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Newland Finds Dinner Party Ellen
613 wordsIt is the arrival of May's cousin, Ellen Olenska, that hastens Newland to announce his engagement. Ellen has returned from Europe where she was married to a cruel, abusive, and powerful man. She has brought with her what was then considered a horrible scandal. Ellen is a serious woman who is slight with dark features. She has an are around her that makes her very intriguing, especially to men. The plot unfolds as Newland finds himself drawn to the mysterious Ellen who bears a tragic history. It ...
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Life In Death Van Der
1,570 wordsNew York Society, in Edith Wharton's Age of Innocence (1920), is paradoxically immortal and mortal. Like the Olympic pantheon of mythological Greek antiquity, New York Society cavorts and carouses, bickers and condemns while it feasts on ambrosia and canvas-backs. Newland Archer's sister is the gossipy Cassandra; his wife is the huntress Diana. And he, by all instances of the society around him, should be Diana's archer twin: Apollo. He, too, should be "immortal, " that is, "like a god", "a deit...
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Greek Mythology Van Der
1,563 words... rst impulse is to bring Ellen back home. Her focus has changed from purely "godly" concerns to human concerns. Although previously she had been the first to condemn her, to cut her off from her allowance when she refused to divorce, she suddenly identifies and sympathizes with Ellen's plight. Something has changed in Catherine; she is now mortal. She invites Archer to her home, specifically denying May the invitation. Archer tells Catherine that she is handsome, but Catherine immediately use...
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Magill Frank N Englewood Cliffs
2,023 wordsPlaying by Society's Rules Wharton's The Age of Innocence depicts Ellen Olenska as a perfect example of courage and strength because of her desire to go against society and the degradation of women. Through the narrative eyes of Newland Archer, the reader sees a woman like no other woman (102). Ellen Olenska is much like Hawthorne's Hester Prynne in the way she exhibits courage and strength. As an outcast of a hypocritical society, Ellen is worthy of the yellow roses that seem too rich, too stro...
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Age Of Innocence Newland Archer Society
623 wordsThe Age of Innocence The Stranger Within # 4 Discuss and analyze the character of Newland Archer. In Edith Wartons novel, The Age of Innocence the main character Newland Archer has a complex personality that is filled with hidden desires and ideas; some of these ideas are controversial in the society that he lives in. The arrival of Ellen Olenska and the harsh realization of living in a boring society help expose these unseen traits. Newland Archer seemed like the typical wealthy New York bachel...
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Newland Finds Dinner Party Ellen
612 wordsIt is the arrival of Mays cousin, Ellen Olenska, that hastens Newland to announce his engagement. Ellen has returned from Europe where she was married to a cruel, abusive, and powerful man. She has brought with her what was then considered a horrible scandal. Ellen is a serious woman who is slight with dark features. She has an are around her that makes her very intriguing, especially to men. The plot unfolds as Newland finds himself drawn to the mysterious Ellen who bears a tragic history. It h...
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19 Th Century Age Of Innocence
3,243 wordsEdith Wharton's books are considered, by some, merely popular fiction of her time. But we must be careful not to equate popularity with the value of the fiction; i. e. , we must not assume that if her books are popular, they are also primitive. Compared to the works of her contemporary and friend, Henry James, whose books may seem complex and sometimes bewildering; Wharton's The Age of Innocence appears to be a simplistic, gossipy commentary of New York society during the last decade of the 19 t...
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Age Of Innocence Social Order
508 wordsSocial Order Versus Personal Fulfillment In Regards Social Order Versus Personal Fulfillment In Regards To The Age Of Innocence Social Order Versus Personal Fulfillment In the regal, and superficial high-class New York world presented in The Age of Innocence there is one particular, unchallenged rule of social order. This rule of complete social grace has been, instead of branded in stone, been impounded deeply in the minds of every generation raised under the canopy of money and fashion. The de...
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