THE FALLEN WOMAN IN DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI'S POEMS
Rudaina Abdlrazak Al-Kumait
College of Education for Women, Dept. of English
Hamdi Hameed Al-Douri
College of Education for Women, Dept. of English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25130/jls.4.3.1
Keywords: Rossetti, Victorian, Fallen Woman, Jenney
Abstract
The fallen woman was a widespread phenomenon in the Victorian Age as a result of the social changes imposed by the Industrial Revolution. Due to social persecution, the vast immigration from the countryside to cities and the exploitation of women and children as cheap working hands in mines and factories, great numbers of young women were driven to prostitution. This paper is an attempt to explore Dante Gabriel Rossetti's treatment of the theme of fallen women in four of his poems: "The Bride's Prelude", "A Last Confession", "Found" and "Jenny". The first section of the paper is a biographical note on the poet. The second section is a brief background of the poem and the last one is devoted to an analysis of the poems followed by a conclusion which sums up the results of the study.
