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Themes of Hobson's Choice - Coggle Diagram
Themes of Hobson's Choice
Control
Hobson
Looses control over Maggie and Will
Maggie
Controls over characters
"dinner at 5, father"
Will
Gains control over Maggie and Hobson
Mrs Higgins
Controls Ada and Will
Ambition
Will - little ambition
"I'm not ambitious that I know of"
Maggie - very ambitious
"I'm to settle my life's course, and a good course too"
Women
Attitudes towards women
Hobson has a negative attitude
Controlled by fathers
Changing role of Women
Maggie
Challenges authority
Traditional view of women
Alice and Vicky
Just got married to someone of same class or higher
Choice
Will has little choice in his engagement
Maggie chooses her own life path
Hobson has no choice but to let his girls go.
Hobson has to let one of his daughters look after him how ever much he doesn't want to.
Power
Hobson
looses power
Maggie
Goes against the standard of power for women
Love
Maggie + Alice + Vicky
Maggie + Will
"Your growing on me lass"
"He's a business idea in the shape of a man"
"Your the man I made you, and I'm proud of it.
"Aye, Thirty and shelved"
Vickey + Freddie
Albert + Alice
Alcohol
Moonraker's
Hobson gains chronic alcoholism
Leads to his downfall - figuratively and literally
Parenting
Maggie
Supports Hobson and Will
Hobson + girls