"Howard's End"

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This paper discusses E.M. Forster's "Howard's End" written in 1910. The paper describes the arguments of class as discussed in "Howard's End." It describes the economic ambitions of the two families presented in the book and how that resulted in their achieving similar economic positions in society. It concludes with the way that the traditional world of the one family merged into the modern world of the other.

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"At every turn, Henry Wilcox behaves as is appropriate for his class. These behavioral expectations dictate rigidly-defined gender roles and attitudes. The Basts, being beneath the class boundaries of either Wilcox or Schlegel, are subject to manipulation - or punishment - for their respect for, or abuse of, class principles. Bast has crossed an uncrossable line, and so suffers Henry Wilcox's "career advice." Jacky Wilcox adheres to a more suitable role, and so involves herself in an unmentionable relationship with Wilcox."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Booth, Allyson. Postcards from the Trenches: Negotiating the Space between Modernism and the First World War. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
• Boscagli, Maurizia. Eye on the Flesh: Fashions of Masculinity in the Early Twentieth Century. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1996.
• Childs, Peter. Modernism. London: Routledge, 2000.
• Forster, E. M. Howard's End. New York: Vintage Books, 1954.
• Heilmann, Ann. "Revolting Men? Sexual Fears and Fantasies in Writings by Old Men, 1880-1910." Critical Survey 15.3 (2003): 56+.

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