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Comparing The Delicacy Of Humanity In Hamlet And The Glass Menagerie

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Compare and contrast the ways that the delicacy of humanity within society is presented in ‘A Room With A View’, ‘Hamlet’ and ‘The Glass Menagerie’. The Delicacy of Humanity within society is the [natural] humane weakness that lies within all of mankind socially; it signifies how fragile human nature and needs can be, whilst reflecting how easy it is to sway morals or opinions when faced with adverse circumstances that may empower or defeat any given person at any time. This delicacy and change in the dynamics of anthropology is reflected in the literary works of E.M.Forster’s ‘A Room With A View’, Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ and Tennessee Williams’ ‘The Glass Menagerie’; through the exploration of characters mental, physical and socio-economic …show more content…

After the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, her son and successor Edward VII became the reigning monarch, embracing society whilst Victoria had shunned it. Edward became a fashion elitist, influenced by continental Europe’s art and fashions and expressed a great love for travel, thus exposing Britain to various global cultures; this then allowed for a vast change in politics permitting those in society who held no power to become empowered, these included groups such as women and common labourers. The novel centres around one of the groups who were able to gain power, women, and begins in Florence, Italy, where the main protagonists Lucy Honeychurch and Charlotte [Miss] Bartlett, of the upper class, are staying in a pension. The characters Mr. Emerson and his son [of similar age to Lucy] George are also staying in this pension, however these men are of the lower, middle

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