Demonstrating the value of welcoming children through acts of Jesus as he encourages a disciple to care for them as he does.
For further religious incentive, powerful figures were depicted as foundlings, like Moses, as a way to represent their worth.
The drawing room was generally used by the family of the household and servants, like Jane, were only allowed when summoned; their time was not their own.
Governess' lived a solitary life, spending most of their free time in a small room as they were not usually welcomed as part of their employers' upper class.
A mistress was often at the mercy of her "boyfriend" as her well being relied heavily on his provision of a living space which insinuates an unfair power dynamic.
The mistress is hopeful in returning to
her previous life, beyond the room where she is kept.
I liked your selection of images -- esp the decision to focus on a detail in a painting. For future posts, be sure to tell us painter/title of painting -- this will be an archive of what you've seen, and you may forget such details down the road.
ReplyDeleteLike Dr. Steele, I liked how you captured the focal points of the piece, rather than the piece as a whole. Likewise, I think your descriptions really help tie in the growing up as a worker to Jane Eyre and our site visits!
ReplyDeleteI liked your choice of pictures. very nice and brief explanations about coming of age as a worker.
ReplyDeleteI really appreciate your use of the interiors featured in the Geffrye museum to illustrate what life was like for Jane as well as other domestic workers. You were able to put in words how trapped they might have been. I particularly like that you mention "There time was not their own." I think this is a poignant observation.
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