trict laws of the Bible. However Literature of the African Diaspora , despite being her religious teacher, the level of care she has for Jeanette and her Christian morals are in question whenever her daughter is in need of support and guidance. She raises Jeanette to fight against the ‘evils’ of the world but the level of love she gives is measured by the expectations that Jeanette fulfils. In Linda Hutcheon’s chapter ‘Parody and the Intertextuality of History,’ it states that ‘the “world” in which the text situates itself is the “world” of discourse, the “world” of texts and intertexts’ (2003, p.125). This theory can be applied when examining Jeanette’s mother. The ‘world’ and intertexts that Oranges is situated in, is heavily religious and so naturally comparisons between Jeanette’s mother and religious figures/attitudes are going to occur. In The Hours and Mrs Dalloway, both texts share the theme of social roles and the worry of fulfilling them or the unhappi Literature of the African Diaspora ness that has derived from them. Hutcheon theorises that ‘in practice, intertexts unavoidably call up contexts: social and political, among Literature of the African Diaspora  others…as it forces us to double our vision’ (1989, p.25). This theory is present in The Hours in the form of Laura Brown and the extreme boredom she feels playing her role as a housewife during 1951. Laura is depicted to be deeply unhappy playing the role of housewife leaving her feeling trapped within her own home. Laura’s narrative takes place in a society where it  Literature of the African Diaspora was taught that ‘truly feminine women [did] not want careers, higher education, political rights- the independence and the opportunities that the old feminists fought for’ (Betty Friedan: 1963, p.16). As a result, Laura considers suicide as she feels it is the only form of escapism from her mundane life and the only way she can regain freedom. As well as linking to the character of Richard Brown, Septimus Smith is also similar to Laura. Ne>