Sir John Everett Millais & Gender Matters: Theme, Subject, and Motif

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The Solitary or Waiting Woman

• Mariana, 1850-51
• Mariana, 1857 (Moxon Tennyson)
• Ophelia, 1851-52
• St. Agnes' Eve, 1857 (Moxon Tennyson)

Romantic Love, Its Sorrows and Tragedies

• Romeo and Juliet, 1848
• Lorenzo and Isabella, 1848-49
• The Woodman's Daughter, 1850-51
• Ophelia, 1851-52
• St. Agnes' Eve, 1857 (Moxon Tennyson)

The Rescuing or Protective Woman

• A Huguenot, on St. Bartholomew's Day refusing to shield himself from danger by wearing a Roman Catholic badge, 1851-52
• The Order of Release
• The Black Brunswicker

Contemplative Women

• Mortality, Purity, and Religious Contemplation in Autumn Leaves

Male Roles

• The North-West Passage, 1874
• The Rescuing Knight
• Another rescue: The Crown of Love

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