A Room with a View Romantic comedy/ Fiction E.M. Forster Edwardian Era (1901-1910) Character: Within the romantic comedy‚ A Room with a View‚ E. M. Forster incorporates numerous characters who efficiently develop the plot of the entire novel by serving as a hindrance towards Lucy’s quest to find true love. Generally‚ most of the characters such as Mr
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1. Historical Information: A Room With a View takes place in the early 20th century in a British society. The story is mainly set in Florence‚ Italy and Surrey‚ England. It is about a young woman‚ Lucy Honeychurch‚ in the repressed culture of Edwardian era England. 2. Biographical Information: Some important facts about the author‚ E.M Forster‚ is that he is known best for his ironic and well-plotted novels examining class difference and hypocrisy in early 20th-century British society. Also
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E dward Morgan Forster was born in London in 1879‚ the son of an architect. He attended Tonbridge School‚ which he hated; he caricatured what he termed "public school behavior" in several of his novels. A different atmosphere awaited him at King’s College‚ Cambridge‚ which he enjoyed thoroughly. After graduation‚ he began to write short stories. He lived for a time in Italy‚ the scene of two of his early novels: Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905)‚ and A Room with a View (1908). Cambridge is the setting
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A Room with a View written by E.M. Forster is a story about love‚ conflict‚ and finding your way. The story is set in both Florence Italy and England during the Edwardian era where societal standards were different and the upper class were unforgiving on lower class peasantry. Lucy Honeychurch is an exception‚ as a naïve‚ sheltered young women brought to Italy by her older cousin‚ Charlotte Bartlett. She begins to learn the struggles of love through unexpected encounters and memorable people. Lucy’s
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The Subtle Heroine 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
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Italy Enables Lucy to Change and Become Her Own Individual in A Room With a View Lucy is presented with an opportunity to become her own person and look at things differently in Italy. This concept is used throughout the novel A Room With a View by E.M. Forster‚ in which a young girl named Lucy is able to see the world with a different eye and become a new person. She is surrounded with a culture and way of life that is much different than the one she is used to back at home. The free and open
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How does Forster critique the social codes and attitudes of the Edwardian Period? The social codes of the Edwardian period governed society‚ and although adhering to them allowed social acceptance‚ it also involved the sacrifice of an individual’s essential freedoms. Throughout Room with a View‚ Forster criticised his society’s contemporary rules and expectations so that he could edify the reader about the institutionalised problems of his era. Forster portrays the class system as a rigid structure
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To what extent do you agree with the view that Forster makes it obvious to the reader in chapters 1 – 4 of ‘A Room with a View’ that Lucy Honeychurch and George Emerson will fall in love? ‘A Room with a View’ by E.M. Forster was first published in 1908‚ and heavily involves the literary genre of Bildungsroman: the psychological journey and maturity of a character. In the case of ‘A Room with a View’‚ this character is Lucy Honeychurch‚ a young woman bound by Edwardian society’s expectations of both
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E.M. Forster nearly predicted the future when he voiced this quote in his short story The Machine Stops‚ “But Humanity‚ in its desire for comfort‚ had over-reached itself. It had exploited the riches of nature too far. Quietly and complacently‚ it was sinking into decadence‚ and progress had come to mean the progress of the Machine.” I have nothing to offer anyone except my own bitter delusion. Limp bodies lay scattered all over the incommodious ground. Their eyes bloodshot and hollow. A part of
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Explore the presentation of desire in A Room with a View In A Room with a View‚ all the characters have a desire‚ but these are often repressed‚ especially the female characters. At the time there was some feminist movement but females were still generally trapped within the walls of society. After the reign of Queen Victoria‚ the Victorian era was over and the more modern Elizabethan era emerged. This caused societal change where whilst the Victorians remained in their rigid societal ways‚ the
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