English Literature Assessment Lucy Honeychurch and Stevens are two characters who represent the emotional repression of English society. Basing your answer on A Room With A View by E.M Forster and The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ish

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English Literature Assessment - "Lucy Honeychurch and Stevens are two characters who represent the emotional repression of English society." Basing your answer on A Room With A View by E.M Forster and The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

Both authors use a number of techniques to portray the theme of emotional repression consistently throughout their books. This is established instantly in both opening chapters and the representation of the suppressive characters his kept constantly flowing throughout the novels. E.M. Forster's character of Lucy Honeychurch in A Room with a View develops from a submissive, innocent young girl, to an independent, passionate woman. Through Lucy Honeychurch and the Emerson's, Forster endorses his own personal views and values. Kazuo Ishiguro's Stevens, the protagonist and narrator of The Remains of the Day, also progresses emotionally throughout the book. Although perhaps not as drastically as Lucy Honeychurch, which makes the novel more realistic and alas easier to relate to.

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