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what was the main point about jo's romances or almost romances?
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All the romances in the book have a point to make, it's an educational book in that respect...for the time of writing they were called "conduct books" - fiction etc written on and for the education of women and how they must behave in society.(1)
Jo, the main female character, is a tom boy. She is spirited, head strong and outspoken. In other words everything a good woman of those times was NOT. She is said to be an embodiment of Alcott, her alter ego in a way....(2)
Her romances show by example that a woman who is too outspoken or determined will not be married and that is not what women were for...they were to be married have babies and look after the house
To be married you have to make some compromises ( as Jo does eventually ). They show how a good woman, a woman of society would conduct a romance.
Contrast them to Amy, determined to marry rich and chosen to be highlighted by her Aunts. Although Amy argues with herself about marriage, she is actually starting this dialogue from the opposite stance of Jo. Both however do marry and by example show how women of that era were suppose to act in life, romance and marriage.
Jo, the main female character, is a tom boy. She is spirited, head strong and outspoken. In other words everything a good woman of those times was NOT. She is said to be an embodiment of Alcott, her alter ego in a way....(2)
Her romances show by example that a woman who is too outspoken or determined will not be married and that is not what women were for...they were to be married have babies and look after the house
To be married you have to make some compromises ( as Jo does eventually ). They show how a good woman, a woman of society would conduct a romance.
Contrast them to Amy, determined to marry rich and chosen to be highlighted by her Aunts. Although Amy argues with herself about marriage, she is actually starting this dialogue from the opposite stance of Jo. Both however do marry and by example show how women of that era were suppose to act in life, romance and marriage.
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