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Women's Literature 21 Symbols: Chains and Enclosures 17 Views
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Description:
Don't fence these writers in. Or do... maybe enclosures aren't so bad after all.
Transcript
- 00:00
Thank you We sneak Symbols chains and enclosures Alas shmoop
- 00:11
our people are characters enclosed Are they separated from society
- 00:17
Are they held down That's a really recurring theme The
- 00:20
idea of enclosure takes us all the way from julian
- 00:23
of norwich mary rawlinson on after being and after being
Full Transcript
- 00:28
round the middle although like enclosure also is figure differently
- 00:31
right Is it like a source of empowerment but you
- 00:33
have this space of your own as in julian of
- 00:35
norwich where it's like actually really productive space or is
- 00:38
it in or another where you're being cordoned off from
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your birthright from right people from your land Absolutely And
- 00:43
i think the distinction is what's your relationship to the
- 00:47
rest of the world and julian of norwich That enclosure
- 00:51
is the only world that matters it's a world where
- 00:54
you can have your religious experiences which are all consuming
- 00:57
and financial fast and orinoco So the chains keep you
- 01:02
separated from the rest of your tribe your group your
- 01:06
family your love and in a captivity narrative Likewise the
- 01:11
removes are exactly that they take you further and further
- 01:16
away from your society In what ways can change and
- 01:22
enclosures b negative it Well ways Can enclosures b positive 00:01:28.49 --> [endTime] Yeah Doom Forget out closures
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