Angelica

[Edna]

Our book club is reading Angelica and will be meeting to discuss the book on August 3........I've read the first section so far about Constance....I see a theme of "the emasculation of men"....hope I spelled that right....any comments?

[Rachel-K]

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Edna wrote:
Our book club is reading Angelica and will be meeting to discuss the book on August 3........I've read the first section so far about Constance....I see a theme of "the emasculation of men"....hope I spelled that right....any comments?



I wish we could hear your groups comments!

Could you say more about your theme? I was really overwhelmed by the intensity/emotional pressure of gender roles in the novel. Why on earth do these characters feel so trapped by this stuff?

Rachel

[Fozzie]

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Edna wrote:
I see a theme of "the emasculation of men"....hope I spelled that right....any comments?

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SPOILER

I agree with you. Despite becoming sympathetic towards Joseph during the last two sections of the book, I do still think that theme applies throughout.

Gender roles were quite strict during the time period of the book, so I figured that all the stereotyping of men and women and their emotions was normal for the times.