Clare

Audrey Niffenegger's novel "Time Traveller's Wife" is a story about two protagonists, Henry and Clare. When Henry meets Clare, he is twenty-eight and she is twenty. Henry has never met Clare before, Clare has known Henry since she was six. Impossible but true, Henry finds himself periodically displaced in time, pulled to moments of emotional gravity from his life, past, and future. Henry and Clare's attempt to live normal lives are threatened by a force they can neither prevent, nor control,…

rational thought. So the truth that leads to Gatsby’s death is also based on class dominance, which is shown by Tom admitting that Gatsby “had it coming to him”, and by Tom calling him the “Nobody from Nowhere.” Like Irene’s selfish desire to want Clare out of her life, Tom also wants Gatsby out of his life because not only is he having an affair with his wife, but Tom also sees Gatsby as not fully belonging to the white race and therefore sees him as a threat to white racial dominance. He sees…

Irene and Clare, who encounter each other after 12 years on the Drayton hotel roof, both “passing” as white for entry. Irene Redfield lives in a middle class black society and marries a black man, remaining loyal to her identity but passes only when it is convenient for her. On the other hand, Clare Kendry lives in an upper class white society and marries a white man but abandons her true identity to pass for white permanently. In this novel, Larsen shows us, through Irene and Clare, what it is…

When Irene re-encounters her old childhood friend, Clare Kendry, at the Drayton Hotel, Clare reveals her new life of luxury as a result of passing into the white world. Clare is described as dangerous and mysterious and this re-encounter can bring nothing but trouble into Irene’s perfect life. Throughout the book, Irene Redfield, the central character of the book, spends a lot of time near windows, and windows remain as a place where Irene and Clare are able to reflect upon their emotions. Irene…

novel introduces the dynamic of two pale-skinned African-American women, Irene Redfield and Clare Kendry who are childhood friends that are light enough to pass for white. Though Irene decided to live as a black woman, she’s only a part of the black community superficially as she practices white standards while living as a black woman. On the other hand, Clare chose to live as a white woman exclusively. Clare goes to extent of adjusting any behavior, appearance, and etc. to break any ties…

white to create better opportunities for themselves. [Thesis] Larsen uses a strong change in tone and diction to help describe the strained relationship between Clare and Irene and how Irene was more accepting of Irene in the beginning of the novel than the end. [Map of the two scenes] In the beginning of Passing, Irene opens a letter from Clare which provides her with anger and confusion while she still…

1920s, Passing, by Nella Larsen narrates the story of two characters, Irene Redfield and Clare Kendry who lived in a society separated by skin colour and social class. Both these women, though originating from an African-American background, were, due to their light skin, intentionally ‘passing’ as white women to fit into the white-dominated society of the time. However, this process left both Irene and Clare stuck choosing between the two cultures and races. The confusion of choosing an…

children for whom these conflicts arise when she re-encounters an old acquaintance, Clare Kendry. Clare is presented as the antagonist and as the opposite of Irene, and the more Clare is around, the more Irene struggles with these inner conflicts. Once Irene reaches her breaking point, she realizes that in order to maintain her lifestyle, get rid of any potential threat and protect her family she must kill Clare before her persona does any more…

person could have. The article, CLARE KENDRY’S “TRUE” COLORS race and class conflict in Nella Larsen’s Passing by Jennifer DeVere Brody is about her interpretation of the novel being of race and a mediation of class. She also talks about other literary works to either further back up her interpretation or to contradict their interpretations of the novel. The article mainly emphasizes that race and class are very essential aspects of the novel and that both Irene and Clare do it all for different…

he would divorce her and she would have no financial support. She is also concerned about how her husband would treat their daughter if he knew she was not white. Clare says her daughter is the only reason she has not left her husband. She says “I think that being a mother is the cruelest thing in the world.” (Larsen 227) Even though Clare is married she tells people her last name is Kendry, which is her maiden name. The conflict also affects Irene’s marriage. Irene and her husband are more…