LECTURE NINE
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE CHAPTERS 23 - 28honour
AND DISHONOUR
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honour AND DISHONOUR PART 1 THE AGE OF INNOCENCE CHAPTERS 23 - - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
LITERATURE PAPER ONE LECTURE NINE honour AND DISHONOUR PART 1 THE AGE OF INNOCENCE CHAPTERS 23 - 28 THE Q UE S T I O N Honours always been h o n o u r, a n d h o n e s t y honesty ... and will be till I'm carried out of it feet
LECTURE NINE
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE CHAPTERS 23 - 28AND DISHONOUR
1
PART“Honour’s always been h o n o u r, a n d h o n e s t y honesty... and will be till I'm carried out of it feet first,” says Mrs Mingott. Comment
view bears out in the novel.
THE Q UE S T I O NWILL ALWAYS BE HONOUR
WILL ALWAYS BE HONESTY...
C O M M E N T O N T H E
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trigger STYLE
CONCERN CHARACTER
T H E T R I G G E R I S Y O U R S T A R T I N G P O I N T ‘ T h e rStyle Chaacte Style Concen Concen Chaacte
Concerns
S P L I T T H E T R I G G E R I N T O P A R T S A N D Y O U H A V E Y O U R E S S A Y S T R U C T U R E1. Newland Archer’s perspective
Methods
‘ B R A I N S T O R M ’ T H E ‘ R E M A I N D E R ’ A F T E R S P L I T T I N G T H E T R I G G E RMETHODS CONCERNS
H O W S T Y L E C R E A T E S M E A N I N G M A K E C O N N E C T I O N S M A K E C O N N E C T I O N SFamilial dishonour is judged by the collective voices of the Wellands and the Archers, underlining the ‘tribal discipline’ that one is expected to obey.
T O P I C S E N T E N C E S P O T T H E ‘ W H A T ’ , ‘ H O W ’ A N D ‘ W H Y ’What: Familial dishonour
How: Voices
Why: ‘Discipline’
It was the only word that passed between them on the subject; but in the code in which they had both been trained it meant: “Of course you understand that I know all that people have been saying about Ellen, and heartily sympathise with my family in their effort to get her to return to her
you have not chosen to tell me...
PAG E 2 1 9...which all the older men of the family, as well as our grandmother, agree in approving; and that it is owing to your encouragement that Ellen defies us all, and exposes herself to the kind of criticism of which Mr. Sillerton Jackson probably gave you, this evening.”
PAG E 2 1 91. Don’t mention the super obvious: we know who wrote the novel, where it is set and that the writer uses ‘diction’, ‘narration’ etc.
E.g. ‘Honour is no longer the same honour...’
Introduction
Introduction
The times, they are a-changing. Old New York’s unremitting grip on honour and respect, embodied in Mrs Mingott’s declaration, slowly gives way in Book Two of the novel. The collective dishonor of Ellen Olenska, Newland Archer and Julius Beaufort’s ways in these latter chapters critically reveals the rigid ‘tribal’ code that is the target of Wharton’s social critique.
Conclusion
Mrs Mingott’s view that ‘honour’ and ‘respect’ will always endure is ultimately doomed. Even if Beaufort and Ellen are expelled for their ‘dishonour’ and Archer chooses security over freedom, this conservative period of ‘innocence’ will soon pass. The New York of Wharton’s concluding chapter is one of youth and hope, too free to care for traditional notions of ‘honour and honesty’.
S P O T T H E ‘ W H A T ’ , ‘ H O W ’ A N D ‘ W H Y ’1. Essay questions can be much easier if you approach them in a structured manner.
sentence and elaborating on it.
between methods and concerns
Summary