... men to view women on a pedestal. Victorian good girls were expected to find sex frightening or even disgusting. It was seen as unnatural for a good girl to have any sexual desires), so Porphyria takes this opportunity of silence to bare not just her body to her lover, but her soul as well. She begins to tell him all of the dreams ... does not just love him, but worships him like a demy-god. She must now be punished either physically or emotionally by the man in order for him to maintain his subconscious dominance. Since he now sees her as a bad girl she no longer is precious to him, but...

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... a man. Ainsley seduces the seducers. She is not afraid to use her femininity. Marian only dreams of these things. She represses her feelings so far within that it effected her subconscious. By meeting Duncan she realizes that it is a lifetime of being dominated by Peter an society that frightens her. Duncan may be like Peter in the way that they are ... is a big factor in Marian's attraction to Duncan. He isn't common. He isn't rational. He accepts life as it is and doesn't let it control him. He is what she desires to be. It is at the party scene where we get an enormous display of Mar...

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• Grade Level: High School