Cassi’s Blog

Angel in the House Part 2

 ”The angel in the house is dead and no longer lives in the imaginations of either women or men.” The Angel in the House was a pure woman who was willing to sacrifice anything for anyone; she was completely selfless. The Angel in the House does not exist today. Today all that men and women of the world do is provide impurity, sacrifice nothing, and are completely selfish. When Woolf spoke of how the Angel in the House was affecting her writing and she wasn’t getting the results that she hoped for, it was because pure and happy opinions don’t sell. The crude and hateful reviews are what bring in the money. Flaws and heated opinions is what our world is made of now. One person’s tragedy is another person’s entertainment. When the angel was speaking to her as she was writing a review for a famous man she was telling her to, “never let anybody guess that you have a mind of your own. Above all, be pure.” So as to say that man is superior to women. This also helps prove that the Angel in the house no longer exists because that is no longer the attitude towards a man and woman’s relationship today. No one is afraid to state how they feel in our younger generation. We have grown up without Angel’s in our houses whispering in our ears the right thing to say. I wish i had an angel in my house; I would probably get in a lot less trouble.