Summary Of Marie By Henry Rider Haggard

In the process of creating my own data set for Marie by Henry Rider Haggard, I was able to depict distinct patterns inside the illustrations to create an illustration of the novel with a new perspective. To begin with, the data set created an argument about the gender roles in the nineteenth century. In the Victorian era, women were classified as a lower status than men with a stereotype that they needed to be working in a domestic setting. By utilizing the data set, I noticed that the illustrations created to accompany Haggard’s novel contain myriad of male characters, whereas only small number of women characters are shown. Although the novel’s title is Marie, most of the scenes are about Allan Quatermain’s journey and his love for Marie.

Some facial expressions were difficult to find the right words, but I looked up a list of words related to the characters’ facial expressions to help me along the process of tagging the illustrations. After looking at a couple of illustrations, I was able to quickly depict the patterns of the illustrations. For example, I noticed that almost all of the illustrations contained more than one figure. Also, most of the scenes had a person’s back showing and side profiles. The style of the art was soft yet detailed, which helped me in figuring out the characters’ facial expressions.

In addition, I noticed that Marie almost always had a blank, emotionless face. The illustrations in the Visual Haggard portrayed Marie as a woman of beauty, however, the artists could have displayed Marie as someone with her own voice and dynamic expressions. In the novel, Marie shows her independence and a sense of rebellious attitude towards her father, Henri Marais, who keeps denying her marriage with a British named Allan Quatermain. Therefore, I selected an important section of the text for my illustration that captures the gender role, race, and religion inside the