I believe in these chapters of The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton, I started to see how society really has effect of the issues presented in this book. Married women and single women have totally different standards, yet all women are held to the same standard at the exact same time. One example is, "It all turned on the tiresome distinction between what a married woman might, and a girl might not, do. Of course it was shocking for a married woman to borrow money" (Wharton, pg64). Single women cannot seem to eager or fast on men but must compose themselves. Married women seem to be able to speak to whoever they please so long as their husbands don't mind. In this novel, I feel as though the husbands aren't in love with their wives as much as other stories have portrayed marriage. The husbands seem to look to them as possessions that were once valuable to them but now they are eager to meet fresh ones. In this way, I believe all girls in this society are treated the same in a way. Men have a mindset of "on to the next one."
Lily is beginning to upset her chances of remaining respectable if she continues to linger about married men. I have a feeling that borrowing money from Mr. Trenor was a bad idea for only that I feel he has more in mind than just investment tips and strategies. I predict that this could come back to bite her.
Lily begins to juggle with the emotions of multiple men in chapter 8.
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