How would you feel to live the life of a mistress? Amelia Lanier was the first British woman to write a poem in English. Although she was well known by the public, her career was not that successful. Much isn’t really known about her parents. Amelia Lanier was a mother, mistress, and writer. Amelia Lanier was born on January 27, 1569. Amelia was also baptized the same day that she was born at St. Botolph. She was born to Baptista Bassano and Margaret Johnson. Her parents were never legally married. Lanier was born while of father was a working servant of the King. Her mother Margaret Johnson was the aunt of a musician of Shakespeare, Robert Johnson. Lanier had a sister and two brothers. Her sister, Angela Bassano was four years younger than her. Their brothers, Lewes and Phillip died before they became adults. Lanier father died on April 11, 1576, when she was just seven years old. (poetryfoundation.com) Her father left her $100,000 that was to be given to her on her wedding day or when she turned 21, whichever came first. After her father’s death she went to live with Susan Bertie. While she was living with Bertie she was home schooled and grew up with access to Elizabethan court circles. (usask.ca) Lanier’s mother died when she was eighteen years old. Her mother was buried on July 7, 1587 in Bishops gate. After her mother’s death she became the mistress of Henry Carey, which was first Lord Hundson. Even though he was forty five years older than her she was happy with their relationship. When she was twenty three years old Amelia Lanier got pregnant with Carey’s child, Henry Carey Jr. Amelia was married off to Alfonso Lanier. They then had a daughter together name Odillya, but she died when she was ten months old. (poetyfoundat... ... middle of paper ... ...ier looked at women as innocent and loving. Lanier was also living a life of poverty. After the death of her husband she was broke and had problems with money. When she did started to get a retirement check she started to get sick. Work Cited Cooley, Ron. "Aemilia Lanyer, Biographical Introduction." Aemilia Lanyer, Biographical Introduction. 1 Jan. 1998. www.usask.ca/english/phoenix/lanyerbio.htm Lanier, Amelia, and A.L. Rowse. The Poems of Shakespeare’s Dark Lady: Slave Dues Rex Judaeorum. New York: C.N. Potter, 1979 Lanier, Amelia, and Susanne Woods. The poems of Amelia Lanier: Slave Deus Rex Judaeorum. New York: Oxford University Press. 1993 Lanier, Amelia. Eve’s Apology In Defense of Women. Ed. Arthur Applebee. Evanston. McDougal Littel. 2006. Lanier, Amelia." Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation, 2014. www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/aemilia-lanyer
Rachel (Haffield) Clinton was born the daughter of Martha and Richard Haffield in 1629. Richard Haffield had two children from a previous marriage, a considerable fortune, and many properties under his name at the time when Martha had married him. Martha however, came from a poor family and did not particularly enjoy the social standing that came with being his wife, which she let be known by the way she treated her step children, whose mother came from an even wealthier family. Martha’s disposition towards her stepchildren and towards her position of wealth was possibly one of the reasons leading to Rachel’s demise.
The families living conditions were horrible. They lived in a very small apartment which at times had more than ten people living in it. Since LaJoe was a very friendly and considerate person, she brought many kids and adults "under her wing" and took care of them when in need. Some kids in the neighborhood even called her "mom." LaJoe did not have the heart to turn her back on anyone that appeared at her door.
Martha Dandridge was born on June 2, 1731, to Frances Jones Dandridge and Colonel John Dandridge. She was the eldest of seven brothers and sisters to come. Martha was born in New Kent County, Virginia on the Chestnut Grove plantation. She grew up among other plantation families of the Tidewater region of eastern Virginia. Martha did not receive any formal education; however, she did receive the traditional education for young women of her time. This included domestic skills and the arts rather than science and math. The skills that she learned were the skills needed to run a household. Unlike other young women in her time, Martha did learn how to read and write as a child. She had several hobbies too; such as: horseback riding, sewing, and dancing.
Anne Bradstreet was born into a very privileged life, she was the daughter of a wealthy man who believed that she should receive an education. She married at age sixteen, and in 1630 she embarks to America on a perilous journey to "escape the
The heroine, Mrs. P, has some carries some characteristics parallel to Louise Mallard in “Hour.” The women of her time are limited by cultural convention. Yet, Mrs. P, (like Louise) begins to experience a new freedom of imagination, a zest for life , in the immediate absence of her husband. She realizes, through interior monologues, that she has been held back, that her station in life cannot and will not afford her the kind of freedom to explore freely and openly the emotions that are as much a part of her as they are not a part of Leonce. Here is a primary irony.
In France’s “Lanval,” Marie de France emphasizes the ideal and pure body of Lanval’s Fairy Queen. France describes the Fairy Queen as “elegant, her hips slim, her neck whiter than snow on a branch, her eyes bright, her face white, a beautiful mouth…” (France, 109). The Fairy Queen is presented to the reader as the classic, ideal beauty that captures the attention and, unknowingly, the mind of her lover. After meeting the Fairy Queen, Lanval pledges his life to her. He states, “There is nothing you might command, within my power, that I would not do, whether foolish or wise. I shall obey your command…” (France, 108). ...
We can see this in the play, as we read we learn more about the character of Hedda Gabler. She is the daughter of a General who expected a life if glamour and wealth and rebels against the boredom of a dull, narrow existence by vindictively scheming against everyone around her. Hedda also strives to ruin Eilert Lovborg, the intellectual she once rejected as a suitor. She is meddling in Eilert’s life for her own amusement and control.
Many years down the line, there came into Miss Amelia’s life a man named Lymon
The book raises issues about the role of women in society, not only in the time period in which it is set, but also in the modern world. Edna was truly brave in the way that she slowly began to defy society's conventions. She was never unfaithful to her husband because he had betrayed her by seeing her as an object. This contributed to her yearning for truth and freedom. Her husband was a well-meaning man, but Edna had no real trust in him. She felt empty with him and their children. Once Leonce was gone and Edna had been with Robert, she felt like she had found true and passionate love, but she had not. Robert was like Leonce. Robert speaks of her being "set free and given to her" and she realizes that Robert also viewed women as possessions. This was a trouble that she could not get away from. Robert loved her, but the way that he thought was still being controlled by the society and time that they lived in. Edna realizes that her loving and lusty relationship with Robert would still be repressed by the society that they were
Blanche was only a young girl without any experience when she got married. She married Allan Grey, who was only sixteen. Their marriage started well, but later the young wife found out that Allan was homosexual.
...e relationship with men, as nothing but tools she can sharpen and destroy, lives through lust and an uncanny ability to blend into any social class makes her unique. Her character is proven as an unreliable narrator as she exaggerates parts of the story and tries to explain that she is in fact not guilty of being a mistress, but a person caught in a crossfire between two others.
...rment. In this way Mrs. Sommers characterizes all women in that she appreciates the simple material pleasures, and through her, the reader can have an insight into the souls of women.
In Edmund Spenser’s epic romance titled, The Faerie Queene, the author takes the reader on a journey with the naive Red Crosse Knight on his route to finding holiness. On the Red Crosse Knights journey to holiness, he encounters two very different women that affect his travels to becoming a virtuous man. The first woman the Red Crosse encounters is Una, a woman that represents innocents, purity, and truth. Una is beautiful and graceful yet appears to be the strong force that leads the Red Crosse Knight to a more virtuous life. To oppose the truth in Una, Spenser creates Duessa a juxtaposition to Una’s personality. The Red Crosse encounters trouble when he is deceived by the wicked Duessa who represents duplicity, falsehood and deceitfulness. Duessa, like Una appears to be very beautiful but her looks, like her personality is deceiving. Unlike Una, Duessa’s beauty is only skin-deep, a detail that the Red Cross Knight learns the hard way. Throughout the epic romance, Spenser depicts the representation of the women of the sixteenth century through a variety of female figures. While women like Una and later Caelia and her daughters represent the grace and faithfulness in women, other figures like Duessa and Errour represent the falsehood and evil of women. While Spenser created two very different types of women in The Faerie Queene: Book One, the two types of women are similar in the sense that they appear to be very strong at times and very weak at others.
Anne’s birth date is not exactly known neither is her birth place. She was said to be insignificant and unimportant to record such dates and places. Finally her name was soon recorded because as a daughter to a somewhat noble family, she had to take her place as a lady in waiting because it was a tradition for most noble Tudor families. Anne Boleyn and her sister Mary were both sent to France in their early teens to finish their education as ladies in waiting at the French court. During her early years in France Anne Boleyn acquired the sophistication and elegance of the French court. She also acquired her taste for beautiful and elegant clothes. Anne Boleyn returned to England after 7 years in France where she was also taught music, dance and poetry. Anne Boleyn took up a position and joined her sister Mary Boleyn at the English royal court as lady-in-waiting to Queen Katharine of Aragon. In 1525, King Henry VIII had an affair with her married sister, Mary Boleyn. It was a short affair during which time Henry's attention was drawn towards Anne Boleyn. On March 4 1526, Mary Boleyn gave birth to a son, named Henry, he was widely assumed to be the son of King Henry VIII although was not acknowledged as such. Although Henry diverted his attention to Anne Boleyn, she did not in love with Henry VIII as fast as he did with her. Anne had seen how her sister Mary had given into the King and been quickly discarded (“Tudor” 2). Anne had no intention of making this mistake. She made it c...
Lantin was not only ubiquitous behavior among women of her time period, but it was also crucial to the stability of her home. “There were on two points upon which he ever found fault with her—her love of the theatre, and her passion for false jewelry”(P.90). It is interesting to see how the author wants the reader to focus on the details. M. Lantin put his wife on a very high pedestal and yet he was able to find fault in her. The author’s use of the words ‘love’ and ‘passion’ are a subtle way of implying that these gifts and performances meant more to her than she let on. They symbolized the existence of her extra-marital affairs. ‘’Secrecy was thus both deemed necessary to bourgeois notions of privacy and viewed as potentially dangerous to public order’’.(P. 47)