Please enable JavaScript.

Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.

'some ladies' Rossetti - Coggle Diagram

- - - - focus on the class divide, prominent in victorian society
      - idea that people are focusing on materialism instead of religion, the speaker (most likely rossett, devout christian), dissaproves of this, believes loyalty to god should be more prominent.
      - alongiside verb 'patronise' , she criticises the class divide.
    - - rosesettis use of plosive 't' sound in 'great boat' alongside simile 'like a sack', crafts the image of a madsculine presenting woman, perhaps an EARLY FEMINIST
        
        Interesting Rossetti would judge, this is a very conservative opinion from 18 year old Rossetti, who in the middle of her career shows glimmers of feminine empowerment
      - aliteration of 'horrid height' creates a sense of disgust, while also suggesting she associates physical differences with ugliness or a poor personiality
  - - - possible biblical allusion to noahs ark (genesis) - perhaps rossetti is suggesting that these supposedly awful people will be dealt with by THE WRATH OF GOD- an indication of the beginning of Rossetti's strong religious conviction.
      - apocalyptic image, idea of spiritual cleansing (only water)
    - - rosetti extends her list of judjements
      - contrast between 'old' and 'girlish' highlights disdain for those who dress younger than they should
      - shows the speakers own sadistic pleasure in the idea of the people she dislikes dying
        
        edict on the reader- while it may inspire a the more christian victorian society to be less superficial, a contemporary secular society would find this quite a ridiculous notion
    - - a blunt way of clarifying Rossettis overall message that those who are vain and self centred should essentially die
      - this is solidified by her use of the em dash, which could reflect a life curtailed