As a maid, it is only human nature
to want more. Often, masters resent the strife of servants to better their
condition and the servants resent the mores of masters to keep them in their
exact discipline and class. Not only do maids become worrisome about such
things but they then have to be competitive amongst other maids. A Master and Mistress of a household may
“respect” in some aspects and treat the maid/s as part of the family, but only
under the condition that the maid is below them and their servant or
possession. The power dynamic supports the system of aristocracy. Nonetheless,
the maids have to remain honorable and do their job. Regardless of the
exploitation they may face, a maid must continue her job because it is her
livelihood. A servant in a house can be treated less than human, for the true
nobles of Victorian society are the maids.
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