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Mary Thornton
Professor Robert Brown
English 160
21 October 2005
Paternalism and Middle-Class Charity in The Moonstone
In Wilke Collins' novel, The Moonstone, class structure and gender
role definition are two interconnected and fundamental issues within
the text. Nineteenth-century British protest and reform movements
were undermining traditional principles and circumstances of employment,
criminal justice, law, religion and education. In this environment, women
of the upper and middle-classes were presented with new and conflicting
roles in both the public and private spheres. Upper-class women,
traditionally aligned with paternalism, watched over their domestic
servants and used their wealth to do philanthropic work. Middle-class
women, an increasing segment of the population, used their growing
influence to try to improve the conditions of the poor. These two groups