Love and power
A thematic focus on how love relationships involve or are shaped by power dynamics, including domination, submission, resistance, and control. Love and power intersect with gender, class, and social authority.
Real World
In Jane Eyre, Rochester's financial and social power over Jane shapes every stage of their relationship, reflecting the legal reality that Victorian married women had no independent property rights until the 1882 Married Women's Property Act.
Exam Focus
Use feminist or Marxist critical lenses explicitly when discussing love and power — examiners reward named critical perspectives applied to textual evidence.
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