Analysis Of Georgiana's Behavior In The Birthmark By Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Georgiana's behavior in the 19th century from Nathaniel Hawthorne “The Birthmark”. By the 19th century standards she is expected to live by a certain way and do certain things to satisfied her husband. Georgiana lived up to her expectations as a women and as a wife. Women in the 19th century were idealized as just housewives with no career. Kathryn Hughes stated that “women were to stay home and cleaned. While men laboured all day” (pg.1). They were seen to be physically weaker, therefore they couldn’t have a labored intensive jobs (Balanza, pg.1). “Women were expected to do needlework, responsible for making and mending clothes and household linen (pg.1). Women believed in order to be a successful wife they had to listen and give whatever

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