1. Victorian literature
... us that with the woman's protection and her constant love of all that she cherishes around her in the garden, her home, she can make everything " bloom" and repel the bad things in life. Ruskin explains that the woman could use her power to make all in her garden right, to flower and blossom with a quote from the Song of Solomon ... 16 Ruskin keeps up the poetic mode, " sought Him in vain, all through the night; sought Him in vain-. He indicates that man is the gardener in life, sowing his seed; the woman is there to cherish and protect those that he has sown by being an " angel keeper"...
- Word Count: 1599
- Approx Pages: 6
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Undergraduate