1. Victorian literature
... Ruskin then goes on to represent the woman as a "Queen" in her household, to rule in her own home and to care for, "feed and clothe" and to morally guide, "direct and teach" her husband and sons. Ruskin believes the wife must stay at home and "shut yourselves within" and let the man do the fighting, she must support him and ... 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". He then quotes from chapter 2, verse 15 of the Song of Solomon again to confirm the woman's role in life, and that is ...
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