In A Room With A View, E.M. Forester illustrates the change of social times by depicting a love story of a young girl who doesn’t know what she wants as she travels from her home to Italy through symbolism, imagery, and metaphors to develop the theme of changing times and social classes. This novel occurs in a time where people began to transition from a Victorian style of thinking to a Edwardian style. Women’s suffrage was becoming more prominent and the world was seen as more open minded than before. People could finally chose for themselves and live the life they wanted which is depicted throughout A Room With A View.
When Lucy first arrives in Italy she begins to question the social norms immediately. At one point she questions the difference …show more content…
Her and Cecil get engaged which makes George profess his love for her. She then realizes that George is the one she really wants and not Cecil, but when he professes his love she sends him away. Home for Lucy opened her eyes and helped her to see that just because her hometown likes the old social norms doesn’t mean she has to live with them. When she came back she struggled, but in the end found true happiness with the man she truly loved. They then live in the same room in Florence that started the whole story. They live happily ever after and Lucy is finally the woman she want/needs to be. A Room With A View is a great look at how two different places produce two different personalities from the same person. When Lucy is in Italy she is a carefree, happy, independent woman that wants someone who treats her equal, but when she goes back home she is taken over by the old social norms that say she is just the help and nothing more. The two places represent the two different social norms. One being the future and one being the past. In the end Lucy is the woman she wants to be and is truly happy with
When Lucy first arrives in Italy she begins to question the social norms immediately. At one point she questions the difference …show more content…
Her and Cecil get engaged which makes George profess his love for her. She then realizes that George is the one she really wants and not Cecil, but when he professes his love she sends him away. Home for Lucy opened her eyes and helped her to see that just because her hometown likes the old social norms doesn’t mean she has to live with them. When she came back she struggled, but in the end found true happiness with the man she truly loved. They then live in the same room in Florence that started the whole story. They live happily ever after and Lucy is finally the woman she want/needs to be. A Room With A View is a great look at how two different places produce two different personalities from the same person. When Lucy is in Italy she is a carefree, happy, independent woman that wants someone who treats her equal, but when she goes back home she is taken over by the old social norms that say she is just the help and nothing more. The two places represent the two different social norms. One being the future and one being the past. In the end Lucy is the woman she wants to be and is truly happy with