Andrew Pitt 10Ma English Mr.Mar
Was Edith’s Behaviour Unreasonable?
There are many different views to whether Edith was reasonable or unreasonable in her behaviour. It all started off when Edith married Mr. Harnham, she married him for practical purposes only. She was far from effete. She knew she wouldn’t have an exciting or passionate marriage, but her husband was not to blame because it was her choice to marry him, not a compulsory one. This meant that Edith was vulnerable because she was not in a love-fulfilled marriage and she was easily led and would fall for a person whom showed affection for her.
When Anna meets a devoted lover at the fair they were already a miss-match in one respect because he was a well-educated person whereas she was illiterate. But during the fair when Edith checks up on Anna she stands behind Charles. He thinking that she was Anna slips his hand into her glove. This is really intermit and because she hasn’t been touched like that before it arouses her. “There had been a magic in his wooing touch of her hand.”