How does A Bride of a Summer’s Day develop the theme of Gender and Agency?

A Bride of a Summer’s Day by Catherine Louisa Pirkis develops Gender and Agency across the chapters the companion marks for this theme.

Ida and Juliet exercise agency through defiance, flight, and manipulation of social norms, while male characters like Lord Culvers are depicted as passive or easily dominated, challenging Victorian gender roles.

Juliet's ability to assert her will against her stepmother and father illustrates the limited but real agency available to women of her class.

Ida's limited options as a woman in a patriarchal society are highlighted as she seeks a separation through her own initiative.