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George Emerson’s thinking is greatly influenced by his father. in quote, the view of the sky above represents heavenly perfection, contrasted with the “imperfect” views presented by everyday life. Creation is ‘perfect and eternal,’ man is flawed and mortal. By continually looking to the sky, or one’s higher self, a person can strive to attain that eternal perfection.
Shows the attitude that overall makes Lucy desire George over Cecil.
My father says that there is only one perfect view—the view of the sky straight over our heads.
Here Lucy has just told Cecil she wants nothing to do with him, and so he comes to an important understanding. Realises that he has not viewed Lucy as a complete person in her own right: he has stereotyped her because she is a woman and it is part of his Victorian society’s standards to stereotype like this. This quote reflects the book’s theme of women’s roles in society, and patriarchy.
He looked at her, instead of through her, for the first time since they were engaged. From a Leonardo she had become a living woman.
Lucy Honeychurch can’t admit to her mother that she wants to go to Greece to avoid George. She fears that saying so will bring up another truth she doesn’t want to recognise: that she loves George. She’s not ready expose her ‘dark secrets’ to the light for all to see. She is not ready to be judged for who she really is. -
She disliked confidences, for they might lead to self-knowledge and to that king of terrors—Light.
