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Authority and
Rebellion
- Masters and Men
- Employees
- "The truth was, that Dixon, as do many
others, liked to feel herself ruled by a
powerful and decided nature"
- "Dixon! You forget to whom
you are speaking! You have
made a strange mistake"
- Fine line
between her role,
vs her human
nature. she is
Mrs. Hale's
'other partner'
- Fine line
between her role,
vs her human
nature. she is
Mrs. Hale's
'other partner'
- "The truth was, that Dixon, as do many
others, liked to feel herself ruled by a
powerful and decided nature"
- "I simply look upon them with
contempt for their poorness of
character" - Thornton
distancing himself from
workers
- "Two nations;
between whom there
is no interweave and
no sympathy"-
Disraeli in Sybil.
- "If you have any
courage or noble
quality in you, go
out and speak to
them, man to man"
Margaret - equality
- I value my own independence so
highly that I can fancy no
degradation greater than that of
having another man perpetually
directing and advising and lecturing
me... I should equally rebel and
resent his interference...” - Margaret
speaking of the injustice in the
working class
- Carlyle: Captain of Industry
- heroes who sought to cultivate
themselves and provide for their
workforces
- Illogical to detach 'paternal
authority' with 'paternal care'
as Thornton initially does
- Margaret: not even a workman
remains a child forever unless the
parent employer deliberately stunts his
growth
- vs. Mill: "paternal care
is connected with
paternal authority"
- vs. Mill: "paternal care
is connected with
paternal authority"
- Margaret: not even a workman
remains a child forever unless the
parent employer deliberately stunts his
growth
- heroes who sought to cultivate
themselves and provide for their
workforces
- Employees
- Margaret's Rebellion
against the Traditional
Woman
- "Mr. Thornton was in
habits of authority himself,
but she seemed to assume
some kind of rule over him
at once"- CLASS
- Refuses Henry
Lennox's proposal
- She is active, helps the
working class
- Loses her dignity when trying to protect
Mr. Thornton- making a public example
of herself, but she does not care
- Independent at infancy.
Being the frontman of her
family- Mr. Hale a
feminine character,
Frederick, away, mother-
typical woman
- N.B. her desire to no longer be the person
who direct events within her family,
possibly why she is attracted to Thornton,
conforming to the typical Victorian woman,
yet she is the one to help and confirm the
marriage with her money
- "Mr. Thornton was in
habits of authority himself,
but she seemed to assume
some kind of rule over him
at once"- CLASS
- Frederick's Rebellion (morality)
- Tyranny
- "Set a beggar on horseback,
and he'll ride to the devil" - Thornton to Mr. hale
- Frederick's story fits with the
framework of the novel, showing the
distinction between North and South
- Drawing parallels with
Lancashire and Hampshire
with England and Spain
- Drawing parallels with
Lancashire and Hampshire
with England and Spain
- Cadiz- becomes freedom in
the novel? Frederick able to
escape
- Captains words
over crew:
master servant
relationship
- "i am glad of it- I am prouder
of Frederick standing up
against injustice, than if he had
simply been a good officer" -
Mr. Hale
- Tyranny
- Mr. Hale's Rebellion against Church
- "My anxiety"
- "Painful doubts"
- Church has too much
power and authority
for anyone to dare
question its morality
- Echoed in Tess of the
D'urbevilles
- Echoed in Tess of the
D'urbevilles
- "My anxiety"
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