She’s Famous But Is She New England?

A nicely researched and well written piece on Lizzie Borden by Kate Woodbury is found on katepapers. I really recommend you give it your time and read it all in one sitting. It raises some very interesting points and examines the iconography of this enigmatic person we all read about here.

Here’s a snippit:

It is the domesticity of the murders—”that House”—which pulls people in. In murder mysteries, we are attracted to the forensics, the heroism of the detective, the capture of the bad guy. But more importantly, we are attracted to the exposure of hidden lives. We are voyeurs, peering through windows, sneaking in back doors, sending spy cameras down the chimney. The Borden murders tantalize us with a view into an otherwise stiflingly dull Victorian household.