8/14/2019 Short Exploration of Anne Bronte's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (May 2002; Scanned)
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8/14/2019 Short Exploration of Anne Bronte's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (May 2002; Scanned)
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e know hat sheexpresses
bravely)
her concern
hat
f sheenjoys
gossip" she
isks
"becoming
ike
someof
the adies
she]
. . mostheartilydespises"
133),
think
we
have eason o
suspect
he later
possibility
s at least
as
probable
as he
former.
Am
I suggesting
hat
Arthur kept telling
Yet, unless,
ike Helen,we
ureourselves
masters
t self-<leception,
er echnique
ometimes
alls
attention
o
itself. Do we really believe
Helerg
or
example,
whenshe
ells
us of
her humiliation
rom
having o
wearsomething ther
han
a
"plain,
darlq
sober
tyleof dress"
217),
orced
God
orbid )
to
wear'ocostlyewels" (217)and o bedressed
'like
apainted utterfly''(217)atArthrn's bequest?This
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from a woman
whoseonly
acknowledgmentf
pleasure
fter
leeing
Helen
s in
painting
bejeweled"
nature.
Even
here,however,we hopefully
noteo
he
hasa'tough
time delivering
herselfup to
the full
$
enjoyment
of
nature]
asothe(l
do"
(86).
pF
Helen
has
a tough
ime
grving
herself
o happiness
n
marriage,too.
We
note hat Arthur's
character
worsens
ust
as Helen hinls
herself
her
lot too
huppy,and
[her]
. . . husband
ctually oo
good
for [her] (204) He sn't of course--butot because rthurreveals imself o beduplicitousandevil, but
...,
because
Helen
{esenred
to be
married to someonewho has a'Joyous,
playful
spirit"
(204).
But Arthur
embodies he
Devil's
pleasures,
and
to admit
enjoyrng
them
means o be
of His
parly,not
God's.
r'/
Someone
who
fears
the
judgment
of
an all
knowing, all seeing
God
writes the account
we should expect
h€r owrite.To
write
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eft
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perhaps
hen
we'd know
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