Age of Innocence Commentary
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Have a little read: ... I'm not a Simpleton The Age of Innocence, passage commentary pg 34-35 The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton was published in Europe during a time of profound and permanent changes (1920's), but ironically its set in 1870's aristocratic New York rigid society that is in many ways the antithesis of modern Europe. The Age of Innocence, then, stands as a study and critic of Old New York that saw itself as the pinnacle of civilization, but Wharton undercuts this picture by comparing its stiff societal customs to those of the most primitive tribes. The passage (pg 34-35) relates to the critic of Wharton, explicitly in the theme of love; described in third person omniscient the fragment focuses on Archer's thoughts about to what extent is his fiancé, May, is an "artificial product" of Old New York Society. Through the use of violent diction, tribal images, the allusion to other literary
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