1. What precisely (give me some quotations here) does Caroline Norton want? Is she interested in equality of men and women? Do you find anything surprising about this document? Caroline Norton is making an argument in her “Letter to the Queen” that the government should create a “realm where women are protected by law” (1535). Norton explains that women do not have the same rights as men at this time in history. One of these rights is allowing women to hold their own property, instead, she states “she has no possessions” (1533). Another right Norton argues for is the ability for women to make a will and pass on their possessions to their children or other relatives. Though because what a woman has becomes her husbands “no will she could make would be valid” (1533). Finally, Norton argues for the equal protection in marriage for women. Norton is not necessarily arguing for equality between men and women, but rather equality in protection under the law.
2. How would you summarize the argument about women’s education? Be sure to make reference to …show more content…
In this section, Aurora describes the education she is given by her aunt. Aurora compares coming to be educated by her aunt to that of “A wild bird scarcely fledged, was brought to her cage” (1159). Aurora feels that her education was limited to what her aunt viewed as the traditional education of girls to become a dutiful wife. She expresses this limits in lines such as, “I learnt a little algebra, a little” (1160). This shows Aurora‘s frustration to learn more than what she did, which was “spun glass, stuffed birds, and modelled flowers in wax” (1161). Aurora yearns to learn more than what was traditionally taught to women, such as domestic duties which she says “dull our sight” (1161). Aurora argues for the equal education of women to learn things, such as poetry, sciences, and
2. How would you summarize the argument about women’s education? Be sure to make reference to …show more content…
In this section, Aurora describes the education she is given by her aunt. Aurora compares coming to be educated by her aunt to that of “A wild bird scarcely fledged, was brought to her cage” (1159). Aurora feels that her education was limited to what her aunt viewed as the traditional education of girls to become a dutiful wife. She expresses this limits in lines such as, “I learnt a little algebra, a little” (1160). This shows Aurora‘s frustration to learn more than what she did, which was “spun glass, stuffed birds, and modelled flowers in wax” (1161). Aurora yearns to learn more than what was traditionally taught to women, such as domestic duties which she says “dull our sight” (1161). Aurora argues for the equal education of women to learn things, such as poetry, sciences, and