Girl" consists of a two-page dramatic monologue in which a considered mother gives advice to her daughter, the "girl." Realizing that her daughter has reached sexual maturity, the mother tells her to be careful and never allow herself to become the "kind of woman the baker won't let near the bread."
<span>The story consists of a series of instructions (both implied and direct) meant to help the girl of the title becomes a respectable woman.The mother repeatedly tells the girl, "This is how…" while explaining how adults should behave.The mother places particular emphasis on sex, because she fears her daughter will shame her by becoming a loose woman.</span>The Mother<span> - The mother of a preadolescent daughter, and the main speaker in the story. The mother dispenses </span>a long<span> string of advice to her daughter to teach her how to properly run a household and live respectably. The mother intermittently scolds the girl between her words of </span>wisdom<span> because she fears her daughter will adopt a life or promiscuity. At the same time, however, the mere fact that she takes the time to impart her knowledge suggests a deeper caring for the girl.</span>
For the present purposes, our interest in the romantic poets is less for
the sake of their own convictions than for ascertaining the nature of
their influence on English society. In their critique of modern society
the Lake poets, in common with so many nineteenth-century critics,
tended to idealize the medieval period. The new industrialism they
believed carried with it a dehumanization, a loss of many values that
the Middle Ages had honored by preserving the religious heritage of
Europe.
At Jundi Shapur the best scholars west of China all gathered to think and study together. By the 600s, the doctors at the school were writing about a medicine from India named sharkara or, as the Persians called it, shaker—sugar. Indeed, scholars at Jundi Shapur invented new and better ways to refine cane into sugar.
