These women choose to separate themselves from an outside world, and choose when they want to enter into it. In a utopian society such as this – though the inhabitants’ still experience problems in this “idealistic” world – would the same result occur if the genders were switched? At the end of the novel, the narrator explains that he would like to set up his own version of Millenium Hall. Would a group of men be able to have a productive society such as this, separate from the outside world and completely reliant on its own people? Or does it only work because the entire female gender was oppressed in the larger society, and therefore had to create their own in order to
• Bluestocking Feminism was a crucial part of Sarah Scott’s life. Her sister, Elizabeth, was one of the founding members, and Sarah participated throughout her lifetime. In Gary Kelly’s introduction, he describes bluestocking feminism as a feminist movement in the upper class who “formed a movement for the moral and cultural reform of salon society” (Kelly 11). They focused on gender and class issues, and in particular women’s oppression, and were particularly interested in “literary and intellectual culture” (Kelly 17). Famous …show more content…
The Hall is ran and maintained by these women and their own fortunes. They have rules, expectations, and leaders. These women choose to separate themselves from an outside world, and choose when they want to enter into it. In a utopian society such as this – though the inhabitants’ still experience problems in this “idealistic” world – would the same result occur if the genders were switched? At the end of the novel, the narrator explains that he would like to set up his own version of Millenium Hall. Would a group of men be able to have a productive society such as this, separate from the outside world and completely reliant on its own people? Or does it only work because the entire female gender was oppressed in the larger society, and therefore had to create their own in order to