The Subjection of Women · Character
The English
Contemporary English society used as a comparative case.
minor
Also known as the English, The English
First appearance: ii
The English's tie to The Greeks is one of the pressures that moves The Subjection of Women—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Implied as one of the 'most advanced nations' where the law of the strongest seems abandoned.
The English first appears in 0001 ii.
With The Greeks (social): English customs are contrasted with Greek practices to illustrate differing forms of female subordination. With The Romans (social): English laws and customs are shown to be directly influenced by Roman legal principles regarding women. With Narrator (social): The narrator critiques English societal norms as a contemporary example of women's oppression.
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- Protagonist
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social · ambivalent
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- The Romans
social · ambivalent
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social · negative
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