A: The reason Katherine Watson's teachings were labeled as "unorthodox" was because she was trying to teach the girls to think for themselves and not only go to college but get a job and go and do things for themselves and not just for there husbands. Also that their only reason for existence was to get married, bear their children, cook, and clean. Some examples would be when she was telling the girls about Vincent Van Gogh's painting and the paint by numbers box set. Another was when she showed the girls the painting and even though they were saying that it wasn't art because it wasn't typical and they didn't like it she told them to just consider it.
Q: Betty's marriage to Spencer – do you think she was happy? Note her mother's refusal to let her stay with her. Why?
A: I don't think that she was happy at all. I think that she tried to be and wanted to be but just couldn't. It showed when Spencer had to go "out of town". Her mother refused to let her stay with her because she wanted Betty to fix or more so ignore her problems with Spencer. The reason being is she didn't want what happened later, for her to end up getting a divorce or make it seem like they weren't perfect. Also so that it wouldn't bring a bad look on the family name.
- Katherine Watson's teachings were labeled as "unorthodox". Explain and cite examples from the movie.
Katherine's style of teaching was very unorthodox for that time period, but what the people back then didn't realize was that unorthodox wasn't a bad thing. Also, I agree with you when you said that Betty wasn't happy.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your response about spencer. I don't think that she was happy with him either.
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