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The Ruined Maid Thomas Hardy (AO2 ("O'Melia" Farmworker,…
The Ruined Maid
Thomas Hardy
AO3
1866
Women rejected by society - unkind to women
1800s - 20% of teens forced into prostitution
Critic poem of Victorian sexuality
Ruined back then = no chances of getting married
Victorian period
Structure
Anapestic Trimeter
6 Quatranes
Regular rhyme scheme
AO2
"O'Melia"
Farmworker, doesn't have a name, £ caused the prostitute to gain status - broken away from society
"Crown"
Power, Royalty
"-"
Prostitute interrupted by maid - maid is more superior than prostitue
"O didn't you know i'd been ruined?"
Gossip, scandal, someone responsible for her being ruined, putting blame onto someone else - reputation ruined - fallen women
"Said she"
Hardy's voice, Hardy saying a;; women are strong they turned their life around and ignored society's judgments
"Digging potatoes"
Society, poverty, hardships
"Bright feathers"
Enjoys feeling prosperous/wealth
"That's how
we
dress when we're ruined"
Inclusive, all women
"Thik oon"
Country accent, colloquial
"High compa-ny!"
Changed speech
"Your hand were like paws the, your face blue and bleak"
Glove can be put on anyone, facade, not herself, anyone can be a lady if spoiled
"Ruined"
In eyes of society, repetition
About women who runs into an old friend who's now a prostitute
Poem about prostitutes
Paradox - 'ruined'
Maid longed for marriage - innocence
The ruined maid is enjoying a more prosperous life as a result of her ruin - nicer clothes, speaks better
Questions just what exactly it means for a woman to be ruined.
Dialogue between ruined women and un-ruined women