Essays on House of Mirth
In Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth Simon Rosedale is one of those characters that no one really knows how to feel about. Over the course of the story, his ethics change from pure self-interest to caring about Lily and back to total self-interest, all the while never really showing it. It all starts with...
In Kate Chopin’s novel, The Awakening, heroine Edna Pontillier struggles between her role as a housewife, mother of two, and spirited artist. As a beautiful 28 year old woman, she strives to identify herself as something independent of these three identities. Throughout the novel, she attempts to challenge the patriarchal society in which she lives....
Lily Bart is a terrible person. She’s a single-minded buffoon characterized by hypocrisy, gluttony, and greed. She’s not only ignorant and lazy but proud of her ignorance and defensive of her laziness. So, how do I think I can get away with talking about her in a positive way when I spent an entire reading...
