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The Representation
of Women in Victorian Literature
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C-Span American Writers provides a teacher resource with themes, questions, and video clips to help teachers instruct and learn about Edith Wharton and The Age of Innocence. Edith Wharton: Video Lesson Plan
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This site shows the fear of women in the Victorian Era and how vampires are often used to represents a homosexual relationship. This type of homosexual relationship was very upsetting to Victorian males, as it freed women from male control. If men are no longer needed, women could break free from the constricting bonds of the patriarchy. This site deals with this issue and how men tried to repress the freedom of women. The Opression of Women Through Images of the Vampires
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The site is about the novel Jane Eyre and its issues with sexism pertaining to the 19th century.
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This site develes into the emerging roles of women within all contexts of society at the turn of the century.
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Sister Carrie, written at the turn of the century, tells the story of a young independent woman who represents the new "modern woman". This site explores how the character Carrie represents this new woman and her emerging roles within the culture.
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