A Room With a View by E. M. Forster; the work to be worked on, as it stands now. The novel at first glance is fairly...''girly''? It, however, is also engorged with humor, weighted with irony, and subtly underpinned with class snobbery. The novel begins in an Italian pension seemingly pulled directly out of the English suburbs. Lucy, a young girl, is introduced as a child progressing slowly, through her travels, towards an ultimate break from the social expectations of those whom surround her. However, she ultimately ceases to progress away from said expectations, and accepts a marriage which, although socially convenient, would be detrimental to her overall happiness in life. Conflict arises by the early introduction of a father son duo who represent unconventionality and live outside the social ideas of normalcy. As the novel progresses Forster shows, through his artistically crafted characters, how, although society may say otherwise, one must ultimately look to the divine beauty of nature and man to find one's own happiness.
I intend to analyze firstly the possibility of the equivalence of beauty and delicacy in English culture at the time of the fore mentioned narrative. Secondly, I mean to dissect the relationship between nature and nature's man as a means of happiness, if not purpose. Lastly, as it stands, I hope to touch on the significance of Lucy's relationship to music and her ability to live fully therein. Outside sources have I not found, but be not bewildered for forthcoming they will be.
