She Stoops to Conquer: Conspicuous Consumption and Its Relation to Gender and Courtship
In Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer, the author addresses conspicuous consumption through Mrs. Dorothy Hardcastle and Miss Kate Hardcastle. Therefore, I will argue that the women’s gender determines the ways they conspicuously consume, express, and leisure via close readings of Mrs. Hardcastle’s desire to travel and her want of fashion, as well as Miss Hardcastle’s decision to put aside her class to achieve her three goals with Mr. Marlow. Continue reading
History and Literature of Georgian England 