enforcements and become an independent human being. In which way she tries to "free"
herself from the entrapment called marriage, which developments her way to her personal
liberty goes through and if she eventually succeeds will be discussed in this term paper.
In the first part of this term paper, I want to report briefly about the second half of the
nineteenth century in America and the role of women, especially female writers. Afterward
there will be a short look at the author's vita, because the way Wharton lived tells us much
about her understanding of different themes. Then I want to analyze Wharton's short story
'Souls Belated' which contains a lot of themes and symbols, from which the most interesting
will be described and interpreted. In a final conclusion I will try find an answer to the
essential topic of Wharton's story: Does the protagonist succeed in escaping the social
conventions due to her divorce or does she fail? And is it possible at all to "free" oneself of
the social imprisonment of the time described, particularly as a woman?
This term paper focuses on the thesis, that 'Souls Belated' is mirroring the social conditions
of Edith Wharton's 19th century New York Society and the institution of marriage as a kind of
cage for women.
Table of Contents
Introduction
'The Gilded Age'
'True Womanhood'
Late 19th century American Women Writers
Edith Wharton
'Souls Belated'
Formal analysis
Settings, Plot, Persons
Themes
Conclusion
Works Cited
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- Elisabeth Eidner (Autor), 2011, About Edith Wharton: "Souls Belated", Múnich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/181565
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