Edith Wharton: "April Showers" - Realism, Theme Flashcards
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- third-person limited portrayal of a middle-class family in the daily struggles of living to achieve her goals as a Realist writer reaching for social reform
- fame changes the way people treat each other
- nature goes on the same, regardless of humans’ joys or sorrows
the sentiment that women were not recognized as legitimate writers in Wharton’s time is echoed in the story “April Showers” by what character?
Uncle James
the following passage from paragraph 33 of Edith Wharton’s “April Showers” addresses the theme of
Girls with more pin-money that Theodora had ever dreamed of copied her hats and imitated her way of speaking
how the perception of fame changes the way people treat each other
edith wharton’s story, “april showers” is written from what point of view
third person limited
in edith wharton’s “april showers,” the dace household is characterized as
a real, ordinary, middle-class home
in paragraph 40 of “april showers” theodora describes the editor of the “home circle” as
an enormous presence