Agnes bronte5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the same vein, Juliet McMaster, in her article “‘Imbecile Laughter’ and ‘Desperate Earnest’ in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall,” criticizes the male oppression of the woman in the novel which, she argues, is emblematic of the general treatment of women as they were given no voice in society. For example, Arlene Jackson, in “The Question of Credibility in Anne Bronte’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall,” elaborates on women’s powerlessness and male selfishness in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Critics of the Bronte novels have highlighted a pattern of male dominance and female oppression. The common line of criticism made on Anne and Emily Bronte’s works reflects the widespread belief that the female characters are victims of male cruelty. ![]()
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