Friday, March 11, 2016
January 1911
The poem is about Ophelia writing to her best friend about what its like. Her friend has heard about what Ophelia does and he's scolded her countlessly for it. However the effort to get Ophelia to stop is pointless. She views this job as her independence and away of making her own from the rest of the world. She gets all the money she works for and can spend it how she pleases. This day in age when women didn't have much independence from men, they were usually not allowed to work or make many decision for themselves. This gives her a more freedom than she previously had. Her friend is too engrained into society to believe her and worries. She wants to help but doesn't have the needs to. Ophelia is trying to reassure her that she doesn't need to worry about her and she is fine on her own. The only thing she want is to continue to write to her and tell her about the normal life that her friend has.
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I think you are spot on with this! I too notice the conflict between Ophelia, her sister, and her family morals. I wonder how Ophelia justifies her new life.
ReplyDeleteYeah actually there was some conflict, and I feel as though Ophelia has not yet truly justified her new life yet, although she on her own may be under the mentality that she is capable of making her own decisions whenever and however she chooses too.
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