3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. Craft and Structure 4. Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone. 5.
Understanding. Nineteenth-century, middle-class American women saw their behavior regulated by a social system known today as the cult of domesticity, which was designed to limit their sphere of influence to home and family.lso exclusive was their âsphere,â or domain of influence, which was confined completely to the home. Thus the Cult of Domesticity âprivatizedâ womenâs options for work, for education, for voicing opinions, or for supporting reform.
To preserve an unbroken domesticity was essential to his peace of mind; he would not have known where his hair-brushes were, or how to provide stamps for his letters, if Mrs. The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context. Now I go in for domesticity, and look after my family.oÂ·mesÂ·ticÂ·iÂ·ty. n. pl. doÂ·mesÂ·ticÂ·iÂ·ties. 1. The quality or condition of being domestic. 2.