Love In A Maze - 1658 Words

Eliza Haywood is a female author who wrote in the eighteenth century. She is best known for her novella called Fantomina: Or, Love in a Maze in 1724. In the Enlightenment era, â€Å"the number of women writers grew as they became increasingly important in publishing domestic novels, Gothic fiction, literary translations, and essays on the rights of women to education† and Haywood was one of them (Bird). Fantomina: Or, Love in a Maze, is a story of girl who is filled with desire and is given a little too much freedom and money to do as she pleases. Fantomina can be described as a â€Å" young Lady of distinguished birth, beauty, wit, and spirit† (Fantomina: Or, Love in a Maze P. 2796). The story of Fantomina can be read for entertainment as well as†¦show more content†¦Haywood being a female writer included this piece of the story to emphasize what little rights woman had in the Enlightenment era. In the twenty-first century, rapist go to jail and woman fear for their safety. In the novel, Fantomina is just worried about her honor and tells no one of the unwanted sexual encounter. Fantomina never wanted to lose her honor, but only rea lly desired attention form the opposite sex. One motif used in the text is the male gaze. The male gaze is what motivates Fantomina to do all she does. In the Playhouse, Fantomina sees the male gaze on the prostitutes and wants that gaze for herself hence why she dresses as a prostitute to get Beauplaisir’s gaze. In Fantomina’s own words, â€Å"she could not help testifying her contempt of men who, regardless either of the play or circle, threw away their time in such a manner, to some ladies,† (Fantomina: Or, Love in a Maze P. 2796). The gaze appears more in the text as Fantomina goes from disguise to disguise. It is said before the second disguise is introduced that â€Å"the rifled charms of Fantomina soon lost their potency, and grew tasteless and insipid† on Beauplaisir, hence why he left to Bath without Fantomina (Fantomina: Or, Love in a Maze P. 2802). When Beauplaisir would become disinterested in Fantomina she would introduce a new disguise to wi n that male gaze over again. Fantomina is very independent in the story. She is seenShow MoreRelatedEliza Haywoods Fantomin Or, Love In A Maze843 Words   |  4 Pagesvirtuous and loving. However, one can say that gender power dynamics could easily be turned when the idea of sex and prostitution in placed in the dynamics. The two texts to support this thesis will be Eliza Haywood’s short story Fantomina: Or, Love in a Maze. Being A Secret History of an Amour between Two Persons of Condition, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’s poem â€Å"The Reasons that Induced Dr. S to write a Poem called ‘The Lady’s Dressing Room’†. 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