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"Vacant Heart and Hand and Eye": The Homosexual Theme in A Room With a View
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A Room With A View (I9O8) as discussed by the authors is structured by a series of contrasting characters, settings and values which heighten the dramatic tension and enforce the theme.Abstract:
Like Howards End. A Room With A View (I9O8) is structured by a series of contrasting characters, settings and values which heighten the dramatic tension and enforce the theme. In the first novel the Schlegel-Wilcox opposition suggests a number of thematic polarities: feminine-masculine, culture-business, socialism-capitalism, country-city, tradition-change, private-public, intuition-calculation, homes-houses. In A Room With A View there are similar polarities: Emerson-Eager, George-Cecil, Lucy-Charlotte, Mrs. Honeychurch-Mrs. Vyse; Italy-England, Surrey-London; and classical-medieval, passion-intellect, instinct-convention, truth-lies, outdoor-indoor, sunlight-shadow. The views, music and violets are symbols of the first group while snobbery, hypocrisy and repression define the second.1read more
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Studies in Classic American Literature
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The Bride of Lammermoor
TL;DR: The plans of Edgar, Master of Ravenswood to regain his ancient family estate from the corrupt Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland are frustrated by the complexities of the legal and political situations following the 1707 Act of Union, and by his passion for his enemy's beautiful daughter Lucy.