1. Lily Bart is simultaneously a product and a victim of the society she was born into. She cannot choose between two possible ways of living: to hunt for wealth or long for love and understanding. She was taught that her goal of life was to find a wealthy man and become his wife. She can choose...
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Edith Wharton's "The House of Mirth" mainly describes the need of a woman to be married to a wealthy man and how she attempts to find the most appropriate suitor. "The House of Mirth" also observes the tedious physical and mental decline of a young woman who, because of her own weakness and...
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Many say that money cannot buy happiness; in Edith Wharton's "The House of Mirth" the saying could never hold truer. Often times, morality fell second to the deep need for financial security. New York's high society in the early 20th century eradicated some, while making others realize their true...
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Novelist Edith Wharton wrote her defining work, 1905's the House of Mirth, on a subject she knew all too well: the style-over-substance realm of New York's upper-crust society during the Gilded Age. Having been raised in this "fashionable" society, Wharton knew both its intricacies and cruelties...
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Discuss in detail how Edith Wharton uses character study, setting and symbolism to create effect in structuring the novel “The House of Mirth”. Identify and analyse the narrative and language techniques Wharton uses to bring the life of Miss Lily Bart effectively to her readers. Evaluate the...
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The Female Body in The House of Mirth The female body plays a very important role in The House of Mirth. Throughout the novel, Lily’s body is objectified by others, and by herself. This objectification of her body leads to various hardships for Lily. Some of these hardships are caused by confusion...
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?Gilbert 1 Mrs. Minogue Gender Studies C March 30, 2012 Immaturity As A Result of Society’s Limitations in The House of Mirth In her scholarly article entitled “Another Sleeping Beauty: Narcissism in The House of Mirth” Joan Lidoff asserts that the character of Lily Bart in the novel The House of...
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