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Just who is innocent in the novel, The Age of Innocence?
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YR 12 ENGLISH LIT. LONG ESSAY EMMA BRIGHT T H E A G E O F I N N O C E N C E Just who is innocent in the novel, The Age of Innocence? Despite the impression given by the title, the society which the novel portrays was not, as one would say an 'Age of Innocence'. The title suggests that all the characters are uncorrupted by wrongdoing, that is they are sinless, and are also inexperienced and naïve. Ironically, the majority of the characters within the novel are not innocent, despite the appearance they maintain that they are. In Old New York Society, as presented in the novel, religion was still vitally important and those actions that were frowned upon by the church were also condemned by society. The late 19th Century was a time of extremely rigid social expectation in concern to what one wore and how one behaved. Despite...
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