Essay on A Room With A View by Edward Morgan Forster

In A Room with a View by E. M. Forster, the restrictive and intricate social classes of English society serve as an obstacle for Lucy to overcome in her search for fulfillment. Rather than being a vehicle by which she can advance and gain her independence, the distinctions between the upper and lower crusts of English society work against Lucy and undermine her development into an independent and satisfied individual. As Ms. Honeychurch grows throughout the novel, she slowly begins to push against social expectation, doing radical things such as traveling solo in Italy (where, significantly, she encounters the less-rigid Emersons) and breaking off her engagement with Cecil. These instances pit Lucy directly against the might of English cultural

A Room with a View, by Edward Morgan Foster, presents the story of Lucy Honeychurch, a young woman belonging to English “high society.” Foster places this young maiden in a state of conflict between the snobbery of her class, the “suitable and traditional” views and advice offered by various family members and friends, and her true heart’s desire. This conflict “forces Lucy Honeychurch to choose between convention and passion (Bantam Intro-back cover),” and throws her into a state of internal struggle, as she must sift through the elements of her “social conditioning” and discern them from her true emotions and desires. Foster develops and utilizes Lucy’s

Celia woke me up again. She shook my shoulder, weeping and wailing with swollen eyes and a pale face as she read the letter from Alice’s older sister Charlotte that Celia’s lover, the middle class Arthur Watson, who she had loved since she was a little girl and father used to bring her to his father’s bookstore, has now become engaged to the Mayor’s daughter Beatrice Hughes. I had always thought their “love” between one another was just some game played between two young lovers who had nothing else to do, but it looks like he meant much more to her than that. I’m sure Arthur would have married her in an instant the moment he was given person, if only my sister wasn’t a working class factory girl. I want to stay behind to stroke her hair, shush

Lamonaca argues that while there is a simple attractiveness in the rhetoric and idolization of character, the ending of Jane Eyre is both confusing and anticlimactic. St. John stood as a symbol for intensified, aggressive Christian values very different than those of Jane’s. Having the conclusion tie back into his character stands against what Jane has been suffering through this whole time and portrays him in a far too positive light. Lamonaca begins her essay with this passage to clearly demonstrate the issues she will be discussing: Jane’s feminist values that differ so greatly from St. John’s persona, and the different variations of Christianity seen throughout the novel.

Against this backdrop, to assert that Lucy's conduct regarding her suitors is meant to be read as immoral means that one must hold Lucy as an exception to general trends in Stoker's larger body of work and that one must believe that the vast majority of Victorian reviewers were either unable to identify Lucy's promiscuity or were too reticent to make mention of it. The most compelling piece of evidence as to Lucy's words regarding her multiple suitors being benign, however, lies within Stoker's working notes for the novel. Here, in what appear to be the earliest outlines of the novel's plot, we find out that Lucy didn't initially have multiple suitors. The notes include two character lists that name Dr. John Seward as Lucy's lover or fiancé

The outgoing nature of Lucy Westenra was quite different from the average woman of the Victorian era. She didn’t understand why limitations were put on women. Throughout her appearance in the novel, she stood to deny

Lucy Honeychurch is a dynamic protagonist in A Room with a View and her voyage to Italy drastically changes her perspective about conforming to society. Lucy is from the English middle class, and her family sends her to Italy with her cousin Charlotte for a cultured experience to become more sophisticated and educated. This vacation is irregular; Lucy develops a romantic relationship with George, and she challenges her past judgements of English society. This vacation signifies the beginning of Lucy’s growth as an individual. The title A Room with a View states the progression of Lucy Honeychurch’s accidental journey of introspection and her desire to find independence and escape from English social norms.

He was not profligate; he had a strong sense of humour, and quick feelings of humanity; but he was so easily led, or rather so easily excited by his companions, and his companions were now of such 25 a sort, that it was probable he would soon become vicious. As to his connexion with Lady Delacour, he would have started with horror at the idea of disturbing the peace of a family; but in her family, he said, there was no peace to disturb; he was vain of 30 having it seen by the world that he was distinguished by a lady of her wit and fashion, and he did not think it incumbent on him to be more scrupulous or more attentive to appearances than her ladyship. By Lord Delacour’s jealousy he was sometimes 35 provoked, sometimes amused, and sometimes flattered. He was constantly of all her ladyship’s parties in public and private; consequently he saw Belinda almost every day, and every day he saw her with increasing admiration of her beauty, and with 40 increasing dread of being taken in to marry a niece of ‘the catch-match-maker,’ the name by

Lucy Westenra is young, innocent, beautiful, and at most times some would say she had a child’s mind, but she was still adored by all. Lucy was sweet, she never met a stranger, and she loved everybody, three in particular are the men who cherished her so much, they all proposed to her: Arthur Holmwood, Quincey Morris, and Dr. Jack Seward. Even her best friend Mina Murray expressed continuously on how gorgeous Lucy was. The only fault Lucy had was that, she was vulnerable. Lucy was not as strong and independent as Mina, she depended on everyone to protect her because that was everyone’s natural instinct towards her. And she let them because she did not want to disappoint anyone. In the story she even said, “Why can’t a girl marry three men,

Cecil her fiance is overly protective, thus limiting Lucy’s freedoms. He believes that he must “lead women” and “protect them” at all times, which is different than the way Lucy was treated in Italy by men (Pg. 107). Cecil is different from George, with whom she shared a kiss, in that he truly did not love Lucy. Cecil only thought of his relationship to Lucy as a “protector and protected” arrangement as he did not want the “comradeship after which the girl’s soul yearned” (Pg.

Despite her beauty and talent, Blanche Ingram’s personality does not match that of Jane’s as she is self-centred and arrogant. Ladies are naturally expected to be magnanimous and affectionate but Blanche Ingram defies this expectation while Jane greatly excels at it. This contrast is brought about by how the two women treat Adele. Jane is conscious that Adele might not be introduced to the guests from Leas. However, to please the little girl, Jane allows Sophie to adorn her in short full muslin frocks (Brontë, 2010, p. 154).

Gill Gauntt English 12/ Block 6 Foran 6 December 2014 Rough Draft In our lives, we all have memories of times when we saw ourselves becoming adults and getting chances to prove our maturity. In the novel, A Room with a View, the author, E. M Forster, places his protagonist, Lucy Honeychurch, in a series of difficult social situations that satirize Edwardian ideals of propriety and test her yearning for independence. By doing so, the author shows ways in which Lucy matures from being an adolescent who wants more independence without responsibility into an adult whose view of the world has been broadened by these situations and has taken her place in society on her own terms.

Set in the dawn of the Edwardian period, the title of Forster’s “A Room with a View” juxtaposes characters whom are accepting of social change and those who are closed behind social conventions. Forster suggests that those who have a ‘view’ are progressive and open to new possibilities while in contrast, he mocks those who reject the ‘view’ as they remain allied to Victorian conventions. These comparisons tie in to the period of the novel experiencing transition where people’s lives take drastic turns because of it.

In A Room with a View, E.M. Forster uses the setting of Florence, Italy to show the passion of Lucy’s heart and contrasts it to the setting of Lucy’s home in England, in which the social standards prevent her from being truly happy. Being in Italy allowed Lucy to be set free whilst enabling her to find who she wanted to be. While she was at home in Windy Corner, however, Lucy felt a force keeping her from her true love, and driving her into a way of life she thought others wanted for her. Forster uses the differences of these places not only to show us the theme of passion versus respectability and social standards but to express how experiences can shape a person’s character.

The discovery of individuality and following unjust social hierarchies, two dissimilar theme’s that are prominent in E.M Forster’s Room with a view. Lucy Honeychurch, a leading role in the novel, travels to Florence, Italy with her Cousin Charlotte. Their intensions were simple, travel to the beautiful city experience what it has to offer and leave more enlightened by the beauty they experience. However it all changed, the young women were not aware of the life altering events that were to occur during this peculiar yet clarifying week. A week not only to open her her sheltered mind but realize who she was with out the looming vexation of social class. The contrasting views and individualistic becoming of age were