Wasting Time- Madison Flowers

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I have to admit, I am excited for class tomorrow. I am ready to see where this discussion goes and to hear all of your opinions on the subject.
While reading this I could not help but think of Wollstonecraft. I really believe she and Pope would be friends. The way Pope jokes about all the ridiculousness of women and men, I truly believe they would be great friends. I honestly cannot imagine what it would have been like to live back then. Having to put in all that effort to look beautiful and not being able to put that effort in elsewhere, say to improve the mind instead of external beauty. But then I wondered about what people will think about us however many years. What will they look back on think it was ridiculous that we spent so much time worrying about instead of worrying about something else?
Did that make any sense?


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Mackenzie Jackson said…
Hey Madison, I completely agree with you and my blog was on the same topic! It's so interesting to see how the view and standard of men and women has changed over time. I am not so sure I would have made it back in that day, I enjoy my five-minute makeup routine. Great blog post!
November 11, 2019 at 4:34 PM
Kayla Gill said…
I do think that the writings of Wollstonecraft and Pope would correlate well. However, in The Vindication of the Rights of Women, Wollstonecraft shows women being aggravated with this "expected beauty". Girls would rather be known by their minds than their appearance. Although, Pope seems to show Belinda as conceded. He exaggerates the amount of time she spends getting ready in Cantos I. This could be because of how she is expected to attend the party, or he could be portraying her as a person who contradicts the view of women's rights.
Awesome post!
November 11, 2019 at 6:00 PM
Hailey Morgan said…
After reading your post, all I can think about is putting Wollstonecraft and Pope in a classroom and allowing them to talk about each other's works with one another. I would pay money to sit in on that discussion!

I feel like they would get pretty heated. After reading "The Rape of the Lock," I felt as though Pope's ideals were very different from Wollstonecraft's. Pope seemed to portray women in the exact light that Wollstonecraft despised!
November 11, 2019 at 6:41 PM
Stephen Davis said…
I agree that Wollstonecraft and Pope would likely be great friends due to their similar viewpoints on the opinions of the state of women. I also agree that it was an unfortunate situation for women back during that time period that has fortunately been rectified.
November 11, 2019 at 7:10 PM
Sydney Snow said…
I really like you're post. It is straight and to the point. But the question you asked at the end of your post really got me to thinking and laughing. In my opinion, it is funny how there is always going to be something wrong with every generation. In my head I see them making fun of our use of social media and phones. But, at the same time I can see those advancing and becoming more prominent. I don't know. But even today we are still worrying about beauty and how we look. Yes, we are more enlightened than those before us, but we are still concerned with our looks as well.
November 12, 2019 at 5:48 AM
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