To what extent do you agree that women in cousin Kate are heroic?
Planning this essay question;
It could be argued that Cousin Kate is heroic for remaining virtous to the good lord, until wed, however it is seen that the speakers 'love was true' towards the lord, and he just 'cast her aside' suggesting that Cousin Kate is no more heroic than the speaker.
The narrator is potrayed as heroic, this is shown by all of the neighbours who call her an 'outcast thing' this suggest that due to being tricked by the lord, she goes through bad times and is trodden on by society for loosing her virginity to the 'great lord' without being married, however as the poem goes on we see that the woman has the stronger argument, she has a son, this shows her seeing through the abuse and can see she is the bigger, stronger person, not being shallow dwelling on the fact she made a mistake.
There are many more ideas as to why the women can be potrayed as heroic in my essay.
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