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| "mind of an uncommon mould" |
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| Caroline Beaufort had a mind of an uncommon mould because she went out and worked for her family |
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| "she procured plain work" |
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| Caroline Beaufort DOES do manual labour but she's doing needlework - an inherently feminine occupation so she's not really pushing the boundaries very much at all. And still, a man has to save her. |
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| "her soft and benevolent mind" |
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| this was all she was valued for |
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| "my mother's tender caresses" |
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| This is juxtaposed with his father's intellectual pursuits - highlighting the expectation that mothers were kind and lovely wheras fathers were intellectual and stern. |
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| "despite the poverty of her clothing, seemed to set a crown of distinction on her head" |
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| even though she was poor her kindness still made her of value. highlights that women were either defined by their status or their matronly manner |
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| Victor seems to have a thing about owning women and things he wants to dominate. Nature, as well. |
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| "her sympathy was ours; her smile, her soft voice" |
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| She isn't capable of having her own identity, he's possessing her again and highlighting that she is included in the domestic sphere |
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| "I might have been sullen in my study...but there she was to subdue me to a semblance of her own gentleness" |
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| even though Victor is getting carried away by his longing to unravel the "physical secrets" of life and the "hidden laws of nature" she's still there as an almost mother figure to calm him down. (oedipus complex - also an aspect of terror. Just saying) |
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