Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Maria

Maria by Wollstonecraft is strongly autobiographical.
Mary wanted reform of social norms and conditions; especially focused on the rights and education of women. She strongly believed in living for the future instead of oneself.
Why did she write this novel the way she did?
Why did she write the ending in a very fragmented way?
Why is it that at the beginning of each chapter she capitalized the first, and sometimes second word(s) ? And again she did this at the very end of the novel with "THE END." What is the significance of this feature in her novel? Do they draw attention to an important aspect of the chapter? Or maybe all the capitalized words together represent a uniform meaning of the entire novel rather than each individual chapter.
The asylum is used as a radical space by Wollstonecraft for the characters to interact; social structures and barriers are non-existent. It allows for communication and connection that otherwise would not be possible.

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