Milton and Rossetti - Comparing Their Treatment of Women

The obvious theme of women's treatment in John Milton Paradise and Christina Rossetti's "Nomes Market" literature history that women can not control curiosity is a recurring theme. In Greek mythology Psyche's curiosity proved her failure when she picked up light to see the characteristics of her husband's banned viewing. Perrault's "Blue Beard" once again depicted the deadliest consequences of curiosity, but his new bride succumbed to the temptation to open the door prohibiting her and gave disastrous results.

Christina Georgina Rossetti was born in Gabriele and Frances (Polidori) Rossetti in London on December 5, 1830, one of the most important female poets in the 18th century England. Her basic religious temperament is closer to her mother, but the youngest members of this famous poet, artist and critic have inherited many of her father's artistic tendencies. Christiana and her mother tried to support the family by opening a day school when he was forced to retire due to the loss of health and sight of Professor Rossetti in 1853, but after one year he had to give up did not. Since then she has been a very retired life and was interrupted by recurrent diseases sometimes diagnosed as angina, and sometimes even as tuberculosis. Since the early 1960's she fell in love with Charles Kelly, but according to her brother William, she said "she asked for his creed and he found out that he is not a Christian," he I did not get married. I do not agree with her taste

In 1870, the acclaimed Victorian poet Christina Rossetti (1830-94) wrote a letter to her younger brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti where she commented on her ability as a writer. Compared to her great lady's predecessor Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-61), she pointed out: "Because I am not with me, with eyes on politics or charity, with Mrs. Browning , I will never leave Rossetti may not be intensively and consistently written about Barrett Browning (his work is investigating issues such as nationalism, revolution, slavery, industrialization). Political article, but one of the important areas involving both poets is politics: gender and power