ENGL 1000Y Lecture 14: Lecture 14 - Innocence.docx
22 Dec 2014
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Once they were settled revealed only the most tranquil unawareness (131 32: clear eyes keeps on repeating, archer looks at her eyes, and he thinks he sees something else, then says no, it couldn"t be anything but tranquil things , she has no history her eyes don"t show any history or experience, early on in the story, when may gets described, you learn a whole lot more about her eyes, which leads archer to this, it would presently be his task they could only look out blankly at blankness? (58, (archer believes he has experience and its his job to train his wife) the novel, in addition to being a realistic novel, has a symbolic underlay, particularly, may"s eyes, the problem with symbolism in a novel is it always takes away from realism, wharton made newland create the symbolism (not the author)
