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NORTH AND
SOUTH
- Condition of England Novel
- Victorian Era
- Expectations
- a 'Gentleman'
- The Female Role
- Role
Reversal?
Margaret is
the New
Woman)
- Having been strong, the
'breadwinner', the leader of
her family, she decides that
she wants to fulfil the
stereotypical woman with her
relationship with Thornton-
yet she is the one to save
him
- Role
Reversal?
Margaret is
the New
Woman)
- Love
- a 'Gentleman'
- Social
analysis and
Reform
- Victorian Era
- False Starts: First chapters (Martin
Dodsworth) are false, they tell us
what the novel is NOT about
- Deirdre David: Margaret's abandomnet
of London society means she is not in
her place in the South, and her
adjustment to the North is, therefore,
not ironic
- Not an
'industrialized Pride
and Prejudice' (but
fairy tale ending?)
- but echoes 'Pride and Prejudice' - prejudice
upon first impressions, appearances and
reality
- but echoes 'Pride and Prejudice' - prejudice
upon first impressions, appearances and
reality
- Originally called 'Margaret Hale',
suggested by Dickens to call it North and
South- embodies the essence of the novel:
conflict, polar opposites, coming together
- Sally Shuttleworth
- Intertwines issues of class
and gender whilst exploring the
questions of industrial unrest
- How far should individual
freedom be sacrificed in
obedience to aithority? (running
theme)
- Workers,
Frederick,
Margaret and
even Mr. Hale
- Workers,
Frederick,
Margaret and
even Mr. Hale
- Union of M and T,
stands in metronymically
for the union of the
classes tehey represent
- Margaret exists at a tangent to
the society which surrounds her.
Thereby, Gaskell is able to use
her as a vehicle to comment on
the limitations of each society
- Role Reversals
- Mr. Hale, more
feminine?
paralleling to that
of his wife?
- Mr. Hale, more
feminine?
paralleling to that
of his wife?
- Higgins demands our
respect: highly intelligent
working class hero
- His maternal traits
adds to his dignity
when compared to
Frederick adn Mr.
Hale
- His maternal traits
adds to his dignity
when compared to
Frederick adn Mr.
Hale
- Frederick's return
allows Gaskell to
emphasize once more
the parallel story lines of
her plots- revolving
around the central
question of how far
defiance against
authoiryt can be justified
- Tract of 1841, Reverrend writes, "the
real problem was the total ignorance
with regard to each other"... the great
lesson for communities was to know
one another"
- Intertwines issues of class
and gender whilst exploring the
questions of industrial unrest
- BODENHEIMER
- A novel of change
- Mr. Hale's decision to leave
the church was not out of
weakness, but a sign of his
irrevocable change.
- The function of the South
is not to provide a stark
contrast to the North, but
to be itself the subject of
changing perspectivds
- Mr. Hale's decision to leave
the church was not out of
weakness, but a sign of his
irrevocable change.
- Different values in North
- Higgins on their first meeting,
reads Margaret's face rather
than social status
- Intro to Higgins,
but also insists
on the same
kind of reversal
in relation to his
employer
- Intro to Higgins,
but also insists
on the same
kind of reversal
in relation to his
employer
- Higgins on their first meeting,
reads Margaret's face rather
than social status
- The union has created a
new class division: Boucher
cannot afford to go on strike
- Two acts of impulse: saving
Thornton and lying to the
police
- A novel of change
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