Miradas de época sobre el éxito y fracaso de una vida: el caso de Emma Hamilton
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2023
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Emma Hamilton es el caso de una mujer pobre del siglo XVIII que, mediante habilidades femeniles apreciadas en su época, logra superar su condición social y económica de origen y convertirse en una de las mujeres más famosas de Europa, así como una de las más retratadas de Inglaterra. Nacida en la pobreza, se convierte en amante y/o acompañante de diversos caballeros de sociedad, hasta llegar a casarse con sir William Hamilton, embajador de Inglaterra en Nápoles. Ahí conoce al almirante Horacio Nelson, con quien tuvo una comentada y criticada relación amorosa. A pesar de sus encumbramientos sociales, muere sola, enferma, abandonada y pobre. El caso de Hamilton estimula algunas preguntas respecto de dónde poner el foco para visualizar el balance de su vida: ¿en aquel período en que su vida es un ejemplo de éxito y de ascensos? ¿o en aquel en que es más bien un ejemplo de fracaso? ¿en el tiempo posterior en que su figura ha sido revitalizada a través de películas y novelas? Las diversas miradas epocales nos permiten reflexionar acerca de la subjetividad y dinamismo del concepto de éxito y fracaso y sus representaciones.
Emma Hamilton was a poor woman of the Eighteenth century who, through femeninequalities appreciated in her times, managed to overcome her social and economic statusfrom birth and become one of the most famous women in Europe. Born into poverty,she became the mistress of aristocratic gentlemen, even getting married to sir WilliamHamilton, the English ambassador to Naples. There she met admiral Nelson, with whomshe had a high-profile and criticized relationship. Despite her social mobility, she diedpoor, abandoned, sick and alone. Some questions arise from Hamilton´s life because itcan be deemed a success or failure depending on which aspect is analyzed as well asfrom which historical period we look at her life. Emma Hamilton was a poor woman of the Eighteenth century who, through femenine qualities appreciated in her times, managed to overcome her social and economic status from birth and become one of the most famous women in Europe. Born into poverty, she became the mistress of aristocratic gentlemen, even getting married to sir William Hamilton, the English ambassador to Naples. There she met admiral Nelson, with whomshe had a high-profile and criticized relationship. Despite her social mobility, she diedpoor, abandoned, sick and alone. Some questions arise from Hamilton´s life because itcan be deemed a success or failure depending on which aspect is analyzed as well asfrom which historical period we look at her life. Emma Hamilton was a poor woman of the Eighteenth century who, through femenine qualities appreciated in her times, managed to overcome her social and economic status from birth and become one of the most famous women in Europe. Born into poverty, she became the mistress of aristocratic gentlemen, even getting married to sir William Hamilton, the English ambassador to Naples. There she met admiral Nelson, with whomshe had a high-profile and criticized relationship. Despite her social mobility, she diedpoor, abandoned, sick and alone. Some questions arise from Hamilton´s life because itcan be deemed a success or failure depending on which aspect is analyzed as well asfrom which historical period we look at her life.
Emma Hamilton was a poor woman of the Eighteenth century who, through femeninequalities appreciated in her times, managed to overcome her social and economic statusfrom birth and become one of the most famous women in Europe. Born into poverty,she became the mistress of aristocratic gentlemen, even getting married to sir WilliamHamilton, the English ambassador to Naples. There she met admiral Nelson, with whomshe had a high-profile and criticized relationship. Despite her social mobility, she diedpoor, abandoned, sick and alone. Some questions arise from Hamilton´s life because itcan be deemed a success or failure depending on which aspect is analyzed as well asfrom which historical period we look at her life. Emma Hamilton was a poor woman of the Eighteenth century who, through femenine qualities appreciated in her times, managed to overcome her social and economic status from birth and become one of the most famous women in Europe. Born into poverty, she became the mistress of aristocratic gentlemen, even getting married to sir William Hamilton, the English ambassador to Naples. There she met admiral Nelson, with whomshe had a high-profile and criticized relationship. Despite her social mobility, she diedpoor, abandoned, sick and alone. Some questions arise from Hamilton´s life because itcan be deemed a success or failure depending on which aspect is analyzed as well asfrom which historical period we look at her life. Emma Hamilton was a poor woman of the Eighteenth century who, through femenine qualities appreciated in her times, managed to overcome her social and economic status from birth and become one of the most famous women in Europe. Born into poverty, she became the mistress of aristocratic gentlemen, even getting married to sir William Hamilton, the English ambassador to Naples. There she met admiral Nelson, with whomshe had a high-profile and criticized relationship. Despite her social mobility, she diedpoor, abandoned, sick and alone. Some questions arise from Hamilton´s life because itcan be deemed a success or failure depending on which aspect is analyzed as well asfrom which historical period we look at her life.
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Emma Hamilton, Éxito, Tiempo histórico, Biografía, Feminismo