The characters Lucy, Allison and Viola all have similar encounters with love as the writers all explore a form of illicit love in their work. Lucy’s relationship with George is a portrayal of this. George and Lucy’s are not permitted to be together because it is believed that George is not of the right social class therefore not making him good enough for her. Lucy is presented to us as someone who is easily influenced naive and does not have the option of making decisions in her life an example of this is the dismissal of the idea of a romantic relationship with George by her cousin Charlotte who makes a judgement on the Emerson’s and does not deem them to be the right socialists for her. Lucy ends up engaged to Cecil of whom her mother approves as he has all the qualities of someone who can provide a comfortable lifestyle for her.
