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Mr. Wopsle’s Great Aunt’s Educational Institute
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At the Three Jolly Bargemen Pip thinks he meets the convict again and is overcome by guilt.
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The marshes are a major setting in the novel. They are discussed in chapter 1 where Pip lives, in chapter 53 where Pip is attacked, and when he crosses through them to his new life. The marshes show Pip’s development over time and are key.
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Washing his hands of his clients and opening Pip’s eyes.
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Pips love for Estella is shown here when he arrives early in anticipation for her coach.
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Paragraphs 2 and 4 discusses Pips apprenticeship at the Forge with Joe and how his expectations and dreams for his life have changed, adn he believes he is destined for more.
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Chapter 32 gives a description of Pips impression of the prioson in paragrph 15 and paragraph 16 shows how he is stunned by the way Wemmick is interacting with the prioners.
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The Sluice-house is described in a sinister and mysterious manner. By Pip putting himself in this anxiety-inducing situation, he is proving how he is willing to put himself in a place of danger for Provis to protect him.
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Francesca Mastrangelo commented on the post, The Woman’s Labour: To Mr. Stephen Duck, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 6 hours, 45 minutes agoCollier talks about the struggles of motherhood while also having to go to work in the fields. Women of the house are obligated to be caretakers on top of all the other domestic work, like cooking, cleaning, and […]
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Francesca Mastrangelo commented on the post, The Woman’s Labour: To Mr. Stephen Duck, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 6 hours, 55 minutes agoCollier counters Duck’s perspective that men in agriculture as the only difficult aspect worth feeling sympathetic towards. Duck focuses on the exhausting aspects of threshing and other physical labor that […]
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Kai Owen Pangelinan Larnard commented on the post, The Woman’s Labour: To Mr. Stephen Duck, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 7 hours, 16 minutes ago239( 239 )While you to Sysiphus yourselves compare, Leave a comment on line 2390¶ 240( 240 ) With Danaus’ daughters we may claim a Share; {CONNECT} Collier uses the same allusion Duck made with the greek […]
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Francesca Mastrangelo commented on the post, The Thresher’s Labour, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 7 hours, 29 minutes agoDuck compares the “Whetstone,” which is a tool to help maintain and sharpen knives, to “Scrip and Beer” alcohol was used to soothe the human body. The comparison is that laborers were so overworked and exhausted […]
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Kristina Neos commented on the post, The Woman’s Labour: To Mr. Stephen Duck, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 7 hours, 37 minutes agoCollier emphasizes the little money women receive despite how much they do and how hard their work is. I think the contrast between their effort and their wages shows further how unfairly working class women are […]
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Francesca Mastrangelo commented on the post, The Thresher’s Labour, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 7 hours, 38 minutes agoDuck is using almost military-sounding words like “command” “stations” “task”, when talking about the master unfairly overworking the laborers. They stood there each morning and were directed like a bunch of […]
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Kristina Neos commented on the post, The Woman’s Labour: To Mr. Stephen Duck, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 7 hours, 39 minutes agoI think the biggest contrast between men getting to rest and women continuing to work is super important to the storyline. Collier shows how women’s responsibilities don’t end when they leave the fields because […]
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Kristina Neos commented on the post, The Woman’s Labour: To Mr. Stephen Duck, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 7 hours, 41 minutes agoI found it extremely intresting how Collier directly challenges Duck’s idea of women as being lazy or less hardworking. She uses her own experiences to prove that women work just as hard as men and even questions […]
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Kristina Neos commented on the post, The Thresher’s Labour, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 7 hours, 44 minutes agoI found it so weird how Duck contrasts those who enjoy the food with those who actually produce it and make it. The idea that workers even dream about their labor shows how exhausting their lives are both […]
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Kristina Neos commented on the post, The Thresher’s Labour, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 7 hours, 45 minutes agoI thought that there was so much irony of the workers competing and it also confused me because the winner gains nothing but more exhaustion. It almost seemed like Duck is trying to say that hard work doesn’t […]
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Kristina Neos commented on the post, The Thresher’s Labour, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 7 hours, 47 minutes agoI found it very interesting how Duck contrasts the lives of Shepherds and threshers. While shepherds seem to enjoy nature threshers are surrounded by constant noise and exhaustion. Im curious if Duck is trying to […]
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Kai Owen Pangelinan Larnard commented on the post, The Woman’s Labour: To Mr. Stephen Duck, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 7 hours, 58 minutes agogg¶ 147¶ 147¶ 147¶ 147¶ 147¶ 147 147 While you on easy Beds may lie and sleep, Collier is saying that while the men are sleeping, they are still working, she’s outrick mocking them, she’s calling them out.
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Eva DiLorenzo commented on the post, The Woman’s Labour: To Mr. Stephen Duck, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 8 hours, 17 minutes ago[connect] Collier is calling out Duck for how much he exaggerates his own hard work. She points out that he talks endlessly about threshing, reaping, and mowing like it’s the hardest thing ever. She argues that […]
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Julia Gartley commented on the post, The Woman’s Labour: To Mr. Stephen Duck, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 8 hours, 25 minutes ago[Fearing he’ll set before our Work is done] Lines 190 and 191 recall Duck’s poem, which sees the men hoping that the sun will set faster, because when it does, their work ends. Collier’s poem shows that w […]
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Eva DiLorenzo commented on the post, The Thresher’s Labour, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 8 hours, 29 minutes agoThese final lines summarize the main theme of the poem which is that there’s this inescapable repetition. Finishing the harvest doesn’t mean they actually get to rest (because the calendar will just reset). The […]
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Julia Gartley commented on the post, The Woman’s Labour: To Mr. Stephen Duck, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 8 hours, 36 minutes ago[To earn our Bread, you’ll give us Time to eat] To reference the comment that I made on “The Thresher’s Labour,” Collier, like Duck, is aware of how time is affected by labor and rest. But while the time of D […]
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Eva DiLorenzo commented on the post, The Thresher’s Labour, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 8 hours, 37 minutes agoThis part introduces the master’s voice, showing us the pressure the workers are facing before they even start. The master really doesn’t care how hard the physical labor is, he’s only looking at the crop […]
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Julia Gartley commented on the post, The Woman’s Labour: To Mr. Stephen Duck, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 8 hours, 44 minutes ago[The Muses seem to fix their Garland now] Here, Collier critiques Duck’s presumption in calling upon the Muse. Even if he is participating in the mock-epic genre, there is still something a little […]
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Eva DiLorenzo commented on the post, The Thresher’s Labour, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 8 hours, 47 minutes agoThis part shows how brutal the shift to summer harvest work is. I feel like a lot of poetry would romanticize nature and sunny days like this, but Duck really does the opposite. He describes the sun as scorching […]
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Julia Gartley commented on the post, The Thresher’s Labour, on the groupblog
Eighteenth-Century Innovations 9 hours, 1 minute ago[There’s no resisting of the well-whet Steel] Steel is a material often associated with industrialization, so the effect of calling it an irresistible force is that it pits industry against the beauties of n […]
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