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Dying to Survive : An Analysis of Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth

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English

 

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October 11, 2015

 

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University

 

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She shows the extremes the rich can go to maintain their social position. Lily Bart, the main character, is sacrificed to this society. In Wharton's autobiography A Backward Glance, she comments on her novel The House of Mirth, "The answer was that a frivolous society can acquire dramatic significance only through what its frivolity destroys...
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Its tragic implication lies in its power of debasing people and ideals. The answer, in short, was my heroine, Lily Bart"(940). Lily does not have a chance. She violates the mores of New York's elite. In reality, she is no more than an object to be admired and bartered for. BECAUSE SOCIETY HAS DETERMINED THAT LILY IN EDITH WHARTON'S NOVEL THE HOUSE OF MIRTH IS NO MORE THAN A COMMODITY ON THE MARRIAGE MARKET FOR A WEALTHY HUSBAND, HER DESIRE FOR MORAL INTEGRITY AND EMOTIONAL CONNECTION WITH OTHERS ULTIMATELY LEADS TO HER DEATH...
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