Write a comparison of the ways in which ideas about female transgression is presented in these two extracts from "The Virgin and the Gypsy" and "The Lady of Shalott".

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Write a comparison of the ways in which ideas about female transgression is presented in these two extracts The Virgin and The Gipsy was written by D. H Lawrence in 1930 and explores the character, Yvette, transcending outside social norms and falling ‘violently in love’ with a gipsy. One of the ways female transgression has been described in this text is by effects on the body, decisions and how transgression becomes a significant action, which allows a woman to live beyond the constraints of society. Lawrence uses literary techniques such as imagery and irony to explain how transgression affects the body. When Lucille shouts at her grandmother, condemning her for a vicious comment about her mother, Lawrence uses imagery to show the significance of this action. ‘The old woman’s breast began to heave with heaven knows what emotions. The pause this time, as after the thunderbolt, was icy.’ This may make the reader feel suspense and tension, as there is a moment of uncertainty as to whether the grandmother will retaliate. There is a degree of irony as words such as ‘heaven’ and ‘thunderbolt’ is used. This could suggest that the grandmother has often portrayed herself as a follower of the rules, thus being the epitome of
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good will and moral character, her morality being transcendent. The combination of the two words insinuate a domain that is beyond human corruption, which the grandmother is part of, because she has not transcend beyond society’s rules. Forster explores a similar view that passion and love are replaced by society’s restricting guidelines. ‘Love felt and returned, love which our bodies exact and our hearts have transfigured, love which is the most real thing that we shall ever meet reappeared now as the world’s enemy and she must stifle it.’ In Room with a View, Lucy becomes engaged to Cecil Vyse ...

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